{"id":2064,"date":"2014-04-30T22:49:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T22:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2014-04-30T23:32:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T23:32:23","slug":"so-many-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/30\/so-many-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"So Many Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"dinner<\/a>
Evening, out the window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are some amazing people here.\u00a0 Wander around looking for a poolside table for lunch and two people look up and say, \u201cJoin us.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0They turn out to be a pair of characters with whom we share enormous common ground \u2013 in broadcasting, in travel, in life.<\/p>\n

Go to Trivia at noon and be outclassed at every turn (an unfamiliar experience, I might add.)\u00a0 Meet two couples who\u2019ve sailed around the world and several who\u2019ve hit most of it.\u00a0 All full of stories and curiosity and an unfettered sense of adventure. \"Hyperion\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Spend a couple of hours on the private patio; wander upstairs to check out the gym and the spa then downstairs to the \u201cbook swap\u201d to find an old favorite I would have rated \u201chighly unlikely\u201d to be along on a trip like this.<\/p>\n

Then I met a Game of Thrones couple who had never heard of Hyperion<\/a> and were thrilled when I went back to the give away and brought it to them. \u00a0A perfect cruise reminder: \u00a0never<\/i>\u00a0assume anything about anyone.\u00a0 Don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I guess that\u2019s true in general but out here on the sea it\u2019s particularly so.\u00a0 Physical therapist or\u00a0CEO, accountant or fashionista, nobody is predictable and almost everybody is as eager to meet you as you are to meet them. \u00a0An openness to discovery – of new places, people, food, books and ideas dominates.<\/p>\n

A lecture on tomorrow’s destination filled the large auditorium. \u00a0It’s a kind of floating grad school dorm for grownups. In other words, as we move toward our first stop in Tangier in about eight hours, we’re a bunch of excited, curious, energetic travelers who also just happen to be living on a ship where this appeared at the foot of our bed tonight.<\/p>\n

Yes, he’s a towel wearing Rick’s sunglasses and holding the info on our next stop in his paws. \u00a0Goodnight for now, from Rick, me and the bunny. \"Rabbit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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