Thursday, August 24

Ghost ship


Italian authorities are trying to fathom the provenance of a ghost ship found drifting off the Porto Rotondo resort in Sardinia. The ship (pictured), showed no signs of life, but was described as being very old but in good condition, according to a report in Pravda.

I think I may have a clue: found on board were "French maps of North African seas, a flag of Luxemburg, Egyptian food leftovers and a wooden tablet in bad Italian that said “Bel’ Amica” (with only one “l” instead of two), which translates into English as “Beautiful Friend"."

A flag of Luxembourg? On a ship?

Here's a map of Luxembourg.
See if you can spot why this is not considered one of the world's great maritime nations.


Tiny little land-locked Luxembourg, pictured yesterday


1 comment:

Keera Ann Fox said...

I was in equally land-locked Passau, Germany, during my summer vacation and was a bit flummoxed by all the naval stuff they had around town - until I noticed the river nearby. Dan- or Don-something, they call it.