In 1978 my best friend & I crossed the Atlantic from Montreal to London on the A. Pushkin. It cost less than airfare at the time for us as students. The crossing took 10 days and was the last of the year (late September). You were a-ok if you took your gravol daily! At the time, virtually anything we wished to purchase on board cost 60 cents including drinks. The nightclub was called the White Nights and the band played the same 6 songs each night over and over but no one minded. Afternoon tea was the best - warm baked treats and tea in china cups. The meals were interesting - "meat, special sauce" we were told when we asked what we were eating. The last night at supper, they brought out a cake that looked like the ship with little lights inside it. Vodka shots were enjoyed by all. Our tickets said they would keep us should war break out, in other words, we'd become "prisoners of war"(!!??). It was remarkably an experience one is lucky to have in one's lifetime.
Russian Ship Mikhail Lermontov
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In 1978 my best friend & I crossed the Atlantic from Montreal to London on the A. Pushkin. It cost less than airfare at the time for us as students. The crossing took 10 days and was the last of the year (late September). You were a-ok if you took your gravol daily! At the time, virtually anything we wished to purchase on board cost 60 cents including drinks. The nightclub was called the White Nights and the band played the same 6 songs each night over and over but no one minded. Afternoon tea was the best - warm baked treats and tea in china cups. The meals were interesting - "meat, special sauce" we were told when we asked what we were eating. The last night at supper, they brought out a cake that looked like the ship with little lights inside it. Vodka shots were enjoyed by all. Our tickets said they would keep us should war break out, in other words, we'd become "prisoners of war"(!!??). It was remarkably an experience one is lucky to have in one's lifetime.
Misselaineous