Category Archives: Summer Contracts

Secrets and Surprises – Barcelona, Spain – [08/30/2013]

So….as most of you know ….I had a secret. Well the truth is I have lots of secrets, and many of them belong to people other than myself. I’m kind of the Bank of England when it comes to secrets, … Continue reading

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Three Coins in a Fountain – Rome, Italy – [08/26/2013]

Three hearts in a fountain Each heart longing for its home There they lie in the fountain Somewhere in the heart of Rome Nearly two years it’s been since I last stepped into Rome. The last time – as everyone … Continue reading

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Sleep Overs – Naples, Italy – [08/25/2013]

I had a slumber party last night! Well…sort of. My roommate and I had the shipboard equivalent of a slumber party. Oddly enough this contract I’m not rooming with someone from my own department, instead my roomie is a lovely … Continue reading

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Nymphs and Nerves – At Sea – [08/24/2013]

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

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Choices – At Sea – [08/23/2013]

Life goes on of course. It always does, especially out here where we don’t really have a choice as to whether not we feel like stopping. The ship cannot shut down, the curtain can’t close. We just chug along. At … Continue reading

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KBO – Dubrovnik, Croatia – [08/22/2013]

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

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In the Shadow of Paradise – Kotor, Montenegro – [08/21/2013]

We’re late leaving tonight. Very late. My first instinct was that this was due to some problem pulling up the last tender, or some other technical thing, but apparently the tenders are all stowed safely away ready for the journey … Continue reading

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Strange Sounding Names – Kotor, Montenegro – [08/21/2013]

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

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Permisso? – Venice, Italy – [08/19/2013]

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

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Interludes of Randomness – At Sea – [08/18/2013]

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

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