Today we were back in Belgium. Unfortunately, we had crew boat drill, a process our captain has us run once a week. I’m very lucky that my station is inside, in the theater, because it was freezing cold outside. After the long drill, we all rushed to get off the ship, because we didn’t have much time in this port. Jade and her husband Sam, Micheal, Christain, Brian, and I hopped on the shuttle. We were taken to a small city, where we had to catch the train into Brugge.
We had about 40 minutes to wait for the train, so we went into the station to drink some delicious hot chocolate. Then, we hopped on the train. I LOVE riding trains and subways, it feels so city to me. I was in complete bliss, chatting next to Brian across from Jade and Sam. It felt like we were four good friends, riding into New York :D LOVE IT!!!!!
When we made it to Brugge, it had started to drizzle a bit and the wind was still beating against our faces. We took shelter in a cute sandwich shop, where Jade and Brian suggested we eat lunch because they had eaten here last time and it was awesome. I ordered an omelet baguette that was HEAVEN. It was a bundle of eggs, cheese and spinach! YUM! SO SO GOOD! We explained to the lady who owned the shop why we seemed like we never ate, with the way we were scarfing down the food. She was so cute, we talked to her about her husband that owned the shop with her but they had issues with his crazy ex. (Wow, it’s the same ALL over the world!)
After our amazing food, we headed over to a shop nearby that Sam said housed the best waffles in Belgium. Unfortunately, they must have had a different cook the last time he had the waffles, because we were all disappointed. I had ordered my waffle to come with chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, strawberries, and other seasonal fruit. The only thing that came out was my hot chocolate, and the chocolate ice cream. The waitress never brought a waffle for me, forgot Brian’s coffee, and brought two burnt waffles to Brian and Micheal.
Because we didn’t have much time, we all ate what we got, except Brian who went to buy Belgium Beer instead, and paid for the bill. Jade talked over the issues with the waitress, who was very nice and understanding and didn’t charge us for Brian’s waffle, nor my missing waffle and the missing coffee. So we got back on the train to head back to the ship. I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t get a waffle, but we have one more time there so I should be able to get one then. I try not to make small, silly things like that ruin my entire day.
The bus ride back was pretty entertaining. Norwegian is such a funny language to me, it sound like a bunch of random sounds spoken sloppily, rather than an actual conversation. Needless to say, I learned a new way I want to sneeze, thanks to the guy behind me. The guests on our ride were drunk from the beers and were a pretty rowdy bunch. But, unfortunately for us, they were Homer Simpson drunks. Loud burps, disgusting manners....yuck. :/
Once we were back on the ship, news traveled fast to us that we are back in Code Red with GI cases again. Christian called us up to the Some Enchanted Evening Lounge to rehearse ABBA because Dave, the new cruise director, wanted to move it there instead of in the Viking Crown. Right after rehearsal, Chris knocked on my door and said, “No more ABBA tonight, we are helping Dave do YMCA because Brandon has GI. We will have re-block for Boogie Wonderland in the morning, and Windjammer shifts will start again tomorrow.”
So, that’s just great. I don’t know what to plan to do tomorrow in Amsterdam, because I don’t know how long rehearsal and tech run will take, or when my shift will be. I have done all I wanted to really do there, so I’m ok with just walking around the city, but if they don’t let us off next cruise for Paris, I WILL BE VERY UPSET AND DAVE WILL KNOW IT!!!!!! All I can do is pray for now, and wash my hands even more than usual. I just hope we are more aware of how to handle this than we were in Brazil. I say we force the guests to wash their hands before entering the ship because they are the ones bringing it on. UGH people, WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!
That’s all for now, please pray that I will be able to get off the ship for my last four cruises. LOVE!!!!
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