Photo Contest #3

Here's a shot of the side of the ship at sea with a cool reflection in the windows. You can see some of the life boats below.

Katie

Photo Contest #2

Near St. Thomas in the morning. This was back when I was getting up at 5:30AM because of the schedule the guy before me had. I changed that schedule real quick and now I get up at 10:00AM. So there won’t be any more sunrise photos. These files are a little larger than usual, as per request from Uncle Todd.

Katie

Photo Contest #1

There’s a quarterly photo contest that Holland America has and I need to send them my best picture by the end of the month to get in on this quarter’s contest. They only let you send one picture per quarter, so I have to make it count. I’m going to send a few photos over the next few days so cast your votes and tell me which one you like best. This one was taken at St. Thomas at sunset.

Katie

"dam ships"

I’m starting to get adjusted to my new life on the Zuiderdam. Holland America is owned by Carnival… well Carnival owns just about everything. All the Holland ships are something “dam.” There’s the Amsterdam, Noordam, Westerdam, etc. So they have apparel for sale that says “dam ships.” And the puns never end among the crew. ‘you like working on that other ship?’ ‘well you know, these dam ships are all the same.’ Back when Alpha was still roaming the Caribbean, one of the Carnival ships got stuck in some rough seas. I have some pictures of it. It’s amazing they made it out in one piece. Don’t look at the pictures if you get seasick.

Katie

New Cell Number

I've just done my first bit of training on the ship and I'm getting ready to go out on my own now. I'm still a little nervous, but I know once I get through this first cruise, I'll be fine. The ship is nice. It's really big, just about as big as my last ship. I can go eat up stairs any time I want and the food is good. I've had a whole bowl of strawberries at every meal! I haven't even seen my cabin yet. They put me in a guest entertainer's room with a window while I was training. That was really nice. Well I'm off to the bahamas now...such a hard life. I got a new cell phone, so you can all call and leave me messages and I'll call back when I'm in St. Thomas or Ft. Lauderdale. The number is 828-215-0269.

Katie

Landed in Curacao

I made it to my hotel in Curacao (pronounced cur-a-sow.) I wish I had more time to play here, it's a really nice hotel on the beach, but tomorrow morning I'm joining my new ship.

Katie