My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, who is paying me for my genius ;)
My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. April 28 to May 2, 2025 When I accepted my new job, the company I would be working for onboard Villa Vie Odyssey required an STCW certificate (Standards of
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. April 2025 It turned out that William, the French guy I met on the ship, was on a road trip around England, so we decided to meet up since
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. April 2025 My vacation usually starts to take shape midway through my contract – I have an idea about where I want to go and then someone invites me
Read moreMarch 2025 I’d only been gone for three months, but it felt like six. Easton was just a little bigger and his sentences were even more complete. My cat was so happy I was home that she tolerated sitting with
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of any of my employers. March 2025 Well, I did it! Ninety days—done and dusted (a British phrase I still feel awkward using). Once again, Rose drove down from Banbury to give
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Brugge It was my last week on MSC Preziosa. With my slightly more flexible schedule, I stopped by the shore excursions office to see if
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Sunday March 2, 2025 Moin again! It was my last Sunday in Hamburg – my last chance to do those things on the “things I want to do” list
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Wednesday, 26 February 2025 As you may recall from my previous Ghent post, as Leah and I waited for the train to leave Ghent and take us back to
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. February 18 to 25, 2025 As I was leaving Gouda the last Tuesday in January, I posted on Facebook that I was having a very Gouda day, and my
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer Sunday, 16 February, 2025 One of the tours offered by MSC was to Lübeck, Germany. I hadn’t heard of Lübeck, which made it all the more intriguing. A couple
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