And so does Carnival, judging by the "mechanical problem" with the propulsion system that caused us to return to port some 14 hours laster than planned from Cozumel. As a result, I'm pretty much completely swamped. More later.
But first, these observations:
1. Remind me to incorporate my eventual business venture in Panama like Carnival. That way I can hire nothing but people from Indonesia and the Eastern Bloc and pay them jack shit.
2. I refuse to believe, as the Macedonian bartender told me, that I was the "first person in four years" to know where Macedonia was. I got a few free drinks out of it, at least.
3. There was something called a "party boat" shore excursion in Cozumel, which was a 4-hour ride around the island on a boat with free booze. It started at 9 AM. Didn't go on it, though I was surprised at the number people over the age of 30 who did.
And judging by the number of them I saw eating pavement afterwards, I'm glad I declined.
In retrospect, I don't think the problem is that I'm not sedentary enough for a cruise, but rather that I don't like being sedentary around that many other people. Overall, we had a good time, but if they could've eliminated about 95% of the other passengers, yet kept the bartenders and the casino open, I'd sign up every year.
And maybe they could get some oarsmen. We weren't even going fast enough on Sunday to water ski.
I have no idea where Macedonia is. So there.
Welcome home.
Macedonia is northern Greece and southern former-Yugoslavia; there are Slavic Macedonians and Greek Macedonians, and, as is usual with the human species, they fucking hate each other and deny that the other group is Macedonian in any way.
The country Macedonia is the Slavic one.
Philip and Alexander were Macedonian.
hooray! you're back! glad (?) you enjoyed (?) your trip!