Author Archives: GypsyShaughnessy

Nothing like a sea day to put yourself back into the working swing of things. As if I said before, the ship can’t stop, we simply can’t. Everything that’s going on behind the scenes can’t effect the show, which is … Continue reading →

The ship is quiet this morning. Which makes sense, as it’s a port day morning and most of the guests are out exploring Dubrovnik. Going on with their vacation, heedless of the fact that all the crew members seem a … Continue reading →

Those faraway places I’ve been reading about In a book, that I took from a shelf I start gettin’ restless whenever I hear Sometimes it amazes me really just the crazy turn my life took three years ago when I … Continue reading →

11 more days…according to the crew manifest. I can manage to not go insane for 11 more days… Somehow… Of course today I had Venice to distract myself with, and that’s always a rather fantastic thing. When we arrived this … Continue reading →

Dear diary…today Shadow went insane. I’m kidding of course, well…mostly.  In truth, I’m not sure if someone just fed the girl WAY too much red bull or if she was just surfing the wave of positive guests we had today. … Continue reading →

Today is the first time we’ve done a final day of the cruise with no Crew Farwell to worry about. It’s a little less chaotic because we don’t have to run a thousand places at once, but it none the … Continue reading →

I have a little Shadow who goes in and out with me And what can be the use of her is more than I can see Actually that’s not true, it was just too good an opening quote to pass … Continue reading →

If I were to post a picture of a herd of saddled donkeys lining a huge flight of winding steep steps chances are I wouldn’t even need to put in a quotation. It pretty much has to be Santorini. It’s … Continue reading →