View from the bridge
One of the great things about being a travel journalist is that sometimes you’re admitted to places few travellers get access to. One of these is the bridge of a cruise ship. I’m lucky enough to have been on the bridge of three ships now and it is a great experience – a chance to see what goes on while cruisers are relaxing on the sundeck. On this occasion I got to see a captain’s-eye-view of Norwegian Jade, while en-route from Barcelona to Casablanca.
One of the most incredible aspects of the tour was that the 100,000-tonne ship was being steered by something akin to a tiny joystick allowing it to change course without cruisers even noticing. Here’s some pictures from the bridge tour:
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- Captain Kim Karlsson
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- Martin, the first officer
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- Hotel director, Armando da Silva
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- Charting a course across the Mediterranean
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- Witticisms at sea
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- Our route from Barcelona to Casablanca
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