Friday, November 13, 2009
This is my life line
I didn't think it could get any worse, but it did. I told you my cabin mate was quite nice....how wrong can a person be. Two days and nights were ok, but on the 3rd morning she exploded. Told me she needs her sleep and can't have me get up early in the morning (when the sun comes up and the ship is...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I came close to walking off...
I have moaned enough about the ship as such, but the organisation by the museum isn't any better either. Imagine that: arriving at San Juan de Puerto Rico at 5pm just when it gets dark, then going on a walking tour in the pitch black dark and leaving at midnight. Today St. Thomas, again terribly bad...
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Oh my, oh my
I got cabin fever. Can't wait for the ship to reach San Juan which will be at 5pm. Then we have a tour around town and at midnight it's the high seas again for St. Thomas. One glance at the hairy chests and I ran... but of course a good journalsit has to experience everything. If I learn one thing...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Hi from the high seas
Here I am ploughing the ocean on the way to Puerto Rico and yes they do have internet so I can keep in touch. Everything is totally different from what I had expected, but nevertheless I'm having a balst. That has a lot to do with the lady I share my cabin with. Until yesterday I didn't know her at...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
My attempt at self promotion
The things one does to try and become a "name"! It's a story in itself. Today, I tucked a copy of my novel Sweet Revenge under my arm and made my way to a bookshop in Lincoln's road to see if I could persuade them to put a few copies on their shelves. I'm sure you, like me, don't have a clue about...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Vogue is in luck.
After I have successfully located where that cruise ship actually sails from, I have been lucky again with regard to getting there. I am sharing the cabin with a lady whom I have never met in person. But she is a museum member, seems very nice on the phone and lives in Coconut Grove, which is not...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
One really should read the fine print
It's official: vogue is a dumb blonde bimbo. So, here I am, back in Miami, getting sorted and preparing for the cruise starting on Saturday. Of course all information, boarding pass, luggage tags etc are no longer sent to you but you have to go through a complicated process online with the cruise...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Made it in one piece...
All your good wishes for a safe journey have worked their spell! I've made it back to Miami and the immigration man in Chicago, reluctantly, let me in. He was really one of those..but, it's all done, I just kept grinning like an idiot and wished him a good day and bang, he stamped my visa until the...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
See you later, alligator!
Departure day has finally arrived and not a moment too soon. Some 36 hours from door to door, but who cares, I'm definitely heading in the right direction. For the first time with my brand new 6 months visa, I hope they will let me in. Meanwhile on vogue2, Napoleon will have to wait a little longer,...
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Can talent be learned?
It seems a contradiction in terms. Talent is a gift, the capability of doing something better than everybody else without apparent effort. Learning on the other hand requires, above all, effort. Can the two go together? What triggered these ruminations is an episode which happened many years ago and...
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