Days 19 & 20: NYC and Sea Day

Oct 30, 2011 21:40

Sorry about no post yesterday. Embarkation days are busy and very long and when I got off at 11 and had to be back at 6:30 this morning I made the executive to scrap the blog for the day.

Embarkation this time around wasn't nearly as crazy as it was last week as we only brought on 1600 passengers this time as opposed to 2500 like last week.  I had a nice start to the day and was greeted with of all things, snow!  I couldn't believe it. It kept getting colder and colder and next thing you knew there was heavy clumpy snow falling and after that pure, beautiful, small snow. It looked like it was the middle of winter. It was the perfect sendoff. As the guests came onboard I just kept reminding them we'd be in Florida in 2 days. 

I did my first "ship visit" yesterday too. All it really is is a tour of the ship for local travel agents so they can get a better idea of what the ship's like.  A lot of my co-workers complain about having to do these. I loved it. The agent's were great to deal with and it got me away from the desk for a couple hours. I don't see what's not to love.  I instantly told our group coordinator that she can give me those every time she needs one done. 

Now that we've left the North East I've lost my competitive advantage of knowing the area and to make matters even worse it seems like every guest we have speaks either german, italian, or russian thus making me pretty useless to a lot of our guests.  I try to let people know as quickly as possible but I don't have a sweet clue what they're saying but it's still tough. My favourite is when they realize I don't understand them but then they ramble on as if some how I'm going to miraculously start knowing what they're saying.  I just try my best to look dumbfounded  when this happens.

Don't really have much else to add. I will however leave you all with easily the best English fail I've seen yet.  The following sentence is directly off our main cruise info page that's circulated around the ship for the crew.

"Durin the night between 03/11/11 & 04/11/11 the ship's clock will be RETARDED by one hour."

Another sea day tomorrow then Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday!

Day 18: Newport (sucks), RI

Oct 29, 2011 1:03
I've never been to Newport but it sucks.

Well actually I'm sure it's a wonderful town but both times we've been there were awful days for us due to the tendering. Last week it was a mess due to poor sea conditions. Today it was a mess just because it was a mess. Tendering in Bar Harbour isn't that big of a deal because for one we're closer to the pier and for two we arrive around 9 and leave at 6. In Newport we don't start until 11:30 and then leave at 6. In the end we're stuck with crazy pissed off passengers in the lobby for most of the day and then crazy pissed off passengers coming to tell us how much we suck when they get back. The crappy thing is that we run tender service non stop the whole time we're there. We actually go as fast as possible and are actually quite efficient it's really just poor planning to only be there for such a short time.

Today I got "lucky" though. Instead of having to stay at the desk and get bitched out I went down to where the tenders leave to help with the process. I put lucky in quotes because it was about 5C and the wind was whipping and all I really had for warm clothes was a down vest I wore over my suit. The vest worked wonders but my fingers and toes were icicles. Regardless I was pleased with not having to deal with a lot of issues that really had no resolution.

Tomorrow is disembarkation and with that comes craziness at the desk with thousands of requests for bill statements, explanation of disembarkation procedures and last minute complaints. My shift was on til 12 tonight and it didn't stop until 11:45. It was so busy that I just unplugged the phone because on top of the never ending line of people the phone was ringing off the hook. No thank you.

I won't get to get off the ship in NYC tomorrow as I start my 11 hour day at 10am and get to lead it off with a "ship visit". A ship visit is when a group of travel agents come on board for a tour so that they can better sell our vessel. Have I done one of these before? No. Is there a set schedule or order to show things in? No. Specifics on points I should make or things I should highlight? No. It's going to be an interesting morning, lol. That being said I'll probably love it.

That's all for now. Must rest, tomorrow's going to be a long ass day...

Day 17: Boston, MA (Aquarium day!)

Oct 27, 23:13
Glad you all enjoyed my first edition of QnA yesterday. Keep the questions coming. I've got two sea days next week as we head down south and am def going to need some questions to answer to help me survive those days.

