Hello everyone,
What a wonderful week this has been.
The sea days for the entertainment company can be a bore sometimes but most of the times, its not. I was up doing "Coffee chat" at 10:30 am, where I actually had people waiting for me…excited to talk with me. There was a little Japanese lady that didn't speak much English, but really enjoyed my singing and wanted me to come to Japan. Little does she know that in December, I will be on a commercial in Japan for Silver Sea…haha. At 11:00 am, I had to do Golf, which was REALLY interesting since I have NO idea how to play it. It was hilarious, I got asked if I was the golf pro…I wanted to say my instant thought…"haha…Hell no" but I held back. Later, I had to play shuffleboard…which in all actuality, is a pretty fun game.
Thursday we were in Taormina, Italy and it was a beautiful port again. The city is up on the mountain and you have to take a 45 min shuttle just to get to it. It really reminded me of what an "European" city should look like (I hope that makes sense). I walked around the city by myself for a few hours…it was nice. Went to the "Greek Theatre" in the city and that was SO cool. The view, first off, was just crazy but the thought that theatre from ALONG time ago was performed here was just fascinating for me. I sat in the theatre, just trying to take it all in. Trying to imagine the art, music, language that was performed with such grace and passion hundreds and hundreds of years ago. It was a great time in Taormina…and funny because next year, thats where we will be for my 24th birthday. That night we had a fun show of Aquarius, the audience loved it.
Friday we were in Sorrento, Italy which was one of those "European" city that I always thought of again. Had the BEST gelato there…mmmmm. Walked around and took in the many sights of the city. It really wasn't a big tourist place…which I enjoyed and I actually caught myself thinking that I could see myself living there. We didn't get to spend much time in Sorrento because our ship was leaving early that day for our next designation. It was sad though, it rained that evening so we couldn't do our deck show outside, but instead moved it to the theatre…which was a little strange but we managed to do it and the audience loved it.
Saturday we arrived in Civitavecchia, Italy for our next embarkation day. I had to wake up at 7:00am to hand out 540 passports…whoosh. But for some reason, I must have studied German and Spanish in the night because I had about 10 people say their suite room numbers to me in those languages and I totally understood them…just like it was nothing…haha. Later that day, a lady at the terminal, who originally was from England but now lived in Chicago was…well, how do I put it….interestingly rude(ish). She was trying to guess where we were all from….she could guess everyones except mine and she didn't believe that I was from America when I told her….or in her words, "You don't sound American". So, me just being me and curious said, "Huh…well out of curiosity…where do I sound like I'm from?" To which she responded with, "Someone that has been traveling around for a long time" (HAHAHA) "3 weeks" I said back to her…to which is walked away and boarded the ship. So first off, I couldn't decide if I should take offense to that or not. One of my fellow cast mates said to me, "Coming from a woman that was born in England and now lives in Chicago…you have nothing to worry about Jason" (hahaha) but I didn't know if she was just saying, you poor little kid…you don't have money so you have to work on a ship and travel the world and now you have no home land. Hahaha…I don't know why this bothered me, but it did for the rest of the day.
Later that night, the entire cast was up on the crew deck just playing cards and really enjoying each others company. I liked sitting up there and watching us sail away to embark on another cruise. Its funny (I was thinking earlier today when I was reading "Eat, Pray, Love" on the crew deck…yes mom, I said reading) that I wake up every morning and I'm greeted by another beautiful creation that God has made on our planet (Woah…a little deep but bare with me). Just like right now…as I type this blog…I look to my right and see a BEAUTIFUL sun set along the mountains…just breathtaking. I wish that everyone on this world could experience this and understand that we are all truly blest to live the lives that we live. Even the times that are hard, they make you stronger. Even the times where you don't understand or ask "why it is happening to me"….it's not your time to understand yet, but just experience it. Recently, I keep finding myself asking, "WHY?" Nothing more following the word, just those three letters that can pack such a punch sometimes or carry so much energy or baggage…."WHY?" At the current moment, I don't understand this word or "why" I feel it….I'm not going to ignore it, but I'm not going to worry myself. Thats something I have learned already during this adventure…what does worrying solve…not a thing. Just experience…it will only make you stronger and appreciate life more. So to you readers out there, make sure you keep those loved ones around you close…tell them that you love them, hug them…do all these things randomly….it will make you and them feel….priceless.
Until Next Time,
Jason
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