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So, last cruise\u2026well actually, I don\u2019t want to talk about last cruise \u2013 except to say this: \u201cit\u2019s over\u201d and \u201cyay\u201d.<\/p>\nSo, last cruise\u2026well actually, I don\u2019t want to talk about last cruise \u2013 except to say this: \u201cit\u2019s over\u201d and \u201cyay\u201d.<\/p>\n
Moving on.<\/p>\n
This<\/em> cruise has started out much better. The guests are \u2013 so far at least \u2013 fairly laid back, with a good sense of humor, and although we had two sea days at the beginning, we are now in port days until the next turn around on the 25th<\/sup>. That makes life a lot<\/em> less challenging for me. I still run classes on port days, but not nearly as many and they\u2019re usually not as heavily attended. So a lot of port days means there\u2019s time for me to chill and continue recovering from the hullabaloo that was the holidays (yup, trust me, it\u2019s necessary :P)<\/p>\n We\u2019re in St Maartin today, which is one of those ports that doesn\u2019t have a lot to say about itself, except for one thing \u2013 it\u2019s airport.<\/p>\n What\u2019s so special about an airport you say?<\/p>\n Well, I\u2019m glad you asked.<\/p>\n The St Maartin airport has a beach at the end of the runway. A public beach. Logically it\u2019s called \u201cairport beach\u201d and every day, hundreds of people go there to watch the planes come in. Because it looks like they\u2019re going ot land on your head. Nope, not kidding. Not even a little bit. They come in so low that it looks as if you could reach up and brush your fingertips across the bottom of an incoming airbus.<\/p>\n SO COOL!!!<\/p>\n Also very loud, although my ears didn\u2019t pop like Amras\u2019 did.<\/p>\n It was a bit of a whirlwind trip to get out there in time to actually see<\/em> a plane come in (I mean after all, they\u2019re not coming in an entertainment-based schedule) , but when we got back we were left with enough time to wander around town for a bit; where I managed to snag myself another Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 martini glass (they are getting exceptionally hard to find), and a tiny pair of souvenir dutch shoes that I was somewhat pressured into buying by a very persuasive saleslady.<\/p>\n And most unexpectedly we stumbled on a movie museum! A really cool little place put together and maintained by one of the original puppet builders of the very first yoda. Tiny little place, but packed to the rafters with relaly cool stuff, including face casts of a large number of actors. I don\u2019t think I could ever sit through having a face cast done \u2013 I remember having a half one done to create a mask in art class once, and it a very uncanny and unnerving experience. They also had dozens of original framed script pages for sale which I would gladly have bought \u2013 if only I had a major Star Wars fan in my life.<\/p>\n Sometimes, the quieter days are the good ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, last cruise\u2026well actually, I don\u2019t want to talk about last cruise \u2013 except to say this: \u201cit\u2019s over\u201d and \u201cyay\u201d. Moving on. This cruise has started out much better. The guests are \u2013 so far at least \u2013 fairly … Continue reading