I’m spending today in the San Francisco airport, waiting for my overnight flight back to New York. I loved teaching on the cruise ship and didn’t really want to leave. I’m definitely thinking of doing another contract in the future… Just had to add a couple photos from the last tour I went on: snorkeling [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’
homeward bound
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, snorkeling on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
sailing with the sis
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, cruise, shuffleboard, sister on August 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My sister Carolyn just spent the last cruise onboard with me. We had so much fun! Here’s us sailing out of San Francisco: Here we are on the ship sailing in Tracy Arm Fjord: And here we are playing some serious shuffleboard: We also went glacier viewing, disco dancing, and whale watching, enjoyed several shows [...]
the home stretch
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to let you all know I’m still alive and well. This will be my last cruise since I fly back to New York on August 16. My sister thoroughly enjoyed her cruise with me – we had a blast together. I’ll try to upload some photos in a few days when [...]
Butchart Gardens
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, Victoria on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I went on a tour at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, which was absolutely lovely! I know some of my adoring fans out there are gardeners, so I would highly recommend a visit to this place if you ever have the chance – it’s supposed to be one of the best gardens [...]
ESL Classes Tour the Bridge
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska on July 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I made arrangements with the Staff Captain to have my English classes tour the bridge, where the captains and officers on watch navigate the ship. Most of my students have never been there, so they were EXCITED! They took pictures of everything: the equipment, the ocean view, the radar and GPS monitors, each other, the [...]
whale videos
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, whales on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Visit my site on Youtube to see some videos I posted from my last whale watching tour… http://www.youtube.com/user/shanson1
I have a reputation on the ship
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, Spanish on July 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
… for being able to speak Spanish! Word has spread among the Latino community that the English teacher habla espanol. When I asked one of the room service stewards how he knew I spoke Spanish, he told me that a Mexican crew member told him my Spanish is very good. I am so excited! Crewmembers [...]
Ship size
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, cruise on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I’d give you an idea of how large my cruise ship is with a list of random facts… – there are 14 decks. I live on deck 4. I teach on deck 12 and on deck 5. – 3 trips around the Promenade Deck (deck 7) equals one mile – it weighs 77,000 [...]
Whale Watching Adventure #2
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, whales on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago in Juneau I went on another whale-watching boat ride and it was AMAZING! There’s an area in the bay near Juneau where the currents attract lots of fish, which consequently attract lots of whales. We saw 8 or 9 different humpback whales, including 2 or 3 calves swimming with their mothers. [...]
quick update
Posted in Summer 2008, tagged Alaska, cruise on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The norovirus outbreak is under control and we are back to our regular green level. Several crew members celebrated by having dinner in the passenger buffet the first night we were back to green. I’m glad I get to go back out on the decks now. Also went to a lecture on whales, and saw [...]
