Swedish Extrovert
06-09-2005, 07:04 PM
I guess I'll just post this here, since most of you seem to care about what Im up to.
Hey guys, Im just checking in for the short period of time that we will be in our homeport of Jacksonville, Florida before we head back out. Our next evolution will be Fleet Week... again, only this time we will be touring western Europe. But I've made the best of this port visit so far.... getting tickets already to the Jaguars vs. Broncos game @ Alltell on Oct 2nd. I'll be sure to cause a bit of a problem in the name of the Mane.
This years fleet week started in Jacksonville Florida where we pulled out May 16th... for Boston, then New York, then Virginia Beack, Virgina (the biggest Navy town in the world).
We spent four days in Boston. I loved this city. I have been to almost every big city in the US, and this is the only one I've found that would rival Denver in places I would like to live. Durring those four days, we roamed the streets, saw the USS Constitution among other things.
Boston was great, the seafood there was amazing, especially at these fancy restraunts that practacally paid for us to go there. The highlight here was definitley my duty day, where I followed to Captain to photograph him in a press box at Fenway Park durring the Red Sox / Braves game.
It only got better in New York.
New York city was AMAZING. Especially being there in our dress whites. I mean, we partied every night... we really did 'do' the city and hardly spent a dime. The main thing was the restaraunts, the clubs and the girls. Everybody was ready to help a sailor. We hooked up with some Britts for wine in Central park.... we did community projects up in the Bronx... ate some really good food in even nicer settings... really saw the city. We were VIPs at the China Club in Times Square - and they were turning away a lot of people.
People were very nice to sailors there. We hooked up with so many girls it was ridiculous... girls that I wouldnt even dream of talking to if I werent in uniform.
We went to Wall Street, and one of our officers actually rang the bell.
I met Ted Kennedy in Boston... and Donald Rumsfeld, The Mayor of NY, Joe Pantoliano, and Christina Appelgate.
I could go into detail about everything.... but no one cares.
On June 17th we set sail for London.
Hey guys, Im just checking in for the short period of time that we will be in our homeport of Jacksonville, Florida before we head back out. Our next evolution will be Fleet Week... again, only this time we will be touring western Europe. But I've made the best of this port visit so far.... getting tickets already to the Jaguars vs. Broncos game @ Alltell on Oct 2nd. I'll be sure to cause a bit of a problem in the name of the Mane.
This years fleet week started in Jacksonville Florida where we pulled out May 16th... for Boston, then New York, then Virginia Beack, Virgina (the biggest Navy town in the world).
We spent four days in Boston. I loved this city. I have been to almost every big city in the US, and this is the only one I've found that would rival Denver in places I would like to live. Durring those four days, we roamed the streets, saw the USS Constitution among other things.
Boston was great, the seafood there was amazing, especially at these fancy restraunts that practacally paid for us to go there. The highlight here was definitley my duty day, where I followed to Captain to photograph him in a press box at Fenway Park durring the Red Sox / Braves game.
It only got better in New York.
New York city was AMAZING. Especially being there in our dress whites. I mean, we partied every night... we really did 'do' the city and hardly spent a dime. The main thing was the restaraunts, the clubs and the girls. Everybody was ready to help a sailor. We hooked up with some Britts for wine in Central park.... we did community projects up in the Bronx... ate some really good food in even nicer settings... really saw the city. We were VIPs at the China Club in Times Square - and they were turning away a lot of people.
People were very nice to sailors there. We hooked up with so many girls it was ridiculous... girls that I wouldnt even dream of talking to if I werent in uniform.
We went to Wall Street, and one of our officers actually rang the bell.
I met Ted Kennedy in Boston... and Donald Rumsfeld, The Mayor of NY, Joe Pantoliano, and Christina Appelgate.
I could go into detail about everything.... but no one cares.
On June 17th we set sail for London.