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I'm posting this from the trade show venue, the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. (I guess this is where the cruise ships dock in other, warmer seasons.)

Just a quick hello.

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*hugs*

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Wonder how it compares to Tallinn's. My(our highschool-aged group's) little voyage from Helsinki with the shipful of 'drunken Finns' was... memorable.

Re: *hugs*

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Tallinn was odd, actually.

I took different ferry companies in each direction Helsinki->Tallinn and Tallinn->Helsinki. (I wanted to try different companies to see how the services differed. This was a great thing on the Stockholm-Helsinki run, as the Finnish Silja Line ferry has *hot tubs*. Mmmm, hot tubs.

Anyway, the little ferry I took over from Helsinki was small, but fast, and docked right at a pier somewhere away from the main terminal. On the way back to Finland I took some big ferry and boarded at the terminal. The terminal itself looked like a piece of Finland someone had dropped into the port area in Tallinn.

So, getting back to the original comparison: I think the Tallinn Ferry Port is more of a place where big passenger ferries dock; lots of throughput, lots of Scandinavian efficiency. As I said, it looks like someone had simply moved in a piece of Finland.

The Passenger Terminal Amsterdam is more of a cruise ship terminal. I haven't actually been in the one in Manhattan, but I'm imagining it's more like that. It's big, carpeted, and designed for people who can afford to take cruises.

*many hugs* :)

Re: *hugs*

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

*grins* cool that you know it well, even deliberately studied it. You transportation nuts are da best.

Wonder who ya call when ya want a terminal installed. Or an upgrade.
Oscar Wilde IoBE: "...[I shall not wed my child to] persons whose origin was a terminus!"

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Hello love.

Hope all is well. :-)