Day 2 and the good news is I've found a card reader to upload my photos. DaHouse hotel continues to impress me. I would recomment it to anyone visiting SJ. The rooftop deck and pool were a pleasant surprise. This morning I ran for about 45 minutes. It was already warm and humid even at 7am. The spray from the fountian was very refreshing. the paseo de la pricesia is a great place to run, but i think it should be renamed padeo del la feline. I counted 30 cats along the 2 mile walk. There may have been only 29 [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Viejo San Juan, PR. It's a little after 10pm and I'm struggling to stay awake. The worst news of the day is that I forgot my camera's usb cable, so I can't upload any photos. I'll try to buy another one here or have mine shipped to me in Bequia. So, for now all you get are these boring "no photo" blogs. SORRY! I arrived in SJ about 3:30. I'm staying at a hotel called "DaHouse". When the taxi driver dropped me off I couldn't even find the front door. I asked the bartender across the alley and he [View Full Entry]

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Today, 4 of us went up to San Juan to walk around and enjoy the old city. Brady had bad memories of last year (2nd degree sunburn compounded by 95 degree weather) and Megan had her foot stung by a wasp a couple days before and decided that walking around all day would not be the best action to take. They stayed at the house, walked into town (slowly) and ate at Galloway's again, and found a shallow area where hundreds of tiny, quarter sized crabs were hanging out. They also swam in the pool and did some laundry. Jerid, Krystal, [View Full Entry]

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Melanie and Brad have come to cruise with me!! Mel is my youngest sister and Brad is her boyfriend. To celebrate the end of their school year and their anniversary, they've taken a trip which includes 8 day at sea with me! They arrived on the ship two days ago and I've been having such an incredible time with them here. Until now, we've been on the ship and enjoying everything there. But now the real adventures have begun because we're reaching ports of call. Tonight we're in San Juan. I have raved about this city again and again in this [View Full Entry]

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Spring break is crazy!!! I had a really challenging cruise a couple weeks ago. My teens were partiers which led to lots of problems for me. I’m also struggling with so many guests expressing disappointment in my program, when the main problem they have is the age restrictions - something that is not set by me but I am left to enforce. I’m trying to not let it drag me down, but it can be really difficult at times. Last week I had what surely must be record-breaking (or close to record-breaking) numbers. There were 410 teens onboard who fell into [View Full Entry]

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We sailed to Cinnamon Bay, St. John, USVI with our friend Pat sailing her boat “If Knot Y Knot” along with us. A picture of a 30 lb. turtle we saw there is attached. We continued on to the Spanish Virgin Islands of Culebra and Vieques. In 1941 about two thirds of Vieques was taken over by the U.S. Navy . The Navy purchased the land from the locals, but did not give the locals the option of keeping their land. We saw a film interviewing some locals that were upset about the Navy taking away their land. We did some [View Full Entry]

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Today was the first Sunday/home port day where I didn’t work for the shopping specialists in the afternoon. Because of the Super Bowl, our entire schedule has been switched around. We’re not even doing a boat drill today; we’re doing it tomorrow afternoon instead. Don’t mess with the sports fans I guess. It meant that the shopping & port seminar was cancelled, so I had nothing to promote. And, I had a full day to myself in San Juan! I convinced Logan to go out with me again and we visited both of the fortresses in Old San Juan - El [View Full Entry]

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After Logan and I visited the forts in Old San Juan today, we walked along the path that follows along beside the city’s walls and the water of the bay. Passed through the San Juan Gate - the symbolic entrance to the city where ships once docked and people passed through when they arrived. More beautiful buildings and quaint little streets - the side of San Juan I adore. Bought some homemade sweets from a market vendor. And then we got back to the ship - completely exhausted, but as Lolo put it “historized”. [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, so it's home port day. I slept and slept and slept so much last night. Recovering from the long overnight still and just generally catching up on lost rest. It's a frequent hazard of ship life. While the guests embark the ship, I work for Quentin, the shopping specialist, doing promotions. But we pushed my hours head a bit today to try to catch more of the crowd, which worked well. But it also meant that I was able to be off the ship well before sunset for the first time in San Juan. I am still so in love [View Full Entry]

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I'm officially back on the ship and could not be happier to be here. Amazing how only a little more than a week ago I felt so uncertain about being here, yet today, coming back was as good as coming home after travelling. I know I am really delayed in posting this, but yes, there is an address for everyone asking. Here's how to reach me. The mailing address is: Carnival Destiny Jeanette Hedley #403242 Entertainment / Club O2 360 San Francisco Street (Suite DE) San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00901 USA And to call, it's 1 877 225 7447 and then [View Full Entry]

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