NATO in the Harbor

The NATO Star
The USS Normandy is to the left and the Toronto to the right
Trent, from Texas, one of our tour guides
"Don't Tread on Me"

I was supposed to make it to the "tip of Africa" this past Saturday - Cape Point (which is not actually the furthest tip of land in Africa. The rain dampened that parade and my friend and I went the the South African museum and then toured the NATO Navy convoy docked at the Waterfront. According to the seaman on the USS Normandy, it was the first time the ship had been opened for public tour. I was able to walk around the USS Normandy (USA), a Canadian (the Toronto) and a Dutch ship (Evereton??). We were too late to board the Portuguese ship and I don't know the nationality of the fifth ship; there was also a German supply vessel. It was interesting to see each ships approach to the tours. The Dutch ship had demarcated the walkway and had a couple people posted around, but we walked around on our own. The American Ship had people wait on the pier (what is the difference between a wharf and a pier?) until tour guides were available, and then guided us around, from there we walked across a gangplank to the Toronto and again toured at will, but they had information and people posted around, but they did open the control? room.