Athwartships

Being Spain has historically been a maritime power, children were not expected to be catechized in the details of the undertaking from an early age. This is how the song about the bus is born, a song from Iberian childhood, in which two groups of children compete with each other, the first is “port” and the second is “right”, terms that denote the right and left sides of the ship looking towards the bow (the front of the boat).

Many of us, in relation to Isthmus, compare ourselves nautical charts, we don’t know oceanic task, instead of thinking about nursery rhymes that tell us about the hunger of chickens and the importance of “getting up” early.

All this comes to mind because it is very easy to locate the sides of the ship, whether it is a canoe, a canoe or a panga, which we are quite used to, but not so with mastodons, cruisers, which increase in tonnage many times over. accidental titanic, to cross the seas from sun to sun.

The result of the growing popularity of cruises and inopia cruise passengers, Norwegian Cruise Line wise conceived in such a way that he draws fishes on the carpets of his corridors that always swim in the direction from the stern to the bow, i.e. forward, because he is suffocating, for example, to get out of the cabin and walk 330 meters of the Norwegian ship. Encore, find out that he the restaurant we were looking for It’s in the opposite direction, a problem that isn’t so negative in the end for giving birth to half the calories from a sumptuous dinner the night before.

And so we become familiar with a popular activity, always learning from our past mistakes or, better yet, browsing through a prolific library of writings with thoughtful recommendations on topics. as practical as packingwhat are the prohibited items on board and how to avoid the exorbitant drinks bill at the end of the trip that would surely make us stay home during the next carnivals.

If that’s in your plans caught the cruise, congratulations because it is the most comfortable way to visit various destinations without packing and repacking bags. Do yourself a big favor and educate yourself about the destinations because nothing is more embarrassing than visiting a location and later finding out that such and such activity was targeted and we chose to mindlessly walk down dark alleys instead.

It also has a good effect when taking “desahuevitol” daily excursion feed common sense, avoidance pickpocketing and risky activities that can result in irreparable damage.

A few years ago, an acquaintance complained to the management because of the disgusting stench in the hotel room, for which he was arrested as a preventive measure until the morgue analyzes showed that a corpse had been found. found under his bed died before registration. After that occurrence, I always look under the hotel beds at the time of reception.

As Tres Patines would say, “biggest thing, boy!” Have a nice trip.