I woke up today to a cold and rainy day in in Boston. I had to be at work for 12:45 and couldn't get off the boat, or ship, whatever, until just before 10 so I didn't have a ton of time but I had already decided I was going to the aquarium today so dammit, I went to the aquarium.

I've been to the New England Aquarium a handful of times over the years and have always loved it there. This was the first time I'd ever gone alone however which actually worked out pretty good. Had I had another one or two people with me I likely wouldn't have been able to get around town and the whole aquarium in the time I had.

As soon as you walk into the aquarium you're instantly greeted by the squawking of the penguins that live in center of the aquarium as their main attraction. The center of the aquarium is made up of a giant, 4 story tank with a winding walkway going up the entire tank. It's cool because as you reach the different different depths you come across different habitats and different varieties of sea life. The tank is home to sharks, sea turtles, sting rays, little fish, big fish, pretty fish, ugly fish and a big ass moray eel. Every time I've been there it's like where's Waldo with the moray. As I began walking around the tank I started looking for the eel. I came around the corner and it was right up against the glass! I was 2 inches from it and I can safely say that if I was ever that close to one of these guys in the wild, well let's just say the feces to water ratio would increase dramatically. Haha gross.

Aquarium pictures below!

Day 16: Bar Harbor, ME (again) and QnA

Oct 26, 2011 23:05

Ok, so I've been hit up with a good chunk of questions since I started this crazy job and even more since I started writing about it. Since I didn't do much in Bar Harbor today except find a little diner off the beaten path and have some fried scallops, coffee, and killer wifi there isn't much to write about. That added to the fact that I was off at 10 tonight and don't work again tomorrow until 1makes this the perfect opportunity to answer some of the questions I've been asked but haven't gotten around to addressing on here. So here we go, round one of cruise life QnA.

"What is your role? What exactly do you do?"

I work in the Guest Services department and my official title is "Info Host". Although I'm often referred to as an "Info Hostess" because masculine and feminine job titles don't translate well. On a lot of forms where we need to put our name the header now says "Info Host/ess" with the / drawn in by me in pen. Contrary to popular believe, I am in fact not a lady.

I work at the ship's reception desk normally with a team of 3 others although we can have as many as 8 on during embarkation days. Our primary role is to answer absolutely any question that our guests come to us with.

The situations/question we get the most often are:

- My key doesn't work (I can't wait until a new technology replaces magnetic room cards)

- Where am I?

- Do you speak English?

- Where is X?

- How do I get on the internet?

- My internet isn't working, can you help me?

- Why are you so handsome and charming?

- I lost X, has it been turned in

- I want to complain X. (With X being ANYTHING you can possibly imagine, I'll make a point to mark down the more memorable ones.)

- Room service orders

- Items for rooms ie. More pillows, towels, blankets, ice etc…

- Maintenance requests

- Do you know everything there is to know about this small random town you've never been to?

- Why does it smell so bad in Saint John?

Beyond that I've been given the task of spell checking, aka fixing the english, on every single comment that gets entered into our property management system. Every. Single. One. This means I read through broken English and try my best to figure out exactly what was trying to be said and make it sound as normal and professional as possible. The Ukrainians are def the worst for this one.

"What is the ratio of English speaking passengers to non English speaking passengers?"

Despite the fact that only a tiny percentage of the staff's first language is English the vast majority of our guests speak English as a first language. Since I've been onboard I'd guess it's been 70-80%.

"Do you have to pay for your beers at the crew bar?"

Yes. Mind you they're only a dollar so they might as well be free. :)

"Is that hallway from the shinning?"

When I posted a picture of the hallway leading to my cabin my dear aunt Linda asked me this question. The answer? Yes. Yes it is.

"Is the coffee on the ship as bad as it is on all the other cruise lines I've been on?"

