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Emerging from Radio Silence
Sep. 27th, 2015 08:58 amI ended up getting off of the cruise ship fairly early, which means that I have a lot of time to sit around and use the Fort Lauderdale airport's free wifi. Herewith, some thoughts on The Cruise and Writer's Workshop That Was.
1) I'm highly indifferent to cruises as a form of vacation. It's nice to only pack / unpack once (more on that anon) but there's a God-awful amount of waiting in line with regards to the ship.
1a) Regarding packing, I managed to not pack deodorant, break my watch at 8 PM Friday night before a 8 AM car pickup Saturday, and leave my phone charger in the intermediate hotel at Fort Lauderdale. I was rather frustrated, and ended up paying too much money for a watch in Falmouth Jamaica.
2) The workshop portion was productive, but some of the shore excursions weren't. We visited a historic plantation in Jamaica, which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maryrobinette used for her last book. It was historically informative, and the drive through the desperately poor town of Falmouth opened a few writer's eyes. I got dehydrated due to heat, which made the next day's snorkeling excursion a bit too much for me. (No, Mom, I'm fine, just got a bit tired and spent most of the snorkel trip on the boat..) I cancelled my Cozumel excursion, and other than a stroll to the pier for free wifi didn't leave the boat.
3) As mentioned, I made an "American Regency" costume for the trip. Herewith is me wearing same at the party.
1) I'm highly indifferent to cruises as a form of vacation. It's nice to only pack / unpack once (more on that anon) but there's a God-awful amount of waiting in line with regards to the ship.
1a) Regarding packing, I managed to not pack deodorant, break my watch at 8 PM Friday night before a 8 AM car pickup Saturday, and leave my phone charger in the intermediate hotel at Fort Lauderdale. I was rather frustrated, and ended up paying too much money for a watch in Falmouth Jamaica.
2) The workshop portion was productive, but some of the shore excursions weren't. We visited a historic plantation in Jamaica, which
maryrobinette used for her last book. It was historically informative, and the drive through the desperately poor town of Falmouth opened a few writer's eyes. I got dehydrated due to heat, which made the next day's snorkeling excursion a bit too much for me. (No, Mom, I'm fine, just got a bit tired and spent most of the snorkel trip on the boat..) I cancelled my Cozumel excursion, and other than a stroll to the pier for free wifi didn't leave the boat.3) As mentioned, I made an "American Regency" costume for the trip. Herewith is me wearing same at the party.
