Our accommodations on board consisted of one of the upper or lower bunks that lined the walls below deck. Once you managed to crawl in and lie down, the "ceiling" was less than two feet above your head. Everything you brought had to fit into this space so needless to say we packed light and learned to fit everything into the little cubbyholes at the foot of each bunk. I had an upper bunk overlooking the main saloon (dining room featured above).
Living in one of these was definitely a love hate relationship. I preferred to be up on deck at all times, but at moments it was nice to get just that little bit of alone time before you fell asleep. I'll also never forget that voice outside my curtain from someone on the off-going watch whispering, "Gabrielle, Gabrielle, 20 minutes to watch." On the last day we completely emptied each of our bunks and scrubbed all the white surfaces down with bleach and the wood surfaces with oil. This was bunk love.
Our accommodations on board consisted of one of the upper or lower bunks that lined the walls below deck. Once you managed to crawl in and lie down, the "ceiling" was less than two feet above your head. Everything you brought had to fit into this space so needless to say we packed light and learned to fit everything into the little cubbyholes at the foot of each bunk. I had an upper bunk overlooking the main saloon (dining room featured above).
Living in one of these was definitely a love hate relationship. I preferred to be up on deck at all times, but at moments it was nice to get just that little bit of alone time before you fell asleep. I'll also never forget that voice outside my curtain from someone on the off-going watch whispering, "Gabrielle, Gabrielle, 20 minutes to watch." On the last day we completely emptied each of our bunks and scrubbed all the white surfaces down with bleach and the wood surfaces with oil. This was bunk love.
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