So today was
Peter’s first class; 10 o’clock in the
Conference Room. As always, he’s keen to
get everything right, so we were in there before 9, moving the tables around
and getting the room ready for the passengers.
They started
turning up about 10 past 9! Peter and I
were constantly telling them that they needed to just give us a bit more time
as we were setting up. At 9.40, I
invited them in to the class, at 9.50, the room was full, and from that point
the door was closed with me stood out in corridor like Gandolph. “Thou shalt not pass”!
By 10am, I
had turned away enough people to fill the room again, so Peter ran another class at 11.30. It was a little bit hectic up until that
point, as I needed to stay a little longer and do my bouncer thing, find the
assistant cruise director, confirm the class and an announcement, get some
photocopies of the study sheets made, get Peter some drinking water, and be
ready to help him clean up and turn the conference room around ready for the
next class. I even managed to drop into
the shore excursions office and let them know that we wouldn’t be available for
any of the early tours at Olden. AND I
made meself use the stairs most of the time.
(Our cabin in on 4, reception and shorex are on 5, Peter’s class was on
8 and the tea station is on 10). Good
eh!
The sea has
been a little bit choppy, but the Magellan is bigger than the ships I’ve been
on before. I find that she doesn’t move
around as much, and for me, she is very comfortable and I haven’t felt queasy
at all. Not the case for many passengers
who are feeling a little green around the gills. Unfortunately though, it is supposed to get
rougher tonight. We’ll see how I go,
but I’m fine so far. It’s formal night. Peter hates it, but he looks good in his black tie, and I like
the opportunity to wear a nice frock, so he will suffer in silence for me. (Actually, he’ll not be very silent at all
about it, but I can be selectively deaf).
Tomorrow
Peter has classes in the morning, and we’ll be in Olden in the afternoon. Apparently we are escorting, and apparently
we need training.
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