Skagen

Skagen, Denmark 68° and Sunny

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7:45AM - a bit of a plumbing problem, which occurred intermittingly throughout the cruise.

Breakfast: Cereal, rolls, O.J., banana, De-caf.

9:10 Wajang Theater to await our number (Group 9) to take the tender into Skagen, Norway.

10:00- 11:30AM We walked through the town. Generally cream colored buildings and red tiled roofs. All signs were in Danish, which made it difficult to see what we were looking at, etc. It was nice day for an easy walk. Skagen is the most northern tip of Denmark.
They say that on the tip you can stand with your feet in two different seas = the Baltic and the North Sea!

12:00-12:30PM Back on board and lunch at the Lido: Soup, chicken salad sandwich with potato chips, fresh fruit, bread pudding, tea.

After a short rest in our cabin we went to the Explorer Lounge to sit, enjoy the scenery of Skagen area and read.

3:00PM The Rotterdam sets sail for Stavanger, Norway

3:30PM Afternoon tea in the La Fontaine Dining Room 5. Sit down service by white gloved waiters who served your choice of flavored tea and several pastry items.

4:00PM Mass in the Wajang Theater. Vincentian Father Thomas Dudley, a retired professor at Niagara University for 47 years, age 82. There was a very small group to attend 10-12, which was generally who attended later Masses. A various change in times and locations did not help attendance.

5:45PM Dinner in the La Fontaine Dining Room: This was a Formal Dress affair - Gentlemen to wear jackets and tie - Dark suit/tuxedo suggested. Ladies, cocktail dresses or suits are appropriate. We had Tropical fruit, Caesar Salad, Salmon/Rack of Lamb, Bombe for dessert, Coffee.

8:30PM Showtime in the Queen’s Lounge 4&5, starring the Singers and Dancers of the Rotterdam: Love songs from Broadway, Costumes from Mackie.

9:30PM We listened to the “Black Pearl Strings” classical” players in the Explorer Lounge - a pianist, violin and cello. They played light classical and pops-type pieces.