Tagged With: rsvp-2005
At Sea
Today was the boring day at sea. There isn’t much to see along the Inland Passage – much of the day was water to the horizon, with a few hilly islands off to starboard. We saw other ships following the same route; I assume one was the Diamond Princess. I don’t remember much of what … Continue reading
Sailing from Seattle
Here I am aboard the Oosterdam. (It’s “oh” like “toast.”) It is far too late for me – 11:30pm, and I think I’m still jet-lagged. I think I will just tell everything in chronological order. Oh, except first I will mention that I forgot a timepiece other than my Sidekick, dammit. I suspect they have … Continue reading
Underway
We are underway. I am still posting from my Sidekick because I still have a great signal. I have met all of the deaf passengers and I recognize several of them from DC. Obviously there won’t be any quicklinks for a while; I think they might have autoposted yesterday but I haven’t gotten them onto … Continue reading
Seattle
Even on the Sidekick, one is not safe from crashes! As I was typing a post, :A: called, and when I hung up the SK reset. I’m typing into an email now so it will at least sync with the server periodically. I’m in Seattle! When I first typed this I was sitting in a … Continue reading
From Minneapolis
I’m in Minneapolis! I had to change planes after all, which surprised me. If they’re going to put you at a different gate on a different plane with a different crew…why does it have the same flight number? Seems silly to me. I didn’t have time for much in the airport; by the time I … Continue reading
I’ve Set Out
I am on the metro now – it’s 9:15 – and I will probably just save this post for a while because we’re about to enter the tunnel. I am totally scared of undertaking this adventure alone, but it’s too late now! The odd thing is that I know how to check in at the … Continue reading
Free Cruise!
Oh wow! I just talked to the interpreter coordinator for RSVP, and I get to go on their early September cruise to Alaska on the Oosterdam! I will be interpreting, of course, but he made sure to emphasize that I would have a lot of time for fun too. They mostly need interpreting for the … Continue reading