The MSC Seaview is in the port of Kiel. It is a sunny day at the beginning of July. Up to this point, the promise of good travel weather has been good. But would it continue like this? The MSC Seaview is not about to sail through the Mediterranean with sunshine guaranteed. This time it should go to the Baltic States: From Kiel via Sweden to Estonia and back to Kiel. That I would see here the most beautiful sunset so far, I had not actually expected in advance.
It was not my first cruise, but I had not expected this giant, which I saw for the first time in the port of Marseille. There she lay: The MSC Bellissima, one of the largest cruise ships in the world. In numbers: 5,714 passengers, 2,244 cabins, 315 meters long, 43 meters wide, maximum speed 22.7 knots (about 42 km/h). To be honest, I was a bit scared. This place is probably going to be pretty busy, I thought.
As far as the size of the MSC Meraviglia is concerned, my wildest expectations were exceeded. I can still remember exactly what went through my mind when I saw the cruise ship in the port of Barcelona for the first time.
Others have managed to do it, too! If they can do it, then I can damn well do it, too. But at the moment nothing works. I'm sitting on the sand in knee-deep seawater, somewhere between the beach and the reef near Hurghada in the Red Sea, and I'm supposed to be pulled out of the water by a stunt kite. I had imagined kiting to be easier. How did I get this crazy idea in the first place?
