Yes, I totally agree that commenting/complaining about wall materials is most definitely a first world problem. The following is not a problem, nor is it limited to the high income countries.
There has been a long standing tradition, at least with cruise ships (anyone know if it also applies to cargo, bulk, and freighters?) that the first time a ship visits a port, the ship provides a token (usually a plaque) to the port and the port awards a plaque to the ship. Often, but not always, these are proudly displayed for everyone to see. Symbols of where the ship has been in its travels. In the case of the Star Seeker – the display wall is on Deck 6 forward, along the corridor that leads to the outer walkway. The plaques are nestled on the left hand wall. The right hand wall is interrupted by a door to the bridge which is signed (don’t use this door to enter the bridge…) and a couple of supposed art paintings.
In the case of this ship, there is the port where she was constructed, the ports she visited on test sails, those on the journey to Malaga where we boarded plus the most recent from Tenerife. There is plenty of room on this wall for now. I will check with friends to see what it looks like in a year.
Otherwise, I had another quiet, relaxing day. There were scones, which I took back to the cabin
there was sunshine (and the usual number of people sprawling in loungers on deck. Other than that – we have yet another time zone change tonight and will be on Halifax time with only one more hour of change to have before docking in Miami. I am deliberately not thinking about the extra three hours to home on disembarkation day.
