It was an extremely trepidatious duo who approached pier 12 at Brooklyn cruise port.
Some 48 hours earlier K had answered the health declaration honestly ( who says honesty is the best policy?) and as a result of her allergies/head cold has been told “do not turn up at the cruise terminal, do not pass go, do not collect $200, her cruise ticket had been cancelled”
Now the question was “have you had any of these symptoms in the last 10 days?” There followed a list of symptoms - no option to choose individual symptoms, it was one in all in. (no option to mention the negative rat tests etc)
She immediately rang the cruise line who told her to sort it out at the terminal. (Hence the trepidation)
Long story short, she was allowed to board and 72 hours later Cunard dropped the health declaration requirement from all there cruises.
Our cabin was on deck 6 towards the front of the ocean liner (fore).
Our cabin was small but meticulously laid out - we met our cabin steward Joanna, then went to check on at our muster station (in case of emergency, where we should gather if advised), we stood on the deck as we left New York, past Lady Liberty and on to new adventures.
By this time K had added conjunctivitis to her repertoire and I was coming down with her cold so after dinner in the Brittania Restaurant it was back to our cabin and a planning session for day 1 of the literature festival.
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