Motion in the Ocean

hey guys,

time for another post. I was trying to write more a few days ago, but never had the time. Barcelona and Nice were great cities to explore even though the time was too limited to have a look at everything on my list! It really frees up your mind and reliefs the stress you build up while working almost all day, 7 days a week. Even if its only an hour sitting in a café with ur friends.

Since monday we have been starting a new cruise, going from lisbon to london. Right now I am in LaCoruna and have Lunch service off, which gives me a chance to catch up some sleep, write this post and extract a few pictures which I will post here tonight or tomorrow. Depending on how the sea is.,..forecast says rough sea. Last night it was so rough, that 2/3 of the restaurant were empty and room service broke the record in orders. Half of the restaurant staff worked room service. Tonight might be the same... also a sommelier managed to throw up in a closeby icebucket. For me it was fun, as sea-sickness did luckily not affect me!:)

Let's see how tonight goes... Work is fine, the routine now really kicks in. I might get to join room service, which is usually calm and better to get extra tips. Only during rough sea its busy and basically a b***h to work in, as the motion in the ocean makes it hard to walk up and down the stairs with the huge trays.

That is about it for now, more will follow the next days. Including the pictures! 

so long

Shiplife

Now that I have been aboard Seabourn Pride for 15 days, I am finally starting to get the hang of it. I moved the cabin a third time now (and hopefully for the last time) and live together with a German colleague from Hamburg. It's quite allright:)

What I have learned over the past two weeks is that one should not ask any questions or try to think more than the supervisor. It is not appreciated;)

Furthermore, as in almost any F&B operation it is vital to become friends with the chefs or room service. Tonight the room service guys left us a pizza in the room and the chefs gave us ice cream. So quite a nice after-work meal. 

The last days were rather unspectacular in terms of shore-leave. Messina was dirty, Corfu I had to man the ship while in port. Today we were in Sorrent which was beautiful, but the time was too limited to see all the nice things, such as Pompeij. After a day at sea tomorrow, we will advance to Genoa, Nice and Barcelona. Can't wait to see these places!!

That's it so far, pictures will be up within the next days! :)

Kopar, Dubrovnik, Corinthian Channel, Venice

hey, got some more pics to show. had them earlier, however I accidentally deleted the post and I was too annoyed so it took me til today. This is a selection from Koper, the shiplife and Dubrovnik. Venice I actually got to check out today for a longer time:)
stay tuned for more! Next stop: Korfu

Pics

Beno, the cabin mate

Julian, asst. maitre d'


Gigi, preparing for "Hobo-party"

me and manie at the hobo-party







Malta, Valletta


more pics (e.g. from greece) will follow tomorrow.. the internet is too slow atm;-)

so long

Flo

The Ship

Hey guys,

i am now aboard the Seabourn Pride and on my way to Greece. I have a lot of trainings, basically one a day during my spare time in the afternoon. That prevents on from goin onshore for a bit, but that will change soon!
My colleagues are really nice and help me picking it up as quick as possible. All around my age, and mostly austrian and german... the guests are nice as well.

I work all 3 meals, breakfast& lunch in Veranda Cafe, then dinner I work in the main dining room. Its quite allright, and not really hard work. Just annoying sometimes to run after others. And it is not really up to the standards of my intraining, only a LOT quicker.
Thats it so far, I will post pictures soon!

so long

Flo

Another pic

Great picture I came across (at least for football-fans like me;-) )