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Swan Valhalla - Log day 1 - One of many!



Finally we have arrived in Las Palmas and the blog is underway. This is our first log so we promise to make the next few entries a little more interesting - we have only been in Las Palmas for 24 hours afterall!

Sam has already been here for a good week, preparing Swan Valhalla for our voyage across the Atlantic (and attending a few parties along the way!) Victoria, Haig and I flew Norwegian Airways from London, and after a few navigational issues, managed to get the taxi driver to drop us at Pontoon 21 where Sam was waiting patiently with a very smart looking Valhalla. I think Sam was happy to see some friendly faces and have some company after his first week out here. 

Although the weather is not quite as arctic as London, it is certainly not as sunny as promised, hopefully this will change. Soon after our arrival, Sam was keen for us to hit the Sailor's Bar - his local hang out - along with fellow ARC crew members. We had our first couple of pints of Las Palmas best brew with some much needed fuel of a cheese and ham toastie. This combination is likely to be our staple diet for the next couple of days before our on board super chef Yoyo arrives! Following this we went to the daily Sundowner where we managed to get to the bar and order pretty quickly thanks to Sam already having met the majority of the bar staff..! 

We didn't stay for long as we wanted to beat the rush to the restaurants in the marina. Our highlight of the meal was Sam mistaking a block of butter for an amuse-bouche, eating it all in one, much to the hilarity of the rest of the table! We had some delicious food and wine, and headed for an early night in preparation for the festivities of the week ahead. We were delighted to have a brief show of Sam's potential outfits for the fancy dress party on Wednesday before we went to bed - lets just say he was far too comfortable putting on a wig and some of Victoria's clothes! We headed to our births for our first night of many on board Swan Valhalla. We are super excited to finally be here - bring on the ARC 2013!



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