The coffee we get served with breakfast is the worst coffee I've ever tasted. Ever. That being said the "American coffee" (if you just ask for coffee you get an expresso in a tiny cup) we can get in the crew bar is really good. I love going in there when I have break in the late afternoon for a cup or too while I read my book. As far as the guest coffee goes I haven't tasted it but I haven't heard great things. I think it's all a ploy to get you to buy the fancy coffees the ships offer.

"What's it like living on the water? Seasickness?"

I've had zero symptoms of seasickness although a few times I've felt like my body was rocking even when I wasn't moving at all. It's a strange feeling but it passes. After a rough time at sea getting on land feels super strange. In fact I've caught myself taking a few stagger steps before regaining my proper balance. In the end though for the amount of people that are onboard we only ever see a small percentage of them at the desk asking for sea sick pills. The majority of people are perfectly fine onboard.

"What's the food like?"

Crap. Staff food is far from exciting and typically bland. On top of that it's hard to get enough of a balanced diet due to how often we're served the same or identical things. I've never eaten so many carbs in my whole life. As a result I picked up a multi vitamin, now I'm complete from A to Zinc. The only picture I'm attaching today is my favourite thing I've seen for dinner since coming on board. There's always a "Potato of the Day" which ranges from mashed to a variety of ways to fry up or boil potatoes. I think the picture speaks for itself.

So that's it for the first QnA blog post. Keep the questions coming in and when I have a block of them again I'll do another post like this. I'm also going to work on collecting some good ridiculous guest stories as well as crew stories. In a recent post you can look forward to "Anatolio and the Maple Syrup".

Other than that I just wanted to let you all know that although I may not respond to all your comments and emails they all mean a great deal to me. When I show up in a foreign town and find some hobo cafe to get my emails seeing your names in my inbox always brings a smile to my face. Every single time.

Thanks for reading, much more to come. :)

ps. Have you heard Coldplay's new album? It's killer.

pps. Craig try not to loose your new phone… again.

Day 15: Saint John, NB... again

Oct 26, 2011 12:30
Sorry once again for missing a post yesterday but beer, laundry, and sleep took priority as I had to start at 6:45 to help with immigration again this week.

Had a nice relaxing day yesterday in Saint John. I went over with Patrick and we both only had two things we wanted. Lunch and wifi. Luckily I knew where to find both. After a nice lunch from Extreme Pizza we went over the the library and spent the rest of the afternoon there. Doing nothing can be so rewarding when you're always doing something.

Oh! On a sort of important note I cancelled my cell yesterday so my good friend 221-LICE that I've had since grade 11 will soon be gone. Email and Facebook only for me from here on out.

Of note is that yesterday was the last time I'll be on Canadian soil until March. No more loonies and toonies for this guy.

Not much to write about beyond that. As I hit some repeat ports over the next couple days I'll ask all my lovely readers what you'd like me to write about. Leave a question or a suggestion in the comments and I'll do my best to address it. I also know I haven't answered a lot of your questions already so I'll be sure to check the past comments too.

Time for some Bar Harbor lobster. Ciao!

Day 14: Halifax!

Oct 24, 2011 22:40

Well, that's the last of Halifax I'll be seeing for 5 months and what a
great last day it was. Going into today I was desperately hoping we'd have
nice weather because if not I'd have to hear from all the guests how crappy
my home town was. Not to mention that I'd have to hear it from my
co-workers for the next 5 months. Thankfully it turned out to be a
beautiful fall day in Halifax.

My boss was kind enough to schedule me today so that I was able to be off
the ship for 6 hours. The most I've had so far was 4 hours in Boston so
having 6 is huge. For what I had to get done this was plenty so I wasn't
going to have to rush around and was going to be a little more leisurely as
I spent the day with Dad for the last time for a few months. That is until
I went to Chester's only to find out that my American passport expired
October 1st of this year… Shit.

