Day 50 - 11/21/22 - At Sea to Sydney, Australia - Day 1
Overnight we experienced the most motion of the ocean this entire trip. The Captain had predicted that the Tasman sea would get rough, and he has a great track record for setting expectations. The coffee chat this morning was with Kees, a Dutch 3rd officer on the Navigation team. He was once again very interesting to listen to. He happened to mention that one of the tasks was preparations for stormy weather. So I asked him, "What are those preparations?" His reply was to first make sure everything is secured. And the hotel department probably has the most unsecured items to be accountable for. At 10am we participated in a medallion ceremony where we received our Platinum medallions acknowledging over 700 nights on Holland America. We certainly didn't have a goal to reach this plateau and the only benefit is that medallion. The next and final level is the President's club with a threshold of 1400 nights. We don't expect to...


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