Posted by pixie15_CJ_s
on Fri 31 Oct 08, 6:53 PM to pixie15_CJ_s's blog.
Tags: Exeter (EX)
wow what a fantastic time
if you dont know .. i went to rotterdam to join CJ onboard ship
this would be my first trip with this oil major so i didnt know what to expect
the first night i was put into a very nice hotel ... dinner was a very nice meal with the local agents ... nice chinese .... very nice ... lots of courses annd very edible ..but i was just waiting for my chance to join the ship and see CJ after 2 mths apart
so next morning my driver picked me up and took me to security to get my passes to go in ... i wasnt on the list of people allowed on board .... HMMMM!!!! ..20 mins of calls to the company and the ship found me under Mrs Captains wife????... not my name ...lol
as i got on board .. most of the 12 crew were lined up and i was saluted on board ( nice thought) ..was told it was crews choice to do it 
i spent 10 mins being introduced to all CJs senior officers then a few hours in the Captains state room lots of welcome kisses and snuggles ( thats all your getting )
then dinner ... there is something about a room of merchant navy officers in full dress uniform that brings out the lady in me 
felt like going back to the golden age of cruising { no not THAT type of cruising}...
we stayed on the berth untill last night then i got to spend 3 hours watching CJ take control of a very large oil tanker and move her backwards for over 5 miles!!! not bad for a ship that is 3 hundred thousand tonnes under ballast ( technical terms sneak in )...lol going on to dolphins( big concret pillars sunk into the water off shore) this ment i left down a very large gangplank to a small boat ashore ( worst bit) ... didnt realise how big an oil tanker stands from the water when empty
so out of 10 ..... 2000
great time totaly enjoyed myself and had far to many people looking after me .. didnt lift a finger ... teas made for me ... tons of biscuits .... food to die for ... a chef that wouldnt even let me make toast ... and a steward .. yes i had a steward !!!! who looked after my every need .... and it didnt cost a penny .... COOL!!!!
so im now sorting out all my visas and im going to be joining CJ as soon as i can ...
got some fantastic pictures but wont put them on here ...far to easy to link CJ to me by imo numbers and ships names
| 31 Oct 08, 9:34 PM SummersGlow 3 yrs |
so glad you had a fab time.. sounds devine x |
| 1 Nov 08, 9:56 AM moriganna UK, 4 yrs  |
Oh hun ... it sounds fabulous ... but I guess CJ will always be the best bit |
