OK - where to start...
I am a single retired US Air Force weather forecaster, now forecasting for a civilian contractor at Thule Air Base in Northern Greenland. We're about 650 miles from the North Pole and 650 miles North of the Arctic Circle. WE just had our first Sunrise since October 2003 :hyper: . It's a fascinating place and I've lived here for 10 years. Before that I was stationed in Utah, Illinois, Colorado, Tehran Iran, Puerto Rico, Honduras, and Germany.
My first cruise was in 1994; a retirement present to myself, on a charter of the Ocean Breeze from Aruba half-way thru the canal. I remember thinking then, "Wow - this ship is HUGE" <img border="0" alt="[eyepop]" title="" src="graemlins/eye-popping.gif" /> . Nine years later I was on the Zuiderdam, parked next to the Ocean Breeze in the Bahamas and thought, "Lordy - that was HUGE??? :eek: " Postage stamp sized pool, 1 hot-tub, diesel stink, etc...
Since that first cruise I've been on several Carnivores, Maasdam, Zuiderdam, Windjammer Mandalay, QE2, Sea Breeze, OCean Breeze again, Crystal Harmony, Radisson Voyager, Ocean Princess (3X), and, most recently, the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary 2 - now THAT was HUGE !! <img border="0" alt="[eyepop]" title="" src="graemlins/eye-popping.gif" />
My favorite cruises were the first one (isn't it always the best in memory?) and the QM2 for various reasons. I also thought the Voyager was so classy and fun, that I've decided to do Radisson almost exclusively from now on. My next one is on the PG 29 May and again on 11 Sept.
I plan on staying here in Greenland for at least another 2-3 years to save enough to buy a home (someplace WARM ;) ) then try to cruise once a year.
I also enjoy cars (wish I could have one up here - the MB SLK320 is at Mom's :( ), internet, movies, and Music (mostly MOR and classical).
My favorite holiday is Halloween, mainly because my birthday is the next day, and this way I always get a party <img border="0" alt="[vhappy]" title="" src="graemlins/icon_vhappy.gif" /> !!