Welp, today was my first Thanksgiving away from home :( It really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. They had cocktails in the Viking Crown for the American guests and crew. They had mini burgers and mini hotdogs lol. Of course, I went straight to the mini pizzas :D And since it was one of our cast members' birthday as well, the Hotel Director gave us permission to dine in the restaurant. (Don't tell anyone but I had THREE deserts because it was free) :o hahahhaa. I got to Skype my family today which made me so so so happy. I had been looking forward to today for a long time and I'm so glad it worked out perfectly!!!!!! I got to see my PUPPY OZZY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay I miss that little rascal even tho he has eaten pretty much every shoe I own :/ Let's see, SO MUCH has happened since I was on last I don't even know where to begin!!!!! I guess I need to update this more often!!!!!!! LOL.
We successfully opened both shows and our director left very pleased with us :D Our first official day off was in Lisbon, Portugal. I spent the day wandering the streets with some of my friends that are in the band. We found the embassies (is that even a word?) and made a game to find the American embassy. We found it but got in a little trouble with the Policia for trying to take a picture! WOOPS!!!! Silly tourists!!!!! It was such peaceful place, I was so content just walking up and down the alleyways. However, when we boarded the ship we learned we had a show that night!!!!!!!! The guest entertainer had some issues getting on the ship (it was rumored he was hospitalized but that was never confirmed) so we needed to fill in for him. The only problem was, we were starting to hit the high seas that night and my oh my were we rocking!!!!!!! Our first show was a hot, hot mess and our second show was done in our flat shoes and we took out a lot of lifts and turns for our safety. It's a really funny experience when you are trying to move to one side and the whole ship shifts the other way because you feel the pressure!!!!!! We would leap and land way, way far over because the stage had shifted beneath us!!!!!! So that was interesting to cope with!!!!! I have never had to dance on a moving stage lol.
Our next stop was Spain and when we entered, we went under a mini Golden Gate Bridge! We were dancing underneath the stars on the back deck and we watched the top of the ship pass beneath it. From our spot it looked like we wouldn't fit but of course, we were fine haha. Seems they like to copy San Francisco because they also had the steep hills and trolleys. They had a mini Jesus statue that sat on a distant hill and I can't wait to see the real one in Brazil!!!!!!!
Today I took a tour of the bridge. I sat in the captain's chair and wore his hat but I was careful not to touch anything!!!!!!! It's a lot of buttons and machines and I am really happy that my job is to dance and not drive the massive ship with all the people on board!! The tour guide thought it was really funny when I asked if he could see whales on the radar. I can't help it, I love the ocean!!!! LOL :D
We crossed the equator tonight!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!! Only one more sea day til we reach the beautiful beaches in BRAZIL!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to get MY TAN ON!!!!!!! Although, I will def. wear sunscreen because Robert, one of my fellow dance mates, was outside for 10 mins. before it started raining and he got BURNT!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 MINS!!!!!!!!!!! That is one POWERFUL SUN!!!!!!!!!! So basically, I need to be careful.
OOOH do I have the HOOK UP!!!!!! So, this very gay boy swept me off my feet and led me in a samba dance (so smooth I thought I was going to melt on the dance floor!) He is from Brazil and he is going to be my tour guide while we are there :D Now I don't have to wander around aimlessly because I will have someone who knows what's up!!!!!!
I have new hire training tomorrow!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! And then we have rehearsals because we are learning a Christmas show!!! I like it because it will put me in a bit of Christmas spirit even tho I am far away from home. I love you all so much and I'm happy I got to see some of you on skype today!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully sometime I will be able to call all of you and get updates but for now I promise to update my blog more often!!!!!! Happy Thanksgiving from almost Brasil!!!!!!!!!!! :D
LOVE ALWAYS AND FOREVER,
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