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We could read and understand the German , but not the more ornate scripts . Imagine a hundred thousand books in tottering heaps on the floor in a room maybe 10 feet by 15 , threaded by a snaky passageway that you can just squeeze through to a miniscule desk at the back . It seems we are in the middle of it . We drove the Titanic through thick snow , six of us . Having nearly reached the other side we reefed , then began to reef again with excessive gusts from the land - - but changed our mind and dropped the mainsail altogether . You come on deck at 3 AM in pitch black with the boat tossing about and only the angry swirling foam around you visible , at 3:00:30 AM a wave comes over and drenches you completely , and you're alone with just shivers and thoughts to keep you company until being relieved at 6 AM , still pitch black . It 's an hour and forty-five minute drive from home , but once there we're right in the middle of New Zealand 's - - no , the world 's ! " It may sound faux but the result is quite charmant . It was great to visit his parents and see his sister and family . It was a bit of a shock ; in fact Ian arrived back early one morning from a three-week North American trip to learn that she was moving out at lunchtime .