Boston, MA

Back in the good old US of A. Boston- only so exciting. Too many people to move and too many hungry sailors milling about to dare leave my galley. 380 on the Russian ship Kruzenstern and 180 on the Argentinian ship (my personal fav) Liebretad, alone- all with spiffy uniforms and sultry smiles. Yikes.

There are a total of 35 tall ships here and probably 2 million people.

The kids are excited to be here, a little too excited. One 16 year old with a too short skirt has already been sent home for drinking with sailors. 1 week down and we have already found two condoms in the garbage. Did I mention before that I wanted to have kids? I take that back.

We have, fortunately, been able to escape the students and do some (clean) crew bonding at the irish pubs, it's been cheerios and bloodshot eyes for breakfast in port so far.

I am ready to get back out to sea.

Back in the US of A. I have never seen so many people in my life.

Grand Manan, Brunswick Canada

Our first stop was Grand Manan Island in Brunswick. Foggy and quaint,. but very pretty. Also VERY HARD to find a drink! apparently a church town. Nothing too exciting, except the tides. There is about a 30 foot tidal difference here. I took a nap and could see the horizon out my porthole, woke up an hour later and could see the barnacles on the bottom of the dock wall. The kids went out to play, and the stress let up some. Headed for Boston next.

Kids....

"Dina, What's for dinner tonight?"

"Fish."

"Oh, Cool! like from the ocean?"

And the day begins...



Confirmed. I am having kids just so one day I can teach a class on instilling common sense in teens. I hope I will be more successful than some...most.


The other day, I handed a tray of food to a kid and asked him to put it in the frig. He ACTUALLY asked me how to open the door. Whoever said there is no such thing as a stupid question obviously did not take into consideration unthoughtful ones.



My catch phrase has become, "Figure it out." I follow with, "I am not being mean, I am just trying to help you become more independant people" (eyes roll).

SWIM CALL

SWIM CALL

off the coast of Maine, Bay of Fundy.

Burrrrr......

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Complete and total chaos. Arrival midnight. Wake up 6 am. 2 hours with departing cook, a $9,000 sysco order I didn't even place to check in and put away, mind you I don't even know where the coolers are yet. 41 kids arriving parents to meet. Kids carrying things down to storage- spilled lentils, jam in the freezer, meat on the pantry shelves and lunch for 40 by 11:30 am.

It's only noon. They want dinner, too.

I think I just traded my backach for a serious headache. At least the scallops are good.

Departure for Grand Manan, Brunswick in two days.