Just the beginning....

Apologies for not updating in a bit. The reasoning behind my recent lack of dedication to this blog directly correlates with the four week owners trip we have just begun as of Monday evening. The time spent In Montenegro was amazing and much appreciated before out big trip for the summer! As I hope to touch more heavily on my experience in Montenegro at a later date, at this time I can tell you it is a beautiful country! We docked at a Marina in a town called Tivat. Quite a small marina feel but also complete with bars, restaurants and of course Gelato!! The heat was some days and even into the nights unbearable. I very much appreciated working inside while the poor boys each probably lost 15 lbs a day working outside! Don't et me wrong, it seems like quite a nice weight loss program but I'm not sure worth it at the expense of smelling like a sock at the end of the day.

We had one day off while we were preparing the final details for our current trip. Myself, Stazi (stewardess), Chris and Randaaaayy (deckhands) rented a car and took the beautiful scenic drive to the town of Kotor. Absolutely breathtaking!! I feel quite lucky and blessed to be able to travel to these beautiful places that I would not have had the opportunity to visit or probably even known about without this job. Thank you Huntress!

Don't get me wrong, my job has its perks, I will not deny that. But for every fun day we get to enjoy, comes many hard, long hour days and sleepless nights. For instance, we picked up our owners at anchor outside Tivat on Monday night around 8pm. After greetings were made, luggage unpacked,dinner and cocktails served, laundry pressed and beds turned down, we were all able to call it a night around 130-230am after having woken for work at 8am the previous day. Back to work at 7:15 Tuesday morning to do it all over again!!!

Last night, after getting into bed at 1am and finally falling asleep after emptying my head of the days events and the next days work to be done, I am awoken at 3am to the sound of the anchor being dropped and pulled up for about an hour trying to find a solid place to anchor safely for the night. Living all the way forward on the boat, means hearing the anchor, the bow thruster and all the other happenings of the mechanical engineering on board. You may think one can get used to the sound of grating metal, however that is absolutely not the case. Where as I consider myself a deep sleeper, as I have slept through fire alarms and could probably sleep through a hurricane, the sounds that come from this boat sometimes could wake Rip Van Winkle himself.

But, this is how it's been and how it will continue to be for the next 28 days! Until then, you can probably expect many funny stories and sleep deprived nonsensical posts!

Bon Voyage!!