Sea Day = Update! I mentioned the other day that I tend to talk a lot about food and Alberto in this blog. To which Brian responded “That’s the good stuff!” True, it is. I guess my ability to remember a ton of history about the places we’re seeing is just hard for my brain. So, if you’re interested in finding out more about what we’re doing you can also check out Brendan’s blog at www.averybigship.blogspotcom. Or you can click on Cody’s blog in my links at the bottom. Brendan’s got a better brain for remembering the historical facts instead of just saying “Ay youze guys! Look at this purty church!” And it’s fun to get a different point of view from the same travelers.
New week! New cruise! It’s fun to start a new cruise with a new batch of passengers on board. It is Groundhogday-esque but it’s also nice to reload, especially if you feel like the last batch of people were a teensy bit weird. It’s so hard to explain unless you live in this floating home, but it’s just an overall feeling you get about the cruisers for the week. Last week was weird-ville 9000. This week feels better so that’s good. Except for the dirty bastard children. Cody put it best when he said “I feel like I have an English orphanage living next to me”. Hard knock life indeed! Last night was filled with the brats running up and down the hall screeching like ass monkeys. We’ve been threatening to just open the door and body check a few of them to put them in their place. Otherwise people seem relaxed and at ease.
Roma
This past week in Rome we visited an amazing church called Santa Maria Del Popolo. This church is featured in Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons” which Brendan blew through in about 3 days. Mainly because it’s kind of a shitbomb and also it’s almost exactly like “The DaVinci Code”. The most striking things about these churches are the chapels inside the churches. They are usually mini alcoves that hold art, statues, or tombs of people buried there. These chapels are so saturated with gorgeous art that it would fill one church in the states, and there are usually about six chapels in one church in Italy. The picture above is from there and it’s one of my favorites so far. We found some delicious pasta after that and took the train back to the ship. On the walk back to the ship we stopped at a stand where locals sell giant slices of watermelon for 2 Euro. It was ridiculously delish and surely to become a post Rome treat.
Livorno
I already posted about Livorno, it was my relax day. The boys ? Not so much. Brian and Brendan almost “missed the boat” on Friday. Literally. Their train back from Lucca was delayed nearly an hour and a half. The gangway was to get yanked at 6:30pm and they checked in at 6:28! Not at all their fault, but terrifying nonetheless. Even more terrifying was me, sitting in the cabin when the security officer called to ask if Brendan was in the room, I said no, they had gone to Florence and I’m sure they would be back. As he was getting ready to say his next sentence and as I was getting ready to pee myself he said they were walking up the gangway. WHEW!
New week! New cruise! It’s fun to start a new cruise with a new batch of passengers on board. It is Groundhogday-esque but it’s also nice to reload, especially if you feel like the last batch of people were a teensy bit weird. It’s so hard to explain unless you live in this floating home, but it’s just an overall feeling you get about the cruisers for the week. Last week was weird-ville 9000. This week feels better so that’s good. Except for the dirty bastard children. Cody put it best when he said “I feel like I have an English orphanage living next to me”. Hard knock life indeed! Last night was filled with the brats running up and down the hall screeching like ass monkeys. We’ve been threatening to just open the door and body check a few of them to put them in their place. Otherwise people seem relaxed and at ease.
Roma
This past week in Rome we visited an amazing church called Santa Maria Del Popolo. This church is featured in Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons” which Brendan blew through in about 3 days. Mainly because it’s kind of a shitbomb and also it’s almost exactly like “The DaVinci Code”. The most striking things about these churches are the chapels inside the churches. They are usually mini alcoves that hold art, statues, or tombs of people buried there. These chapels are so saturated with gorgeous art that it would fill one church in the states, and there are usually about six chapels in one church in Italy. The picture above is from there and it’s one of my favorites so far. We found some delicious pasta after that and took the train back to the ship. On the walk back to the ship we stopped at a stand where locals sell giant slices of watermelon for 2 Euro. It was ridiculously delish and surely to become a post Rome treat.
Livorno
I already posted about Livorno, it was my relax day. The boys ? Not so much. Brian and Brendan almost “missed the boat” on Friday. Literally. Their train back from Lucca was delayed nearly an hour and a half. The gangway was to get yanked at 6:30pm and they checked in at 6:28! Not at all their fault, but terrifying nonetheless. Even more terrifying was me, sitting in the cabin when the security officer called to ask if Brendan was in the room, I said no, they had gone to Florence and I’m sure they would be back. As he was getting ready to say his next sentence and as I was getting ready to pee myself he said they were walking up the gangway. WHEW!
Cannes
No haircut for Melew this week. Every place wanted about 54 Euro and one place wanted 74 Euro ! NO siree. So I’m going to do some research on Nice this week and see what I can do about not looking like a Sasquatch. Brendan escorted a real humdinger of a tour in Cannes and I’m sure he’ll post the details on his blog, so I hung out with Cody and Brian. We ate a delicious lunch of Steak and Pommes Frites and went to a grocery store so Cody and Brian could slam a quart of real, decent milk. The milk on the ship is not very good. It’s always sort of lukewarm and ok for cereal, but these boys were jonesin’ for some cold ass calcium!
Ship Life
There is a crew party in Spinnaker Lounge this week. It’s a pirate theme with prizes for best costume. If it’s anything like Halloween, I’m sure we’ll see a bunch of whorish, “sexy” pirates come Thursday.
Alberto has not yet received his real, $4000 guitar. It is apparently still in Naples, which it supposedly has been for like 3 weeks. He has also been semi-demoted to playing on deck 13 and outside from 7-midnight. Poor guy cannot catch a break! My theory is that the cruise line is hoping two dolphins come and nab him overboard. Next he’ll be playing to the Engine Room guys from 2am-5:45am.
Cross your fingers because I’m hoping to escort a tour to the active volcano of Mt. Etna tomorrow in Sicily! If any grandmas from New Jersey give me lip I’ll sacrifice their bodies to the mountain. Ciao!
No haircut for Melew this week. Every place wanted about 54 Euro and one place wanted 74 Euro ! NO siree. So I’m going to do some research on Nice this week and see what I can do about not looking like a Sasquatch. Brendan escorted a real humdinger of a tour in Cannes and I’m sure he’ll post the details on his blog, so I hung out with Cody and Brian. We ate a delicious lunch of Steak and Pommes Frites and went to a grocery store so Cody and Brian could slam a quart of real, decent milk. The milk on the ship is not very good. It’s always sort of lukewarm and ok for cereal, but these boys were jonesin’ for some cold ass calcium!
Ship Life
There is a crew party in Spinnaker Lounge this week. It’s a pirate theme with prizes for best costume. If it’s anything like Halloween, I’m sure we’ll see a bunch of whorish, “sexy” pirates come Thursday.
Alberto has not yet received his real, $4000 guitar. It is apparently still in Naples, which it supposedly has been for like 3 weeks. He has also been semi-demoted to playing on deck 13 and outside from 7-midnight. Poor guy cannot catch a break! My theory is that the cruise line is hoping two dolphins come and nab him overboard. Next he’ll be playing to the Engine Room guys from 2am-5:45am.
Cross your fingers because I’m hoping to escort a tour to the active volcano of Mt. Etna tomorrow in Sicily! If any grandmas from New Jersey give me lip I’ll sacrifice their bodies to the mountain. Ciao!
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