Okay, so as many people have pointed out to me, it has been a long time since I made a post. And I have yet to post any pictures yet either... but I have many reasons (ahem, excuses), as to why...
First of all, we had the 2 long holiday cruises. These were 14 & 15 day cruises, which I discovered is far too long to have the same guests onboard. Especially when they are extremely needy guests with lots of complaints. Especially when you have a new supervisor who basically does not now how to do even the simplest of guest services tasks... But really, I would just rather not think about those two cruises now, they are thankfully in the past.
Right now we have started our two new itineraries, which we will be doing until the end of my contract here - May 22nd is my sign-off day, and I am counting down the days already... Basically we have 2 cruises that we alternate between. There's the Morocco & Canary Islands cruise, and then the Greek Isles & Egypt cruise.
Learning about the new ports has definitely been interesting... especially since we don't have all that much information on the ports, but we have managed to struggle through. I finally made it out into Egypt last cruise. We had some technical difficulties the cruise before, with the person who I was supposed to go out with's shore pass going missing. I have not yet made it to the pyramids, but hopefully soon. This time we managed to get to the shopping mall in a taxi, which was quite an experience in itself. As we left the port in the taxi, I started seeing a few carts with horses pulling them. I mistakenly thought that these were just a tourist trap. Not so much. The cars have to share the roads with lots of horses and carts, and driving between the lines is pretty much not a concern for people. Neither is crossing at a corner, or while the light is green, or even while cars are stopped. These people have no fear I tell you. I on the other hand, had lots of fear. I don't think I will be going out walking around any time soon.
Anyway, our new itinerary has been interesting, and I will write more later, however I am doing laundry, and it is just about time to put it in the dryers. We are having problems with the crew internet working in our cabins, so it is a bit more difficult to get online and post lately. Hopefully they will have things fixed soon.
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6 comments:
Good to hear everything is same as ever. Is your old supervisor coming back?
-Dad
It sounds interesting and I hope you get to see the pyramids.
One picture... that's all I'm asking. How about when you see the pyramids finally? :)
George is right. I'd like to see a pyramid too.
Dad
I am down to my last few drops of
that wonderful Fundor Brandy you got for me.(hint hint hint)
Gramps
Our old supervisor is not coming back :( We're learning to cope with the new one.
I was trying to post some pictures today, but the internet doesn't like me.
I did finally see pyramids, but I'll post when it decides to let me see pictures.
PS - Grampa, I'm looking out for some more brandy for you
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