Hello everybody,
The past few days have been busy, but fun. On Sunday, the quartet took a cab from the hotel to the ship. The cab driver was a nice lady from Iran and the drive through Vancouver was exciting. Once we got to the ship (after the security guys decided we were really supposed to be on this ship) we found our rooms and I met my cabin mate. After I moved my stuff into the room we had a security and safety meeting, took an environmental course and quiz, got some food, and played our first set. There were two passengers who recognized us from our flight from Chicago.
Yesterday, we had a follow up security meeting in the morning. I started to feel a bit queasy from the motion of the ship, so I slept most of the day up to our set.
Today I'm in Ketchikan, Alaska. There was a meeting at 6:30 (the ship just switched to Alaska time) to be screened by US immigration to get on and off the ship in US ports. I got off the ship to buy a few sundries that I forgot to bring. Things here are really expensive.
I'm still trying to figure out the details of my daily life - finding my way through the ship, meal times, time changes, where I can and can't go, and remembering my ID (which opens my cabin).
All in all, everything is going as well or better than I had expected. The views are incredible, the crew is friendly and helpful, the passengers are excited to hear what we are playing, and the pay ain't half bad. I got over the first bout of seasickness, and I hope it doesn't come back. I can still feel the rocking of the boat, and I do run in to the occasional wall here and there, but it doesn't look like it will be a lingering problem.
All for now,
-Paul
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sounds like a party my friend. just so you know, they are removing are back stairs. but fret not, they seem to be replacing them as well. the 20 days they are suppose to work appear to cause possible problems. the main question is, can i go 20 days without taking out the trash or doing laundry?
"running into the occasional wall or two..." now you know that got me laughing picturing you running into something...maybe even better than falling down, hahahahahahaha. glad everything is working out. any comments on the wardrobe yet??
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