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As they say in England, we’ll “keep calm, and carry on.”

And so, speaking of the Brits, here’s my favorite travel-story-aside of the day, hidden within the report of the Spirit of Adventure, which was chased by pirates off the coast of Africa. Yes, passengers were were forced to abandon their dinner and seek shelter in order to avoid possible gunfire from the pirates. Yes, the passengers were scared. And yes, according to the report: the ship “was able to outpace the pirates and dinner was resumed.”

The kicker, from the cruise line spokesman: "The soup may have got cold for a while, but we have heated it back up again."