Room for une petit bateau monsieur?
Here we go again! We collected our guests in Monaco. We are 25 crew plus 2 supernumeries and 6 guests!
The guests will stay with us for 2 weeks here in the Med and have probably paid more money for their two weeks holiday than the whole of Thomas Cook makes in a year! This comes at a price to the crew though. The question is... Is any 2 week holiday worth that much and how can we make them feel like it was? The other quirk to this charter is that the people on board would prefer to be alongside in port every night. It is a bit of a clever trick to squeeze an 80 meter ship into a marina in any situation... but in the hieght of summer and with only a few hours notice and less french than a year 8 schoolboy, this becomes an interesting problem!
Tonight the guests would like to be in Monte Carlo, we left the harbour in Cannes (pictured above) and edged our way out of the very narrow and shallow entrance heading for Monaco,. With no confirmed booking for a space, we have an alternative destination of Portofino in Italy.
Monaco is only 2 hours away BUT!! Portofino is 10 hours! As I write we are still not sure, so i should be sleeping instead of writing because it could be a long night. Maybe I should find a 9 to 5 job instead?
Na.. Don't think so. This is a bit hectic for sure but there is something about it...
posted by Daren Packham at 4:35 PM
1 Comments:
Supernumeries. How English to use one word where several might help explain what you really mean! Non-speaking extras? Like a song & dance duo without the song? Or are they surplus to requirements... last in, first to walk the plank to keep the guests amused when you can't get a berth for the night? Or did you feel embarrassed to say that you have a crew of twenty s e v e n looking after six fortunates? Like an Egyptian palace scene with three pamperers to each royal member plus three to supervise? Sorry to be supertalkative, but it's been a long morning. Lunch servants!
3:03 PM
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