The ferry trips around Croatia started at the Italian port of Ancona where various ferry companies radiate out to serve the islands and communities of Croatioa, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and Turkey. This employs quite a large number ex-European ferries, as we were to see. Also featured were small cruise liners such as Silverwind and some larger ones such as the Costa Classica. There was also a fine shot of the 2000 built 5 masted ship Royal Clipper.
The Scandinavian ferry �extravaganza� started at Newcastle and was timed around the 2005 Society AGM at Keil. This took in (at least), Gothenburg, Stromstad, Keil, Rostock, Talin, Stockholm, and return to Gothenburg. Ferries included the Princess of Scandinavian, Colour Fantasy, Victoria 1, Dana Scandinavica and Bill�s favourite ferry, Finjet, now withdrawn and based in the USA. There were a good number of interior shots of many of the ferries, which demonstrated how spacious and luxurious these vessels are. Also featured were pictures of the many ports visited and some of the notable features of those towns. Also include was the WSS cruise on Stadt Keil and afterwards on the Nils Holsingborg. Finally the Dana Sarena brought Bill back to Harwich.
The final set of slides brought us back to a more serene way of travel covering a 20-night voyage on QE2 to Canada and the USA. Slides included a large number of the interior of QE2, cabins, public rooms and decks. To add even more interest Bill included some pictures taken ashore on the several excursions taken from the ship. These included St John�s Newfoundland, Sydney Nova Scotia, Quebec, Halifax, Boston, Newport R.I., and New York. It was then the 5 day crossing back to Southampton. Ships seen on the voyage included all the ferries encountered in the waters around the coast, Jewel of the Seas, and Saga Ruby.
We thank Bill for taking the time to visit us and for all the effort that went into the research and commentary. We admired his skill at booking ferries so precisely.