Thank goodness papa bear still has some connections from his consulate days
we were able to get in and get the ball rolling on a new passport. Should
have it in a week or two, phew! Needless to say that added a bit of stress
and urgency to the day. That being said, I wouldn't of had today any other
way. A little bit of stress keeps things interesting.

After a nice lunch we headed over to the Super Store (Dolan if you're
reading this there's your shout out) to pick up a few things I needed
onboard. While we where there I skirted a crazy lady I had dealt with on the
ship that morning. She was wearing the tops in fashion, a black sweater
decorated with leaves in fall colours; I know you're all jealous, if you'd
like I can ask where she got it so you can all get one of your own.

As we came around a corner in the pharmacy we bummed into my co-worker from
the desk, Victoria. I introduced her to dad and mentioned she was from
Ukraine. He proceeded to say some random phrase he knew which we later
found out to mean "small cats". Home run pops, lol.

The "it's a small world" moment of the day definitely came as I was about to
pass security to head back onto the ship. As I'm walking up to the line I
look behind me and see my friend from SMU Danielle Hiscock walking towards
me. After we exchanged some "is that really you" looks and a big hug we
found out that her cousin from England works on the ship as a dancer…
What're the friggin odds.

When I got back to work I had the best surprise yet. Today we got a new
employee on a desk. A girl from Vancouver!! I have another Canadian to work
with!! That and I now have another first language English speaking friend!!
Yahoo!

As far as TV goes on board we don't get much in the way of American
networks. I'm thankful that we have ESPN and I get to watch any football at
all. Apparently that's not enough for a REAL football fan. I had a grown
man so upset at the desk tonight when he found out he wouldn't be able to
watch his precious Patriots (barf) for two weeks while he was on board. I
mean this guy was heated. Probably didn't help that I told him early on in
our convo that they were over rated, oops! Luckily he was so pissed about
not being able to watch the games that we glazed over it pretty easily. Mind
you he did stay and tell me the same thing over and over again for a few
minutes before he finally stopped his whining and went back to his
business.

I've got an idea bud, just enjoy the cruise.

Georges Island

This is when I took a picture of dad taking a picture of me. He's in it to win it.

Peace out Hali

My whip.

Looks like my old hotel is finally getting a new driveway.

We've been following this ship around. It's always parked right in front of us.

Day 13: Sea Day

Oct 24, 2011 12:20
Sorry for no post yesterday for the sea day... There isn't really much to write about except the bombardment of questions we get on the first few days of a cruise. I've never heard so many people wanting pillows in all my life.

After getting off at 11 and working this morning at 6:30 so I could have time off in Halifax I was just too pooped.

Right now I'm sitting in Chester's living room before I go tearing around town some more with dad before having to be back on board at 5pm local. Hope I see you! I'll post for day 14 tonight, ciao!

Day 12: New York City

Oct 23, 2011 1:13
I had a great few hours in NYC followed by a hectic 11 at work. I'm far too pooped to write about it tonight. For all you blog junkies you'll have to check back around noon tomorrow (Sunday). I'll post when I wake up tomorrow.

Oct 23, 2011 10:19

Well after 4 years of working in up state New York State I finally made it to the big city. And when I say big city, I mean BIG city. It's odd though, because as I left Pier 88 at 12th and 48th nothing seemed special or exceptionally large about the city. As I started my trek through the city however, it quickly became clear I was in a another world. As I walked past massive and elaborate churches, Radio City Music Hall, Rockafeller Center, Time Square, NBC Studios, Trump Tower, Central Park, and of course the 5th Ave Apple Store (nerd alert!) it became abundantly clear that I had woken up somewhere special.

The crazy thing is when I woke up and plotted out my walking route to the Apple Store at the corner of Central Park I figured I'd see the store, Central Park then hit Times Square and leave. Everything else that I saw was completely accidental! I'm minding my own business walking down the street then, bam! I stumble onto the home of the NFL draft at Radio City, a few minutes later I find myself standing in front of a building I've seen hundreds of times over the years on TV but felt slightly surreally to be at; Trump Tower.

