band changeover, and a nice sunset

Monday 11th September 2006

5:16 p.m. CET Last night was quite busy up until about half-way through the evening when I made the mistake of letting one of the passengers come up and sing a number and the bar soon cleared after that. Usually it wouldn’t have been a problem but I think this particular person was lacking a bit of experience. Still it was a valuable lesson and I will certainly be a bit more discerning in future in terms of who I allow to take over the microphone.

Tuesday 12th September 2006

12:02 p.m. BST The resident band who have been on for the last two weeks, True Nature, left this morning, and made way for Bulgarian band 4 and More who actually got on yesterday in Zeebrugge, having driven for 2½ days all the way from their homeland to get onto the ship!

There was a beautiful sunset yesterday evening, and I just had time to take a few shots before my second instrumental set.



Last night was another extremely quiet one, and as such was pretty uneventful. Having said that, during my second break I was stood on deck and noticed that we came within a mile or so of a cruise ship. Didn’t manage to find out which one it was though. There are about three cruisers which stop off in Zeebrugge from time to time, and one of them is massive. Quite interesting to see one in close range, that’s something I’ve never been able to do before.

Only three more trips to go now until I have my break. I’ve been on here for two months now, with only six nights off in the middle. Looking forward to being able to spend some quality time at home, and being able to sleep in a proper bed!