It's been my first chance to get off the ship in Koper, Slovenia today because had alot of time off work. Koper is a really nice old town full of tiny cobbled streets and traditional market stalls. Me and one of the guys that I work with walked around the town for a while and discovered free wifi in the main shopping centre so will deffinetly be coming back when I next get the chance. It's always funny to find that you bump into so many people that work on the sh...

Today i've been climbing for the first time on the ship and its slightly terrifying being 10 floors above sea level and then climbing the height of the wall overlooking the sea but was great to climb again and they have offered me more chance to work on the wall. Been a very busy week for working because we are two people down at the moment as the sound technician had some sort of stroke the other day and had to be left in Dubrovnik hospital. We are getting a n...

Yesterday we were in Kusadasi, Turkey and luckily I had alot of time off from working so me and a couple of brazzilian friends i've met went to have a look round for the day. I wish I could post the photos up because its a beautiful place with crystal clear water and alot of character even with the huge amount of tourism from the ships. Most of the day we spent looking around the enormous markets (most of which sold fake english goods like 'Adibas' for pennies) ...

We are currently docked in Athens, Greece and the weather is absolutely boiling. The plan was that we got time off today to look around Athens and wouln't start work until 6pm. However, at 8am, a message came over the speakers into all of our cabins from the captain saying that we have arrived in Greece but no-one can leave the ship yet as taxi's were blocking all the port exits because of all the trouble and riots that have been going on in Greece recently. We w...

Day 4 of the second cruise and were in Bari, Italy. Iv'e completed my first week on the ship now and its been a great sucess although theres been so much information to take in. This week, and every three weeks from now on, i'm on duty for the the stage staff so I have the 24 hour phone and can be called out at any time if help is needed on the stages or for any other related work. This has meant that I haven't been able to get off the ship this week but i've s...