Times Square is something that you really have to experience to understand. That block alone must use as much power in a year as the entire country of Canada. I've never seen so many screens, movement and people in all my life.

I wanted to hit the Apple Store for a couple reasons. 1. I needed a good wifi connection for updates and phone calls and I knew they'd have a strong one. and 2. I wanted to see the iconic glass cube on the corner of Central Park. I had remembered reading a while back that they were renovating the cube but hoped that they had finished… They hadn't. As opposed to seeing the big glass cube I saw a big grey cube with "We're simplifying the Fifth Avenue cube. By using larger, seamless pieces of glass, we're using just 15 panels instead of 90." Show offs.

As good as my morning off was my 11 hour afternoon at work was the exact opposite.

Answer me this. What do you get when you take 2,500 people, put them into a foreign venue, and remove them from their luggage for hours on end? Chaos. Absolute chaos. I've seen nothing like this before, I worked 12-6 and 7-12 and it didn't slow down until 11:45. Where's my luggage, where's the restaurant, I'm the 2nd dinner sitting but want to be the 1st, I need ice, I need pillows, and my safe won't lock, were just a sampling of the questions I received over and over again. Just nuts. Here's hoping things chill out a bit tonight.

Here's some pics, sorry there's no real order to them.

Of course this happens the one time I'm there.

Rockafeller Center skating rink

Times Square

Big grey cube as opposed to big glass cube.

The clock out front of Trump Tower

Bling, bling.

NBC Studios, bet you didn't know that from the pic.

Home of the NFL draft

I can't remember the name of this church but it was MASSIVE

Day 11: Newport, Rhode Island

Oct 21, 23:15

Well today was completely ballistic.

Before I get to that however it's worth mentioning that I've stopped taking sea sick pills and I've been completely fine! The seas have been totally crazy too so I guess that means that I've already got my sea legs!

Ok, so back to today.  The sea's were nutty this morning as we pulled into Newport.  We arrived on time but it took us an hour before we were able to begin tendering and then it was extremely slow going once we started.  As a result we had hundreds of people in the lobby milling about. Add that to the many many people who came to give us a piece of their minds as well as those who called down PLUS it's disembarkation tomorrow so we were filled to the gills with questions, complaints, compliments, and concerns.   Overall it was just nuts and I'm pooped.

Tomorrow we hit NYC and I should have time to venture out in the morning before I work 11 hours; barf.  I start at 12 tomorrow, have a one hour break from 6 til 7 then finish up at 12. The silver lining in all of this is everyone is happy on the first day and I'll have the chance to start as many of them as possible on the right path for their vacation.

No pictures today as I didn't see the light of day except through a window for about 2 mins. Ciao.

Day 10: Boston, Mass

Oct 20, 2011 14:21
Ok, NOW it feels like I've got a cool job. I'm currently sitting in a pub in Quicy Market enjoying a Samuel Adams and a bowl of New England clam chowder. Now that's what I'm talking about! It's been since 2007 that I was last here but this place never changes and it feels like I was just here yesterday escorting my campers around.

I'm doing my own thing today as I didn't really know how to get here from the cruise port and didn't feel like having to deal with other people while off the ship today. It was a great decision because as a result I was able to FaceTime with mom and have a quick chat with dad with my newly purchased Skype credits. I've got time for one more beer and an email or two before I grab a coffee and start my way back to the ship before we leave. More later!

I can't get over what a beautiful day it turned out to be in Boston today. When we pulled in this morning it was overcast and rainy and then just before I got off work at 12 I had a Scottish couple asking if they could cancel the "scenic drive" tour they had booked because of how foggy it was outside. Speaking out of my ass I convinced them that the tour would be worth it regardless of the weather and that it was going to clear up in the afternoon anyway. I got lucky on this one because by the time I left the ship at 12:30 the sun had burned through and I very quickly realized that I wasn't going to need the hoodie and down vest I had brought.

