Well, what can I say. Barcelona was brilliant! A very long day indeed.
I went down to the dock at about 2 and had a chat with them there, and I was going to do the 3 o clock tour.
They decided to do a Spanish tour first (it depends how many of each they have) and we went along with a guide and saw it all, but mum doesnt understand Spanish like I do and the guy picked up on it, so he said we could go on the English tour next with an actual crew member called Sebastien. Who I spoke to earlier in the day.
His tour was brilliant! Very informative, showed us and explained everything.
He even let us smell the butyric acid!
We went all over the ship, bridge ect. We hung back slightly so we could grab some pics.
Then they showed us a video in the mess, and it was funny because there were 3 more actual crew members eating at the table!
We then went up onto the Heli deck, but unfortuantely it was in the U.S having repairs.
When we came onto the bow to finish the tour and we bought some souvenirs.
And then it got better, Dan Villa who has been with Sea Shepherd for 5 years was actually waiting for me there, he heard I had flown just for a day to see the ship and he was really impressed!
He very kindly gave me a free patch and even better he invited me down into the engine room
And he was really funny and he answered our questions. Then he took us onto the bow and we looked at the new water cannon. It was amazing! He was such a nice guy
Below are some photos and a video of Dan Villa! The video of the whole tour i havent downloaded yet but I will do so soon.
Kind Regards
Matthew
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Dan Villa Video **
