Altona

Started the day with the flight showing a 3 hour delay, as the plane had been in Lisbon and the French Air Traffic controllers strike meaning it couldn’t fly directly back to the UK. Luckily an alternative route reduced the delay to 30 minutes. Airport pick up slightly confusing.Apparently I was supposed to book in with both Hurtigruten reps, so although we were on the coach it was thought we had got lost in the airport. Had to show passports about 6 times to board the ship, even when collecting our second set of red jackets. As usual Karen’s case lost the tag with the cabin number on. It was spotted by the lifts on our deck. Left port at 18:00 sailing up the Elbe (did remind us of the Rhine with the small towns we passed) towards the North Sea. The cabin is spacious with a big balcony accessed by 2 sets of patio type doors. Eventually worked how to switch the lighting on and off ……Read more