Category Archives: Summer Contracts

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 →

14 days. That’s it, 14 days. Surely I can keep my mouth shut for two tiny little weeks after not breathing a word for nearly 8 months. I mean it shouldn’t be that hard. It should fly, I mean it’s … Continue reading →

I always forget how hot Turkey is, and I definitely should have remembered to get water before I left the ship. Thankfully one of the nurses sharing the bus with me was kind enough to split her water with me, … Continue reading →

Your mother warned you there’d be days like these – The Rembrandts There are days when my job is the most magical profession I can think of doing outside of being on stage. There are days when the adventures that … Continue reading →

  There are moments that truly drive home that I have the most amazing – and yet the most bizarre – job in the world. How many office workers do you know who sit there on a normal day doing … Continue reading →

“If you’re not a ten you’re a nine point nine.” ‘Relax and recharge’ that’s the theme for today, as we sail slowly through the straights of Messina, passing by the city where only last season I sat on a wall … Continue reading →

  Now that the library is almost set to rights (and it is still an ‘almost’ I still have to run a full manual to see what went missing during those five days that there was no one watching it, … Continue reading →