thurs. 6.7 venice
fri. 6.8 venice
sat. 6.9 hvar, croatia
sun. 6.10 dubrovnik, croatia
mon,. 6.11 corfu, greece
tues. 6.12 at sea
wed. 6.13 santorini, greece
thurs. 6.14 rhodes, greece----- my birthday!!!
fri. 6.15 kusadasi turkey
sat. 6.16 mytilene, greece
sun 6/17 istanbul, turkey------ overnight!!!
just a quick update here. started a new cruise two days ago! the brazilians have been replaced by more americans, australians, and english. stopped in venice briefly for some campari, lunch, and *the most delicious pistachio gelato ever made*. turns out venice shuts down early at night. myself and a couple of other girls from the restaurant went out after service to find all of the bars closed but plenty of young italian hipsters drinking and playing beatle's songs in the plazas. we also came across a group of them playing "red light, green light" in front of an old, gorgeous catholic church. that made my night.
corporate is on board this week, so everyone is a bit on edge. the wine consultant also spend a few days on board introducing new complimentary wines. now *that* is a fine job. he only advises us on italian wines and spends his time meeting with producers and training staff on ships. i'm happy to see we'll be bringing on some more unusual italian varietals. not that the guests don't love their chianti and gavi... but adding grillo and corvina will make our job more interesting.
upon request, i've been moved to the italian restaurant, where i work with the entire dining room to myself and almost only with italian wines. the guests are not buying as much this cruise, but many do seem genuinely interested in learning about wine. rumor has it i'm scheduled to lead a tasting at some point on this cruise.. more on that later!
i almost forgot the biggest news: PANTS! turns out the company is not quite as stiff as i'd originally guessed. all it took was a trip to hr and a phone call to the hotel manager to get the ok to wear black slacks for service. easy as pie. the hotel manager still does not approve of my patent leather, shiny black clogs, but i'm wearing them until someone tells me not to. they are like heaven for my feet, and when you're running for 12 hours, you need comfort.
well i guess that's all for now. i'm off the ship tomorrow in dubrovnik and i'll try to taste some local wines then. learning more about "ship life" everyday. and very happily throwing my panty hose in the trash.
cheers.
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