Today we spent a lazy morning in our hotel room repacking our bags ready for the transfer to the ship.
At about 2pm the buses arrived and our luggage was loaded on for the trip to the port terminal. The Emerald Azzurra is a new ship and very chic!
Onboard we chatted to Chloe (the cruise director) while we waited in the lounge for our room to be available and drank copious quantities of champagne. There are 65 people on board for this sailing and the vast majority are Brits (as are most of the crew), we also have 4 Austrians, 2 Germans, 4 Americans and 5 Canadians (including me).
After a short stop in our room to unpack, it was back to the lounge for the port talk and then a tour of the ship. Despite the Emerald Azzurra being built for a maximum of only 100 guests it has plenty of facilities. There are 7 decks. Deck 1 is the crew deck. Deck 2 is the spa, sauna, 24 hour gym and medical station. Deck 3 has the Amici lounge (with the main bar), the main restaurant (La Cucina), Reception and the boutique. The cabins (including ours) start on deck 4, also on that deck is the observation lounge and the guest laundry and 24 hour coffee/tea station. On Deck 5 we visited the bridge - the ship operates and "open bridge" policy and we can drop in whenever we like. Deck 6 is the Pool and the Aqua cafe. Deck 7 is the Jacuzzi, Sundeck and Sky bar.
After our tour of the ship we had our sail away party with more cocktails.
Finally, we headed for the restaurant where we sat with Hilary and Peter and shared Peter's birthday cake.
Tomorrow we dock at Sharm-El-Sheik and go on a glass bottom boat ride.
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