My journey begins - crossing the Drake
The night before the cruise I found a letter in my hotel room from Quark, with instructions for the next day - a health form to complete (to hand in with my Covid pass) and labels for my luggage which would be collected in the morning and taken to the ship. So the morning arrived and I delivered my suitcase to reception. I took the shuttle down to the town and met the Quark team at the Albatross Hotel and handed in my health questionnaire and Covid vaccination forms. I walked along the quay and there were the 2 Quark ships; the Ocean Diamond was going to the Falklands and South Georgia before Antarctica and there was the slightly smaller Ocean Adventurer. First view of Ocean Adventurer Whilst having lunch in the Albatross Hotel, I overheard a group of people talking about their cruise. They had just got off the Ocean Adventure. They told me they had had the most amazing time, but the Drake was rough with 8m waves! So I took my ginger capsules and put my...