the christmas period, and it was so pleasant to be greeted with nicely decoration of christmas. even though our room was quite small, everything seemed to be in order. the food was quite good and excellent service. it was the by far the most satisfying experience of the whole cruise. the whole trip the ship was rocking and rolling, because of the gale force winds. all in all, this is still one of my top three trip at sea. as the company of the crews really made a huge different in the stormy days. 