Greetings and salutations o loved ones,
I've recently been briefed on my financial status, so I'll be tightening my purse strings. One of the ways I'll be doing that is by not emailing as much. My apologies. Please excuse the group email forum as I reply to individuals. Hopefully, there will be enough of communal interest to make this worth reading for all.
I was told by other crew members that you get the best exchange rate in Europe by using ATMs and credit cards, versus exchanging money. So I get cute, colorful bills from the machine, and everyone has $1 and $2 coins, and lots of the coins have holes in them. It's like play money. The bad thing is that I don't pay attention to the exchange rates, so when I withdraw 2,000 Norwegian Kroners, I don't think about that being US$300. I'll have to pay attention now.
I went to Copenhagen's Tivoli Gradens with some people the other night. It's an amusement park that's 160 years old. It was Walt Disney's inspiration for, you guessed it, Sea World. Ha ha. It's beautiful and fun and they have a tower you ascend in a car. On the way up, you see a stunning view of the city, are held way up at the top for a few seconds, then are released to plummet all the way down. What a rush. I screamed.
Quick love life update: Jimmy was the long-distance boyfriend. He wasn't prepared for the challenges of a long-distance ship relationship, so we broke up. "If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with." My friend Brian and I had been spending all of our time together anyway. When I broke up with Jimmy, it felt natural for Brian and me to start dating, so we did, for a whopping 12 days. He signed off on Thursday. "Alone again, naturally." I know this is the way of ship life. It's one of the few sacrifices I make for this wonderful lifestyle of mine.
The lead youth counselor Melanie signed off for vacation a few weeks ago. With a year and a half experience, I was the obvious choice to fill in. Mel emailed that she wants to spend the summer at home, so I'm staying the lead. I like the added responsibility and control of the program. It's fun being the boss. We have 12 kids this cruise. A 6-year old painted my finger nails the other day.
We got word yesterday that the SS Norway had an explosion in the bowels of the ship. Four engineers died. Eleven or 16 others, depending on the report you hear, were injured. I assume the ship will sit in Miami for awhile. A crew member was airlifted off my ship (the Norwegian Dream) yesterday with Meningitis. The person was raised on a stretcher up to a helicopter and taken to a medical center.
Thanks to everyone who's been emailing. Again, my apologies for having to cut down on my internet time.
It's time for our weekly boat drill.
Love, Genoa
St. Petersburg, Russia
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