There’s our ship! Our “home” for the next 30 days! Holland America’s Westerdam. (The white structure in front is the terminal building for customs and embarkation.)
I’m not sure I’ve ever stood in so many lines before! The first line was for someone to check that you’re in the right line (passport and boarding pass). Because of Mother’s four star status (she’s been on a lot of cruises), we bypassed some of that line. The next line was double checking passport information with some customs officials. Then a line to hand in a photocopy of our passport as required for South Korea. Then the last line in the terminal building—security with metal detectors and x-ray machines. We got outside and there was another line outside the ship! First a Holland America employee double checking passport and boarding passes then Holland America security scanning boarding passes to indicate you were finally on board. Shwew!!
