Sunday, January 21, 2018

Burnie, Tasmania and the Last Sea Day

January 20, 2018

Burnie, Tasmania, Australia 

Tiny town.  Lovely Makers Workshop where a few artisans showed their wares.  However, the actual town was like a ghost town.  I understand small, but there were hardly anyone on the streets.  Quick visit and back on the ship


January 21, 2018

Last Sea Day

We have only one more port, Eden, tomorrow and then we’re back in Sydney on Tuesday, January 23rd and start our flights home. It's a good day to start reflecting back on the journey we’ve had over the past month.  I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that the special tee shirts I gave Jeff for Chanukah were a huge hit with all the guests and crew.  Everyone had to see what the shirts said each day and huge smiles ensued.  (They were a great conversation starter...) 

This one is probably my favorite. 



Side chuckle:  there is a crew member who stands at a lecturn, and greets each passenger when they go into the Terrace Cafe (buffet restaurant) each day.  His name is Erick and he has an infectious smile.  You can't help but smile back at him.   One day last week, I stopped and asked him does he dreamt "Good morning, Mrs. XXX", Good afternoon, Mrs. XXX", etc. since he says it so many times a day?  I suggested that he might get a button on his lecturn to say the Good Morning part and he could just add the name each time?  We laughed and I think he respected that we appreciated his efforts.

Well, now when we go into the Terrace Cafe, we press the imaginary button and he says his greeting.  (While in ports, we tried to find a joke gift of a button/buzzer, to give to Erick, but couldn't find one.  We're going to try and find something when we get home and mail it to him...). 

UPDATE:  found a desk bell in Eden and gave it to Erick.  He couldn’t believe we found something. 

Special people that have served us during this trip - Jeffrey from the Phillipines (server and now my adopted son); Mahabat ((who we call Mahti) - who is multi-lingual/very intelligent and beautiful inside and out (assistant server who is from Kyrgyzstan); Natalia (server from Russia who has hair past her waist but is always in a neat bun while she's working); Felix (assistant server from India who we actually first met on our last Oceania cruise); Jacqueline (the stately and lovely maitre 'd at the Grand Dining Room who treats us like royalty); Marianna (a Jr. Head Waiter who was introduced to us by our dear Ukraine friend, Marina who we met on our first Oceania cruise); Ivan (Jr. Head Waiter from South Africa), Nikola (Maitre d' at Toscana specialty restaurant and Head Waiter from Italy), Georgous (Restaurant Manager and Greek who makes me remember all the lovely Greek foods and words of my youth); Sinisha (Maitre d' at Polo specialty restaurant/Head Waiter from Croatia); and so many more.

Life is good.

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