Settling in and looking forward

Well almost to the end of my second cruise, but I feel like I have been here for months. That tends to happen when you do long cruises. My first cruise was to the Norwegian fords, and the UK. I got to see a little bit, but being my first week. I had a lot of things to do other than getting off the ship.

Second cruise and the rest of my European Cruise will be to the Baltic. I have been able to get off in about half of the ports. I have been on duty or had to do maintenance , but I still have 2 more cruises before we head to America. Russia was very interesting. We do an overnight, so being able to get off the ship at night is great. The interesting part of Russia is that you have to go through immigration every time you get off the ship or come back the ship. It is kind of a pain, but as long as you have a bit of patience, it isn't that bad.

So after we finish Europe we will be heading to Boston. As most of you know that live in that part of the world, I have already contacted you about visiting. I am really looking forward to seeing you.

Although I just starting my current contract, it is never too soon to be thinking of what is next. I have come close to bringing out a new ship, when I worked on the Oosterdam I was the second tech ever. But installing things is something I have been looking forward to doing for years. I asked my office about doing the next newbuild for royal Caribbean. I got the first email yesterday that indicates that I will finally be going. I don't want to jinx anything, but things are looking very positive. I have been told by many supervisors and designer that they enjoy working with me and have told the powers that be. I think these comments have finally come full circle. I am looking forward to a lot of hard work.

More details to come.