Many things have changed on the Logos Hope in the past months; the progress is impressive. We have inaugurated the new dining room with its carpet and new furniture. Desks have been installed in offices and attached to the wall to prevent them from falling during sailing. We have also received IT equipment to replace old computers. But the most important progress is certainly on deck 4 where the floor is now completed.

deck 6 -The new dining room

deck 4 - The futur book faire 

new computers!! 

[Kiel, Germany]Haa, America and swing dance, this music makes us instinctively swing ... I admit that when a beginner course started two months ago, I was tempted. Not that I am a dance addict, but pushed by the challenge of being able to do something with my feet, I joined this team of swing learners. For several weeks, I felt rather like a lumberjack moving logs at arm's length, not really elegant, but with practice, I begin to remember steps and finaly make some figures...

That's how I got to learn a figure called the helicopter. If you know the game where you attach a rope to one foot and hop on the other foot, you can imagine what does the helicopter look like by replacing the rope with one of the partners (usually the girl). We were having a calm helicopter tour, the take-off had been smooth, everything was going well when suddenly the engine broke, the blades stop turning and my legs moving. I had to land in emergency ... with (fortunately) more fear than harm.
Well, I think I still have to practice...

PS: My swing partner is OK :o)

[Kiel, Germany]The job of Telecom engineer on a ship has a few cool aspects. For sure I have the disadvantage of living on my workplace and I'm never away from being asked to solve internet related issues. But this week was rather interesting. I worked on a surveillance camera located under the bridge. These cameras are used to monitor that nobody is climbing the mouring lines and to give you some glimpse of our voyage when we will be sailing from port to port.

I worked a few sunny afternoons, hanging on my ladder to install the camera and protect it from the rain. As you see, even at see we can go mountain climbing.

[Kiel, Germany]The summer approaches. Soon the docks of the Port of Kiel will have the prestige of hosting the most prestigious Ferries in Europe. Last week already, I was surprised by the AIDA Bella, this brand new ship with a friendly smile. Imagine that you wake up one morning and you see in front of your window a 15-storey building smiling at you.

As long as two football fields, this new luxury Ferry will host 2 050 passengers and 646 crew members ... suddenly I feel very small on my boat!

And while the ferries' ballet continues, we are getting ready move from dock to dock during the month of May to make way for large damsels.