rain rain go away

oh my gosh i am so glad to see sunshine again. Last cruise was completely rained out!

For the whole 10 days, we had tropical storm Otto hovering above us, bringing wind, rain and depression to the whole emerald Princess.

It was especially bad in Barbados, where everything was flooded and closed, and in st. kitts, where we did not even dock. We had to cancel island night not once, but twice - finally putting it on on the third last night of the cruise.

However, we had a great bunch of passengers last week - 99% of them took the logical approach that we can't control the weather and still enjoyed their holiday. This bunch especially loved to dance - from the rained out sailaway party in the piazza to the last night piazza party, we had a great time.

My tan has alltogether disappeared, thus today begins operaiton mega-tan .. one hour of tanning every day. I generally get a 1 1/2 - 2 hour break around midday, so maximm sun exposure will be gained.

I got my new flights for heading home to brisbane. I now disembark in St. THomas and, in the best news possible, I found out i have an overnight stay in st thomas. I have a hotel room booked, and have fantasies of spending the day with friends at Magen's bay beach, then standing on the pier waving as the Emerald Princess disappears into the distnce..

Mark's replacement finally arrived - Miko is here and he is great. Miko is from Seattle and used to be a professional dancer before he busted his knee... I have been carefully studying his dance style and trying to steal his moves like i did with mark.. but Miko is too good and his steps are too complex!

TOday Hersh leaves. Kenzie, his gf, was here this week with him and is about to go off and do cruise staff training. They are going to the Diamond Princess together next month- how cute!

in fact, i have to get back to the ship now to say goodbye to them. better scull my starbucks and get moving!

17 days to go!!