Soon to be ' Finished with Engines'
In August (2008) there was evidence of pending change for QE2 and her crew.
Didn't others notice this too?
People that we met, staff, crew and officers were waiting to hear whether or not there would be a 'next posting'.
The air was full of sadness, uncertainty, anxiety and other feelings to do with grief.
The sense of Finality was profound. For the crew et al it seemed as if it would become almost unbearable.
And yet the familiar sense of professionalism remained.
So by Mid-late October and in November, it's difficult to imagine everyone getting through to the end -
It would be hard to think of any celebrations that would have been appropriate.
Wouldn't these have been well nigh impossible - both to initiate, generate, and to implement?
Guessing here - I bet the Bars were at their busiest - there must have been sorrows of great magnitude to drown.
I would have worn black - all the time, every single minute of it!!
(Flagship, are you able to tell us about Civitavecchia's response? Sounds as if the Italians might have been mistaking QE2 for the yet to be built qE!
They were kind to qV last year - letting Cunard change the days in Port - Rome on a Sunday, Florence on a Monday was the original 'very bad' plan - Museums being shut on Mondays.
I'm still wondering what it was that made the change of days happen
!!)
