And still, everything is new, although I am now almost a given month on board. Not that this time is running faster, but still has all gone pretty quickly. I'm still not really used to the uniform, will also never happen that the picture is not me! But otherwise I've known some of the procedures on board. And I already find my cabin itself, also ne power! And the CrewBar clear.

But actually, it went pretty quickly find their way to the geographical. And yes, I had two weeks to familiarize myself with all the familiar. Uwe, who has been looking forward to his deserved Christmas vacation, I worked. Two weeks after all nothing more than. And, since now already almost two weeks, I am responsible for it, that everything that runs on speaking such a modern ship Kommunkations technique is necessary.

This is quite challenging, if only because it may take me well for a novice for two days until I find out where and why the switch has to be there. Although plans are (almost) everything, but sometimes scanned the cable plans from 13 floors to the right details. Without this experience takes things a bit, but you have plenty of time actually.

For what I can not do today, I make sure tomorrow. So clearly I was before, but here is on board each day worked. Every day, whether Sunday or bank holiday or a Monday. It always means getting up at 7, it always means 18h evening dinner. Only the ship's departure adds a little variety to everyday life, I have to check at different times if everything is ok on the bridge. So sometimes after 18h, or earlier. So that we can run safely. And between 18h and 7am I'm ready, I can run wenns beeps on the bridge ...

Now, the regularity of operations is awesome, sounds a bit like jail, and sometimes feels that way. But I should not complain, basically I've got a lot freedoms. I can on land, when my work permit and the ne representation is there. And I'll soon be making times, yet was always something going on, after 4 weeks still not made a step in the Caribbean country. (Oops, just been out for 20 minutes, but sometimes yeah)

Otherwise, life on board is ok, the staff is friendly, I'm coming along well with most (usually I'm quite fond of pointing, but there remains a feeling ...). Above among the guests, I am not blowing around like, is too formal and I do not feel really like in my spare time when I have to go running around in uniform. For the crew get updated very often ne CrewBar, which is quite ok. Not really original, but it is cheap alcohol (Beck, Radeberger). So something like 0815-ne corner bar in NEM suburb. And because every day is not so hot bar too, I'm spending the evening in my cabin, and often look to NEN film and a sleeping there. Internet not get updated very often actually, few terminals with WWW access, hmmm. Regardless, I have come to realize the days are short anyway, if you work, somehow. Get updated very often and sometimes even free Wi-Fi from the shore, to a Yippee!

Leisure, so to some extent (is not that much), work is also ok. As always start with new people on board, nobody here is surprised that there really rumspringt without a long-standing experience in between. Only the captain - "Sad little king of a sad little hill" - pimped with daily regularity me around. This sucks, I finally do ne good work and can do nothing if the technology to talk on strike even there. Thus, the wage of a stressful day is often the explanation from the boss of the whole, one can precisely nothing. He must know. Anyway, yes I get money, probably just something to endure. And yes there are other kings, but have heard that some will be more blatant, brrr.

So, everything is new. Much is lost in the old year, not me. And I am also not really changed, perhaps externally. And I am glad that my memory of the other world fades out as not so fast, something I've already homesick. You may know that I was much / many I have left degree so at home would have liked with me. Do not go, but soon ... for sure!

First a wonderful new year to you, me, a little later and I will not forget, even though I can not write in the blog here as often as thought. Keep me first in uniform-free good Erinerung - Greetings from Grenada.

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