Two cruises down, approximately a
dozen more to go. This is a very
fun cruise, but COMPLETELY different than the last one. For one, I made more crew friends this
time. That might be because there
was no one on the ship even close to my age this cruise, but also because I
wanted to forge some friendships that would allow me physical access to friends
for longer than a week. But more
of that later.
What all did I accomplish this
cruise? Hmm… well, I ate whale… in
Iceland… with just J.P. there to witness it. Yeah, I’m a beast, I ate freaking whale. To be precise, it was Minke whale (I
think that might be how its spelled,
but I’m not positive). No matter,
I had a great time doing that. And
the fact that I was in freaking Iceland was AMAZING!!!! How ballin’ is that alone? Not many of my banana brethren make it
to Iceland, so I TOTALLY feel blessed.
Let’s see… I climbed some
mountains, saw some Callandish Stones, saw a Norwegian ski jump, encountered
both beautiful and ancient churches, walked through some buildings with grass
growing on he roofs… you know, a regular two weeks worth in Europe. Ya’ll, I LOVE this job.
But even without all the amazing
sights, the people I get the opportunity to work with are amazing as well. I’d love you all to check out a guy
named Danny Buckler online. He’s a
comedian, and one of our guest performers on the Marina. I love this man: he’s such a stud. I had the grand pleasure of getting to
know him and our amazing sound engineer Tim nightly at the bar. I have such a strong appreciation for
the both of them, but sadly Danny will be leaving soon. I have a feeling that I’ll be seeing
him again before the end of my contract, but still the man’s a legend in the
making and I greatly appreciate his performance savvy and general existence.
Enough gabbing, on to the
pictures! There’s a lot here; so
bear with me, but it’s all good, I promise. Oh, and just so you all know: Meredith and I hang out A LOT. Don’t get any ideas that we’re together
or anything, but we just gel really well.
More often than not, I serve as her wingman anyway. So the fact that you’ll probably be
seeing her in a lot of these pictures doesn’t mean that we’re “together” by any
stretch of the imagination. J.P.
and I just need some estrogen around to even us out.