Work this morning wasn't the greatest but I kind of saw it coming... Like I said yesterday, the eggs don't lie.  The shells didn't cooperate and neither did my interactions this morning. Nothing serious but not nearly as awesome as yesterday.

I get to have a much needed sleep in tomorrow. I finished work at 9 tonight and I don't start tomorrow until 12!! Amazing. Means I won't get to see Newport but I'm sure I'll live. Maybe I'll get up a little early and get a much needed hair cut. :)

I figured out how to put captions under the pictures. Check em out!

Quincy Market

Gotta have a Boston Lager when you're in Boston

Up inside Quincy Market, great place for lunch.

Junk in the trunk.

Mr Sam Adams himself... Minus the head.

Mmmmm New England clam chowdah

Day 9: Bar Harbor, Maine

Oct 19, 2011 23:25

I had no idea I'd like Bar Harbour as much as I did. It was a brisk fall day today but for me it was perfect. I'm doing really well adapting to the life and am building better and better bonds with my coworkers every day.

I started at 6:30 today but had to wake up at 5:30 because we share a shower. That being said I knew right away that today was going to be a great day. Of all things my sign of this came from some hard boiled eggs. Most mornings I have a couple hard boiled eggs to get me through the morning. Often the shell will stick to the egg and making getting into it a royal pain in the ass. Every once in a while the shell will come right off one of them but never both. Not today! When the first one came right off I looked at the people I was eating with and told them it was going to be a good day, and when it happened again on the second one I told them it was going to be a GREAT day. They looked at me like I was crazy. I didn't care because, call me crazy, I knew what I was saying was going to be true. Some people read horoscopes, some palms, some crystal balls. I read hard boiled eggs and the eggs don't lie. (Wow I sound like I've lost my mind)

Today was our first American port which meant we had to meet with American immigration and clear all 2,500 guests and 1,000 staff. I had the task of facilitating the American's on board which were somewhere in the 1,000 to 1,500 range and I dealt with every single one of them. For 2-3 hours I had to read cabin numbers to an officer who cleared them through the computer while at the same time I had to check their passports to ensure that they were American. It was like the never ending line. Whenever I looked up to see how the line was going I could never see the end. In fact it felt like it would never stop. Now, as you all know, I'm a guy who likes to talk but I can safely say that I've never spoken so much in my entire life. I actually didn't stop for the whole time. If I wasn't reading cabin numbers and names to the officer I was greeting and making small talk with the guests as they passed through my station before proceeding onto the customs officials. By the end of it my mouth was so dry I'm pretty sure that had I coughed dust would have come out. Mind you I wouldn't have traded it for anything. An experience like this can be very frustration for guests and I'm confident that I was able to make this at least a little better for all of them with how I carried myself throughout. Is it odd that I'm passionate about good customer service? If you said yes then sucks to you, it's what I love.

We had to tender into Bar Harbour as it's not big enough to have a cruise ship terminal. (Tendering is when the passengers are ferried to shore in smaller boats that hold about 100 when full). Today, as always, I was after a good lunch when I got to shore and boy did I find it this time. Just a bit up the main drag was this little deli that made the best lobster roll I've ever had. Huge chunks of lobster smashed into a tiny bun. I'm pretty sure I was grinning ear to ear the whole time and then for an hour after.

I didn't get many good pictures today but there are still a few of the town including an ancient clock out front of the First National Bank, a shot of the main street with the mountains in the background, some of the scenery, downtown with a tender coming back to the ship, a close up of one of the tenders, and lastly my buddy Oscar in one of the ugliest shirts I've ever seen (his band leader choose it, he has it in different colours too, can't wait).

