Gala Reception

Last night the Spanish office organised a Gala Reception on the ship for Tenerife's leading government officials, dignitaries, business leaders and the media. An events company provided very glamorous young men and women as hosts and hostesses, and a catering company provided a bar serving alcohol, interesting looking canapes and glasses of pured beetroot. It was a very weird experience for us crew who were invited, standing in the International Lounge surrounded by men in expensive looking suits and ladies in high heels and low-cut tops sipping wine and eating fancy food. It was all very un-Mercy Ships. Still, it was all for a good cause, and succeeded in raising our profile. Olly