Today, me and my car are on a ferry from Helsinki to Travemünde in Germany, from where I will drive to Dortmund for a long stay. The ship isn’t exactly a cruise ship, it’s mostly a cargo ship that also takes passengers (and cars).

I think this may be the first image by van Haasteren I’ve ever done, and that’s because I tend to avoid Jumbo puzzles. I still think that the precision of the cut isn’t very good and it’s easy to place pieces wrong, but it doesn’t matter much with this kind of busy image. Otherwise, I find the Wasgij and van Haasteren series to be of excellent quality, although I’ve had some other puzzles from Jumbo with quite thin pieces. Anyway, this is definitely my kind of image, I’m always happy to do cruise ships.

This is a strange scene. My first thought was that the woman is being robbed by criminals dressed as police, and then I thought they were police and looking for her companion (notice the third hand in the bed), but I think I’ve finally worked out what’s going on. They’re looking for an escaped criminal dressed in stripes …

… and he’s hiding behind the staircase.

The movie seems to be Jaws (but why black & white?).

A Titanic moment ruined.

The scout leader looks very happy to be tied up by his young charges.

Fellow librarians?

Enthusiastic fishers have some fish fingers delivered. Fish fingers seem to be all anyone ever eats on this ship, from the dining room to the bridge.

Fighting over a life west, never a good sign on a cruise ship.

This was very enjoyable, but my favourite cruise ship puzzle is still the Heye by Anders Lyon. In that puzzle, the movie was Robin Hood, by the way 🙂

An image of the Eiffel Tower. It was OK, and since it’s a Jumbo, I was happy to have different colours in the sky (I find it’s easy to place pieces wrong with Jumbo). Probably would not have enjoyed this in a larger piece count.

I finally tried a WASGIJ?-puzzle. There are different types, but in this case, the box shows a situation from one perspective and the finished puzzle from another. You can see the finished puzzle by clicking here.

There were hints on the box, but I didn’t really use them. The puzzle was really fun to do, I enjoyed it very much. Also, I really identified with the Sunday driver 🙂

I’ve been avoiding Jumbo puzzles for years because I had problems with pieces fitting where they don’t belong, and that was still an issue. Of course, with an image like this, it’s not much of a problem, but I still wouldn’t want to do a Jumbo with a large area of the same colour.

Foot path to Much Snoring 🙂

My first Jumbo in a very long time. Unfortunately, the pieces still fit where they don’t belong, and that’s why I stopped doing Jumbos. I’m not saying I’m never doing another, but the image would have to be pretty interesting and there can be no large, monochrome areas. Two pieces missing, but I think I know where they can be found…

I had an accident on the way. A lot of the pieces ended up under the chest of drawers, and I spent quite a while fishing pieces out from under it. When I finished the puzzle there were four pieces missing, so I went back and managed to find two of them. The chest of drawers is really heavy and has a TV and lots of other stuff on top, so I’m not moving it for this puzzle, but I’m pretty sure the final two pieces are still there.