I'm not dead...

Time for news!

Have not really managed to keep up with the blog lately. It is rather hard when u prefer to sleep or quickly check the mails and then hunt some food around the ship instead of producing some quality text here:)

However, I'll take a few minutes now! I have been struggling to upload new pictures, as the uploading system is kind of challenging for my browser...

This cruise has been quite easy in terms of guests. Mostly americans, and they are easy to entertain. Scandinavia is really nice to look at and we were quite blessed with the weather. Stockholm was actually my favorite destination so far. Tomorrow we will dock in Warnemünde, Germany, and have a football match against the crew of another ship docking there. It has been organised via our Purser's office. Can't wait to kick some a$$ :)

St. Petersburg was warmer and prettier than expected, but unfortunatly I was unable to get off the ship for all three days. According to russian immigration laws, it is only allowed to disembark the vessel holding a seaman's book from your own country. Since our ship is registered in the Bahamas, we all hold books from the Bahamas:(

I have also managed to obtain a promotion at the beginning of this cruise, which caused a lot more stress than expected. The new job and responsibilites were quite challenging and took until now to get used to. It feels like the routine just kicked in yesterday.... we'll see what tonight brings!

I hope this info helps and I will really try hard to post more... maybe I need some "hate mails" to keep me on track for that ;)

so long...

More pics

Several pics from Oostende, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Cork :)

all steady..

Hey guys,

haven't published anything lately, however its been plain routine over the past week. Work is the same, except that people show up in the outlets very late and shorten our breaks that way...

the current cruise is halfway through.. we will be disembarking the passengers next monday in Copenhagen.. before that an overnight in Amsterdam (including a drug test the next morning *harhar*) I will try to take some pictures there.

The last destinations were not particularly interesting, so no pictures, besides Cork (Northern Ireland) where we docked yesterday. Nice little town but not so much to see, besides the bottom of a pint of Guiness ;)

that's it so far, I'll try to write more over the next week!

so long

It's official!

I finally got my IP grades! I am now officially a Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Thanks to all the people sharing the time at UCCR! Was a great time!

My evening-service-uniform, LaCoruna Governor's keep on the harbor, my cabin mate Jasha, and some pics from Santander

Here we have my room-service boss Romana, sundown in Malaga, Lisbon, and the harbor in LaCoruna

these are some impressions from the Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) and the crew party. Last picture is from the deck BBQ where we have to wear our funky hawaiian shirts...:/