Our plan was to wake up for the last biggie at 6am and we did so without an alarm. I think the jostling of the boat through the locks throughout the night woke us up. We headed up to the terrace a few minutes early to grab much needed coffee and a pastry.

The ship is incredibly quiet. I’d expected a crowd on the terrace to watch the biggie but seems like that’s not the case.

It wasn’t nearly as chilly as I’d expected. The weather was crisp and the sky mostly clear. We were rewarded with the beautiful super moon.

We arrived to the lock shortly after 6 but were greeted with red lights.

We sat stationary for quite some time as we waited for the go ahead to enter.

At 6:45 we received the green light and we began to slowly enter.

I’m so glad we woke up and went out. It was such a beautiful morning and was so peaceful and to see the lock in action was an engineering masterpiece!

Now…time to go find Milo for breakfast!