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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Day 51: Turnaround day

People often ask us what sorts of things happen on the ship during turnaround, and the choreography of passengers, luggage and trash coming off the ship, and fuel, passengers, luggage, supplies and food going on is really mind boggling to watch.

But, as we "in transit" passengers were checking off of the ship in preparation to pass through US immigration back into the country, and then check back on the ship with our new key card, we watched a piano tuning taking place in the Piazza. This was something we had never seen before, but it makes sense. A piano that is used hours each day by different pianists, that is on a moving ship in an environment with varying humidites...no wonder it needs to be tuned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9R9QnOF_E