The Fievel/Mayflower dichotomy.

At one point on our ferry ride across the North Sea, Andrea I were laying down in the cabin giving our sea-legs some rest, when the following conversation occurred: 

Andrea: I was just thinking, if it's this bad on a boat in 2012, I wonder how bad it was on ships like the Mayflower...

Me: I was just thinking about how journey must have been for Fievel! 

True story. I then spent the rest of the journey singing this song...