Getting dressed up - first formal night
The Captain's Welcome Speech
The name's Woolley - Peter Woolley
John and Anne - Dining Table
Bert and Elizabeth - Dining Table
Ruth and Bert - Dining Table
Me - an escort??
Day 3 - Later
Workshop 2 went better than yesterday, with more passengers turning up (about 15 participants, I think) - 1:45pm is a bit of an odd time really, because it's immediately after lunch, a time when many just want to sleep. Actually sold a couple of wash brushes too - wait until I introduce them to the legendary Wonderbrush!!
I don't know if I'm going to regret this, but I've offered my services as an escort on one of the many on-shore excursions that they do. Tomorrow we arrive at Cadiz in Spain, and the excursion I've been given is Cadiz and Jerez tour, which includes a couple of museum visits and a sherry-tasting. The reason for wanting to do this is because I get to go on the tour for free - and if you book lots of tours, an opportunity to see lots more of the places we're visiting than just the port town, then it can get a little expensive. The reason I have my reservations is because I'm not absolutely sure how I'm going to take the responsibility it entails, and how much it's going to compromise my own experience - I'm told it's okay to take my camera and enjoy the tour along with the passengers I'm looking after, but if they get complaints about me being more interested in taking photos than ensuring their safety etc. then I won't be asked to do any more - on the serious side of things, it can lead to people wanting compensation, and that is obviously something the company want to avoid. Another reason I have reservations is because of some of the hilarious, but slightly disturbing stories one of the women lecturers on my dining table, regaled (is that how you spell regaled?) us with last night!
So; tommorrow we arrive at Cadiz at approximately 11am, and I have to be by coach 5 at 1:30pm; I'll be issued with an escort kit-bag and a big lollipop with a number on it. On this occasion, I'll be allowed to just wear whatever I want, but if I do any others, I'll have to wear an official Saga Escort T-shirt (woopee-doo!).
It's still quite windy out on deck, but the weather has remained sunny all day, and many passengers are out sunning themselves on the recliners there.
3 Comment(s).
Posted by Richard Profozich:
Posted by Alan Woolley:
Posted by Peter:
Evening activities are planned out as much as daytime ones. Dinner is from 6:45 until 9pm in the dining room, and at slightly different times in other parts of the ship (ie. lido deck cafe and Outlook) For me, this means turning up at about 7:30 at my table (pre-assigned from day-one). After dinner there are various things that go off - primarily in the Ballroom, where the main entertainment of the evening happens - on Thursday night it was a comedian, last night it was a multi-instrumentalist, and tonight, it was a musical extravaganza, which, against all the odds, I quite enjoyed!. This usually happens from 10pm until 11 pm - prior to that, I've been disappearing into the Britannia lounge where there's been a quiz each night (tonite was: name that tune). After the main entertainment has finished, there are several options open to passengers - some scoff themselves silly on late-night snacks laid one, others make their way to the 'Pre-View' which is a kind of late-night bar where a trio of musicians play until about 1am then the entire ship seems to fall asleep.
The thing is - there are just tons of things for people to do - there's a cinema here, for instance, which shows a different movie each day at 4:30 and 9:30 - today its been 'Phantom of the Opera', which I'm not really interested in, yesterday it was 'Brokeback Mountain', which a lady on our table said she'd seen part of it, and had got bored because of these two cowboys sat around the campfire talking about beans (I thinks she missed the whole, crucial bit about what the film was about) and tomorrow they're showing 'The Da Vinci Code', which I might actually be tempted with cos I've not seen it on the big screen.
Peter,
Seems that you are quite busy and getting your sea legs. How was the stint as tour leader? I hope you didn't lose anybody along the way. Maybe you are developing a whole new career path.
I've never done a cruise, so reading your accounts is interesting. What are the evening activities? Lots of partying going on?;)
Hi Bro
Keeping up to date with your trip via your blog. Compulsive reading!! Bit like watching a soap opera. Steady on with sherry. Don't bring back too many people to the ship. The partying, meals etc sound great - have fun!! (Don't peak too early though)
Hi Richard
Nice to hear from you - with regards to my stint as tour leader - see latest blog entry (I think I did ok - but, hey, other's might disagree - it's certainly not going to be a new career path!!)