Saturday, August 15, 2009

second time in budapest

which means - another cruise completed. or at least almost. The guests are leaving tomorrow morning and I've already talked to a few of the new guests arriving tomorrow throughout the day.
This means that I have only two more weeks (or 1 cruise) left of my probation period.
If I pass, I'll get my vacation at the end of September (sept 27 - oct 11).
so right now i am spending a lot of time on the internet looking for that perfect place to just chill out, relax and do nothing for a couple of days and then i am probably also spending one week at my folk's place.
I am also busy making plans for next year... I am beginning to get excited again, you know, about all the things that God has still in store for me.
xoxo
love, hanna

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

TalentShow

one night last week we had a talentshow on board, you know as part of the nighttime entertainment. Of course we also had to have a representative of the crew - which as you might have guessed already - turned out to be me. Our HotMan(HotelManager) had found out, through varios channels, that I sing and before I knew it I was being dragged to our piano player to find a song we both knew well, that we could play+sing together. We couldn't quite settle on anything that time, but I kept searching a little and so two nights later just before the 'big night' I finally managed to meet up with the pianist again.

well, to make a long story short - it turned out to be quite a success besides simply being a lot of fun. I had people coming up to me for the remainder of the trip congratulating and thanking me... and I am basically booked as the crew rep. for the rest of the season.

On top of that I now get stuck with all the commentaries. ;-) Like today we'll be traveling through the Rhine gorge from Koblenz to Bingen/Rüdesheim (btw one of my favorite parts of the entire trip). And we'll be having a running commentary on the sundeck, explaining the different castles, fortresses and any other sights we might be passing...
2-3 hours non-stop chatting. yey, for me
love, hanna