On the Big Boat

We left home on Tuesday late afternoon for ‘Europoort’ at Rotterdam to catch a ferry to UK. The ‘Pride of Rotterdam’, once the largest ferry in the world, left at 9 pm to start the overnight trip across the English Channel. It took about 11 hours to reach the other side, at Hull, enough time to have a good sleep in the cabins. It costs us 367 Euros for the one way trip which included charges for our car and two cabins.

The ferry itself has 12 levels, level 3 to 4 for trailers and trucks, level 5 for cars, level 6 to 9 for cabins and 9 to 12 for shops, restaurants and entertainments. Inside you don’t feel that you are actually in a ship. The bar was crowded though as Man U vs. Barcelona game was on. To kill off the time went to watch the movie ’Jumper’ in one of the cinemas, Zim and Fiz watched ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ in the other one. This is a bit of a change from our normal trip via the tunnel as we wanted to explore a bit of the Northeastern part of England – the quickest route is via Hull on this ferry.