Another Gorgeous Day In Italy

Hi Everyone,

I hope this post finds you will. I am doing great. I am still a little sore but I am getting used to the hours again. It has been a while since I have been pulling 10-16 hour days. I am loving it here. The weather has been sunny and in the 80's. Luckily the ship has AC. We are super busy getting everything ready and trying to get everything commissioned. Each morning there are about 15-20 of us that leave the hotel around 7:45. We have been using 2, 9 passenger vans (including driver). Matt, the Stage Manager, who is doing a lot of the driving took the van to the gas station to get diesel gas and fill up the van. The gas stations are full service here so you don't pump the gas yourself. They filled the gas tank with unleaded and we had to take it to the shop to get the van fixed after it broke down. Today we had to take 2 trips. I can't believe my I am get to spend my birthday here in Italy. I will miss being with all of you but I am so excited I get to spend it here. I have come down with a bad cold and sore throat. I am drinking lots of water and trying to kick it as soon as I can. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done before the ship sails. I have attached a link to the website of the hotel we are staying at.

http://www.hotelvenezia.org/eng/index.asp

I will be moving onto the ship June 12th.

I am heading to dinner and will add more later.

Thank you so much for reading and your comments.

Daniel Warren