Two ships today. The Celebrity Silhouette at 6:30, straight on board, job done in two hours, off and away smooth as silk.
Then tried the Sky Princess, which had docked five hours later than scheduled. FFS.
For starters, I couldnāt get near it. Standing traffic queuing right the way down from the QE2 terminal to the entry road. So I parked at Ocean short stay and walked it. Thatās farther than it seems when you drive down it, finally arrived to utter fucking pandemonium. Thousands of passengers waiting to board and the disembarking ones still trying to get off after 6 hours of delay. They actually got me on as soon as an airbridge was connected, but you couldnāt move onboard as all the passengers had been ejected from their cabins. I did one job in the theatre, which was ok because it was backstage. But the other two areas were so packed that I gave up. So thatās about four hours for one thirty minute job.
Plain clothes plod comes up blah blah in Polski. I reply, sorry Iām the English guy.
He says
Oh hi Philip, where is your van?
In the disabled bay on the corner.
Perfect.
How the West was Lost.
We have the Presidential Press Corps in town. They need to have a custom tour showing the highlights of Warsaw to make a good impression.
Send Phil.
Wait WHAT! Iāve only been to Warsaw once, where the fvck do I go?
Oh, and theyāre Muslims?
No Vodka Bars? BBQ?
Diplomatic Incident inbound.
Honestly who makes this shit up?
Pictures will follow
FFS.
Muslims donāt drink alcohol, who knew.
