Hi all. It’s definitely past time to get something on the blog. Always is it seems, but I’m a few days into this contract and I’m sure people are wondering what is going on.
So far it’s been a lot of training. They seem to have beefed up the training a bit due to the recent troubles in the cruise industry, but most things seem familiar. The glassblowing shows have gone well. I’ve had some fights with large chunks of blue frit and the pineapple mold. Yes I’m afraid it’s true. But generally I’ve recovered well from my mishaps and things are progressing toward comfort and pushing toward better and brighter things.
So today there was lifeboat training in the morning, but we have the rest of the day off. We’re in Germany today. Berlin is striking distance from this port, but it takes all day to get there and back, so that will have to wait for another day. Got off the ship and walked around a bit. It’s a nice port, but near the ship it definitely has that touristy feel. Looked like there were a couple nice places that the locals might frequent, but overall I’m guessing that a lot of the shops along the canal are tourist driven enterprises.
The two glassblowers that I’m working with on the ship are Tom Ryder, the team leader, and Bob Swidergal who has been blowing glass for a long time. Tom was too tired to walk around in the afternoon, but Bob and I walked around the little port town. Pretty touristy near the ship, but the town has a nice church in a central square and an long city park and just on the other side of the park is the waterfront. It has a nice barrier dune and then a beach where three brave souls were kiteboarding in the surf.
A little later on we headed out to have some German beer and see what happens in the evening. We went to a couple spots. Nothing too noteworthy, but I got to hang out with some new people from the ship and on our way back a couple of guys in a sailboat that was moored by the canal called to us to come over and have a beer on their boat. That was a fun adventure. They were just a couple German guys on a short holiday, cruising the coast of Germany and having a good time. All in all a good evening.
So far it’s been a lot of training. They seem to have beefed up the training a bit due to the recent troubles in the cruise industry, but most things seem familiar. The glassblowing shows have gone well. I’ve had some fights with large chunks of blue frit and the pineapple mold. Yes I’m afraid it’s true. But generally I’ve recovered well from my mishaps and things are progressing toward comfort and pushing toward better and brighter things.
So today there was lifeboat training in the morning, but we have the rest of the day off. We’re in Germany today. Berlin is striking distance from this port, but it takes all day to get there and back, so that will have to wait for another day. Got off the ship and walked around a bit. It’s a nice port, but near the ship it definitely has that touristy feel. Looked like there were a couple nice places that the locals might frequent, but overall I’m guessing that a lot of the shops along the canal are tourist driven enterprises.
The two glassblowers that I’m working with on the ship are Tom Ryder, the team leader, and Bob Swidergal who has been blowing glass for a long time. Tom was too tired to walk around in the afternoon, but Bob and I walked around the little port town. Pretty touristy near the ship, but the town has a nice church in a central square and an long city park and just on the other side of the park is the waterfront. It has a nice barrier dune and then a beach where three brave souls were kiteboarding in the surf.
A little later on we headed out to have some German beer and see what happens in the evening. We went to a couple spots. Nothing too noteworthy, but I got to hang out with some new people from the ship and on our way back a couple of guys in a sailboat that was moored by the canal called to us to come over and have a beer on their boat. That was a fun adventure. They were just a couple German guys on a short holiday, cruising the coast of Germany and having a good time. All in all a good evening.
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