An Interview with Captain Karlo Buer of The Seabourn Legend…..And a Gift Shop Inventory

The first thing I had to take care of this morning was to put people’s minds at ease. Good afternoon from Tallinn, Estonia where it’s cool but dry and guests are already ashore. However, this morning it became apparent that passports, photo copies and most other concerns seemed to have been put on the backburner as Russia took center stage. It seems that during the night the Pursers Office and other staff had many guests enquiring about if the ship would still be calling at St.Petersburg and if so…..it was safe to do so? I also had a dozen letters asking me to address this on the Morning Show.

Obviously the Russian troops crossing the boarder of Georgia should be a concern for the entire world and hopefully Mr. Putin will take a breath and things will cool down. However, guests are concerned and so this morning I made an announcement that Georgia is 1800 miles to the south of St.Petersburg. There are no “red flags” from either the Russians or the State Departments of the USA, UK etc. Carnival will always put the safety of their guests first and we will keep a very careful eye on the situation.

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