This is my photo of a Yamaha grand piano being loaded onto the Renaissance cruise ship R6, before its maiden voyage while it was still in the shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France.
How do they get pianos on cruise ships?
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It’s like Hogwarts for Piano Technicians
Gallery
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For the last year I was lucky enough to be able to attend the University of Western Ontario to study Piano Technology. I was part of a small select group of 13 people and together we learned how to tune, … Continue reading
A Zorb Ball Adventure in Davao City
Davao city is quickly becoming a mecca for adventure tourism. New attractions are opening all the time, such as the Deca Wakeboard Park and numerous ziplines. Continue reading
Shells
Now I wish that all of my imported photos could be so big! I like wordpress so far.
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older?
Maybe my Japanese friend knows I just had a birthday, because today after the show he presented me with a new variety of Stockings:
Piraeus, Greece and the end of Asia
The biggest excitement of Pireaus was that it marked the fact that we were finally leaving the Asia season for a small stop in the Mediterranean before our long Scandinavian summer. Were we ever weary! We were resolute not to spent a penny in Europe as it was so expensive. Even though we had no qualms spending on all that seafood in Asia. Continue reading
Kusadasi and my Turkish Favourites
Long time no Blog…I am very busy, mostly with packing for my first long vacation in I don’t know when! As you can tell, my blog is about 3 months behind the times. I just had a really great tour in Iceland that I am eager to show you! But I guess you will have to wait. Here is one post to appease the masses so I can go about my packing. See you folks at home in one week!
I was eager to go ashore as soon as possible in Kusadasi – I love Turkish food, and the shopping, and a Turkish bath would have Continue reading
Alexandria, Egypt, where we didn’t go.
We never made it to Alexandria this year, due to a strange combination of pirates and swine flu. Continue reading
Through the Suez Canal, on to Europe
They say the Suez is not terribly exciting, but we definitely outran the pirates to get there.
Sand on both sides, there are still some interesting sights to see.
The Shewedagon Pagoda, and all that Glitters.
I took Sherwin to see the Shewedagon Pagoda, as he has never seen it before. It was a hot day and the marble floor scorched our bare feet. Continue reading