Monday, 25th June 2012 9:55 AM
Waking up, looking at the clock: 6:00 a.m. and I feel fine: no headache, no weird feeling in my stomach, for the first time ever on board I feel fit and well-rested in the morning…yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah….
(mehr …)Autor: katrin.ziegler
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Day 3: Saint Nazaire, Safety Instructions, meeting the crew
Sunday, 24th June 2012 (9:17 AM)
Now we’re really on our way.
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There won’t be any land for the next 5-6 (or 7??) days, but honestly, I’m not worried at all.
Later we’ll have safety instructions, and I’m sure there will always be something else going on 😉
Sorry if today’s entry is pretty boring, but I feel like I only slept 3-4 hours.
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Day 2: 1st full day aboard
Saturady, 23rd June 2012 9:50 AM:
Alright, the first night is over and after initially battling hunger,
cold, headache, and general discomfort (basically everything except seasickness), I ended up sleeping reasonably well.
I woke up pretty sweaty and extremely hungry. Since I’ve been
on board, I’ve been hungry all the time, even more so than at home.I was also an hour late, as it turned out, because my cell phone, which I used as an alarm clock, apparently was already in the next time zone.
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Day 1: Boarding in Le Havre, first impressions on board
Friday, 22 of June 2012, 10:28 AM (Le Havre)
Once again, I feel like an idiot and wonder whether this feeling will ever go away this year and how I ever got the idea to go on a ship sailing under the French flag of all things???
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Pre-Holiday jitters, part 2
I’m sure you’re curious how my day yesterday ended …well, in short: I didn’t do anything from my list 😉
I went up to the village center in order to go to the new arrivals meeting. I was a bit early and strolled through the big antiques market which was here for the weekend. I heard some French, a lot of Swiss German and saw soooooooooooooooooooo many things (about 80% of the stuff they were selling) which only serve to fill up a house or a flat. And I decided, I’m not going to buy anything at all to just clutter up my flat, more likely the opposite and that it’s very likely that I’m gone before I’m concerned by any of the things they are going to tell at the meeting. So, I just skipped it….BUT… at least I did my grocery shopping while I was already at the mall…yay :-))Back at home I started to read two books… I started with „If nobody talks about remarkable things“ by John McGregor…wooooooooooow…you really have to get used to his style but the book is super exciting and has a suprising end… after 2-3 hours I had to change to something lighter and found „Wishcraft“ by Barbara Sher which I had downloaded from her website in the morning. Yeeah…I know, it’s one of these „selfhelp“ books…but they usually work fine until I’m back on my normal enthusiastic level ;-))
And it had its motivating effect on me as well (that’s probably why she already sold a few thousand …or million??…copies) and so while most of my neighbours spend their evening beside the BBQ, I did a 7.5km (roughly 4.6 miles) run and finished the evening off with „The mechanic“… So after all not a too bad day…. :-))
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Pre-holiday jitters
When I woke up, I was already in a bad mood (a good sign that I’m nervous)… the plan for today was:
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– 8:30 AM: cycle to the animal shelter and take a look around, take a dog for a walk or just see where it is
– 2:00 PM: go to the meeting for new arrivals in our village
– 6:00 PM: go to the Grizzli’s match vs. Biel (American Football) -
Lunch wisdom
Some days ago a collegue from work mentioned Dr. Seuss and his poems full of wisdom to me and this is one I especially like:
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss
well, I supposed the same applies to girls…tsssss…..tssss…… Dr. Seuss… ;-))
….wait….here I found another one:
“be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” -
The helicopter pilot
Since I live here in Berne, Switzerland, I admire the
helicopter pilot(s). I used to live right next to the hospital –
and the helicopter landing site. I can also watch them from work
sometimes when they fly construction materials through – or above – the city. These guys are my heroes to fly so precisely, to control something so fragile and agile as a helicopter, to pick up and deliver right on the spot in all weather conditions, wind, rain,
night,… – just amazing!!Last week when I was having lunch in the hospital canteen, a helicopter pilot was sitting at table next to mine and I could watch his back while eating. I had to watch him all the time, so that I won’t miss his face when he would turn around eventually.Finally when he was leaving, he did – AND: he was just a normal, ordinary, middle-aged guy. He would not stand out in a crowd. Without his uniform I would probably not even had given him as much as a glimpse and forgot all about him after two seconds but that doesn’t change the fact that he is doing an amazing job..So new lesson learnt: you don’t have to look extraordinary to be extraordinary 🙂 -
Who needs…
….a fix bed in one place when you can travel the whole world???
