The voyage home

 

Our last evening on the ship was spiced up with an excellent show taking key moments from West End musicals, including my particular favourites West Side Story and finishing with a spectacular and dramatic extract from Les Miserables. We were asked to keep our seats whilst the staff paraded in the theatre and paused for a photograph as above. Many of the staff carried their national flags. The cruise line, Ambassador,  employs staff and crew from 27 different countries. The largest number come from India, followed by Indonesia and the Philippines. We agreed between us the multinational staff had been lured to Ambience because of their competence and good humour. The cruise line has a little tradition of having baked Alaska on the menu on the last evening, which was also embellished with a pirate theme.






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