It was, indeed, a long day, but I’m happy to report that the Maxima is a much nicer ship than the Gloria. The children’s room was good enough to entertain the children for much of the voyage and the food was also better than on the way out.
They claim to use Lithuanian time (EEST) on board, but things were closed at times they should have been open, whether you interpreted the listed hours as CEST or EEST. It’s anyone’s guess why.
We’re now back on CEST at Rasthaus Schakendorf, a hotel about 45 km from the port in Kiel, which leaves us with a very dull, theoretically almost five hour drive to get home tomorrow.
This is the same hotel we stayed in on the way out; it’s even the same room. They serve a good dinner here and I really wasn’t up for doing the drive this evening. The children are knackered, anyway: far too much lost sleep the last few nights.
Tomorrow, we’ll wake up when we wake up, have breakfast and wind our way home.