That's all for now, buenanotte (good night). :)

Day 8 Saint John

Oct 18, 2011 23:00

I can't believe it's been a week already. It's strange because although it seems like last Monday was so long ago at the same time it feels like it was just yesterday, ship time is a strange thing.

So I guess this is my week 1 status update and I'm pleased to say that my only real complaint is the food. Overall it's been a good experience so far and we haven't even started going to the fun places yet! I'm picking up the job very quickly and am already quickly becoming a favourite amongst the guests and the staff seem to be taking to me well also. It sounds lame but I counted how many friends I have on board now. I needed more than one hand which I consider to be quite an accomplishment!

Today I found my new favourite place on the ship. There is a staff area all the way at the front of the ship where, when we reach the Caribbean, we'll be able to get some sun. For today however it was a great spot to watch the smelly city of Saint John as we disembarked and made our way back out to sea. Right now it's very serene and I don't think it's well known by a lot of the staff. For now I think the best part of it is that it's somewhere I can go to get away from everything. My bunk, crew bar, the guests, the staff, everything. Today I went out with my iPad and just sat and read for a while. Who cares if it was only 15C, the fresh air was wonderful and the sun was hot and that's all I need.

The pictures today are of the stunning sun rise, my big ass home away from home, a shot from the bow webcam where you can see me reading by the anchor, the scene as we left Saint John and then the sun setting over the city. Bye for now!

Day 7 Sea Day

Oct 16, 2011 23:00
Today was my best day yet. I worked 12-6 and 9-12 which let me have a nice sleep in and finally be good and rested. I had a nice break too where I just sat in crew bar, read my book (The Lost Symbol) and had a cup of coffee.

Today was also my first rough sea day. Is it weird that I like it? If there's no movement I forget that I'm on a boat and that takes the fun out of the whole experience. I especially like it when I'm falling asleep, the sea gently rocks me to sleep. :) Speaking of which I'm going to do just that. Until next time.

Day 6 Quebec City

Oct 15, 2011 15:56
In the next couple hours we're going to be leaving rainy Quebec and begin our 2 day voyage to Saint John, NB; lame. Not sure what it's going to be like to be at sea for 2 days but I do know that Saint John is pretty boring. At least I'll be able to go to the market there and get a much needed real lunch.

I have no sweet clue when I'll get to post again but in the mean time you can check out the pics below of how they load luggage onto the ship and the dreary hallway that leads to my cabin. Ciao!

23:40
I get to sleep in tomorrow for the first time and it couldn't come at a better time. After going out last night and not getting much sleep being able to sleep in tomorrow until 11 will be like heaven.

We had 1400 new passengers come on board today which kept us very busy at the desk. And to make it even crazier a lot of them are French so I had to deal with even more guests because I'm just one of a few of us that speaks French. All this conversational French is mentally exhausting.

Speaking of exhausting, Victoria, Patrick and Roberts from the desk want me to meet them in a couple mins at the crew bar for a beer. I can barely keep my eyes open as I lay in bed to type this and watch some college football. I gotta pass on the bar tonight, I need sleep.

Day 5 Quebec City

Oct 14, 2011 14:30
A rainy day in Quebec, I can't get off the ship until 11pm but at least since we're here again tomorrow we can go party tonight. That being said I probably work at 7 or 8 again and am going to want to kill myself when my alarm goes off, lucky me.

Time for a power snooze before I go back to work in 2 hours.

Oh! And if you're reading this comment or email me because if not I'll feel unloved and we don't want that! So far I'm up to 5 readers that I know of: mom, dad, Linda, Jen, and Bryanna. Thanks guys! I'll do my best to answer all your questions in due course.

3:45am
Tonight is not the night for question answering. After a crazy night at work dealing with the 1400 passengers that are disembarking tomorrow and their millions of questions we all got to unwind by heading to Maurice in town. Sounds great in premise until the part where I say that we stayed out til 3am. At least I don't work until 10. That's all for now, must sleep.