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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023

A message for my regular readers @zirkels, if you want to be removed from this list please let me know. Thank you for your support!🙏🧡
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@ECOE - Feb 06, 2023
Gaike, I just can't get the hang of this Zirkels thing for some reason, I get so confused with it and it takes so much time for me to navigate it. ~ Sometimes it's better to just stay shut up, but I know you'll appreciate my honesty, we have a friendship like that, so, here's my thoughts and feelings... The first post says "Removed by Author" and then I got stuck in a loop... got to part two and I was like... "Okay, I'm glad Gaike had a great time, but the last thing I need to look at is lavish foods and decadence when I'm living on cheap, lard-filled, 💲1 pack cookies from Dollar General." On better days long gone by my friend, sure, I could appreciate your story in a different light, but not right now. I just can't get my head wrapped around this while starving and fighting for my life. I hope for better days ahead for us both in the health challenges we each have, obviously, and if achieved for me I can pay more attention to stories of such nature. But for the time being I'm fighting for my right to go on, to live another day, to not die a 4th time. Honestly, this fundraiser I was talked into doing... ~ I wish I'd never done it. I mean, really! A guy can raise 💲10,000.00 for a telescope, and I can't raise even a 10th of 1/2 of that to save my life???? It's pretty damned dejecting and has me at times going, "maybe this 4th time around it'll be best to make it my last." ~ I will not suffer in pain to an inevitable bitter end, although I already am. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and hope to read more of your journeys in days ahead. ~ Ken
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@BKPOWER8 - Jan 29, 2023
Very good!!
Spit bags hanging in the hall way, drawers sliding open 😂
Reminds me of one time when I went with a bunch of friends in high school. We were all sitting for dinner at a big round table and I said, “Krista, will you please pass me the salt? Oh never mind, here it comes!” 🤣🤣🤣

The video showing the horizon was great! I probably wouldn’t like it on the interior, but if out on a balcony it might rock me to sleep like a baby 😊
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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023
Haha laugh your salty story 😜 Loved it! Really had no problems but if you saw everyone waddling…. LOL
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@BrookM - Jan 29, 2023
I like the waves, too and sleep like a baby. My wife gets massages some, but I never have. Maybe someday!
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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023
Oh yeah I like both 😍 when I am in bed and waves give me such a deep relaxing sleep. Well I have to say I can very good relax 🤣 We mostly book a duo massage and make then a relax day of it with sauna.
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@maximumEV - Jan 29, 2023
I hear you on the semi-guilty feelings of being on a cruise. While there is definitely indulgences happening, the thing that gets me the most is the amount of wasted food when people order/take more than they actually wanted. Most ships these days I believe have a good ecology program in place to handle it at least.

You worked hard to earn the privilege to be on the ship, so all you can do is appreciate the better fortune you have than others and do your best to help the less fortunate when the opportunities present themselves. That's how I see it anyway.

As far as the crew are concerned, on previous cruises I've taken, I have always enjoyed running into some of the crew from the ship on shore and talking to them casually. They work really hard like you have said, but they do get some downtime which is good.
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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023
Hi @maximumEV thanks for your reply 🙏 That's right, I'll pay for it myself, so you don't have to feel guilty, but it's a bit uneven in the world. I can't change that on a large scale, and wouldn't help it, but it sometimes hits me when the amount of luxury is brought together. As for talking to the crew you're talking about, that's actually fun! I think so too....but only the 2 same words that are apparently fun for them to pronounce and then every time that's less haha Do you booked a cruise for next time or looking forward to one?
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@maximumEV - Jan 30, 2023
I’ll be going on one in early March to the Caribbean as well. Looking forward to it and reading about the rest of your trip!
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@Gaike - Jan 30, 2023
Nice! Wich company?
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@ElizabethTubbs - Jan 29, 2023
Ohhhh. So interesting. I love your stories. I can't wait to go on a cruise with Hubert and hopefully my daughter and family. I look forward to each story.

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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023
Yes, I can advise it all. It's wonderfull way of travel. You have to choose the right one, thats personal! Or if you do have special questions ask me I can give you tips or tell you.
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@ElizabethTubbs - Jan 29, 2023
Thank you and I will be asking. We hope to plan and book a trip for late in the year!
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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023
Go go go and before you book ask me, because it’s important to choose a company you feel comfortable 🙏
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@mashelenn - Jan 29, 2023
The smiley faces in the massage parlor look really cute!)
Thanks @Gaike, very interesting to read about cruise life! 🥰🙌
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@Gaike - Jan 29, 2023
Thank you ☺️how do you read it….Do you translate the website or copy and past tekst in a ranslation app?
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