Good think I'm not moving to Bosnia.

Turns out I didn’t need to be on the look-out for Hot Serbian Crew Members, because Kristen found one FOR me! She went to the fancy dinner place for a press dinner thing and met Alex, the Hot Serbian Waiter. Every crew member has what country they’re from on their nametag and my favorite part of the cruise so far has been looking at all the different places (which mostly means I stare at everyone’s chest. Oh well). Alex’s nametag said “Bosnia” and Kristen, being the good sister she is, said “You’re from Bosnia?” to which Alex the Hot Serbian Waiter said he was, and Kristen said that her sister is moving to Serbia. Alex the Hot Serbian Waiter said that he is, in fact, Serbian (because I don’t think you can be Bosnian… I think people in Bosnia are either Serbian or Croatian… or Muslim, which is also not an ethnicity… the whole situation is very confusing). ANYWAY, Kristen and Alex the Hot Serbian Waiter start talking about Serbia (people in Serbia like anchovies and don’t like decaf) and me (I was downstairs LEARNING SERBIAN right then) and how Serbian is a freaking hard language to learn (it is). I guess the conversation was going well because he said that she should bring me by tomorrow to meet him, learn Serbian, and make out. Kristen might have inferred the making out part, but she said he was really hot, so I was prepared to do what I had to do to make Serbian friends. They agreed that we would meet him the next day at the fancy resturaunt at 10:30 or 11:00.

Well, Alex the Hot Serbian Waiter turned out to be a Hot Serbian Liar. We went to the fancy resturaunt at 10:30-ish and he wasn’t there, and the lady we asked about him gave us a dirty look. We were pretty bummed, but then we got more soft serve and felt better.

Yesterday in Grand Turk Kristen saw him getting off the boat and pointed him out. We scowled at him for a while and thought about accosting him, but I didn’t think he was actually very attractive. I mean, I still would have made out with him, especially if he knows people in Belgrade, but he was nothing to cry over.

Today we went to Half Moon Cay and I was on the beach for a while by myself (ask Kristen how her day was!). I was sitting there and a crew member was walking around selling drinks. I stared at her nametag (chest) as I tend to, and she was from SERBIA! I told her I’m moving there in August and she was VERY excited. I showed her my Serbian flashcards and my book about Bosnia I’m reading. She is from Novi Sad, a smaller city in the north, but is fairly familiar with Belgrade. Actually, she said that people in Novi Sad are really nice, and that it is a beautiful city, and not too big. She didn’t have much nice to say about Belgrade, but she DID give me her phone number and say she would take me out! If Alex the Not-Actually-That-Hot Waiter is any indication she might be lying about wanting to take me out, but I don’t care. Her name is Svetlana and she is my first Serbian friend and I love her.

Oh, in Non-Serbian news, everything is fine. I'm wearing a lot of sunscreen (mom) and most certainly not making out with eastern European crew members. Not even the super hot Ukranian one. In fact, I keep having to fight Kristen on going to the "Singles Meet and Greet" events. I don't know why she wants me to go so badly. In fact, I'm not sure why ANYONE would want to go. Those kinds of things sound awful, ESPECIALLY with this crowd. "You enjoy exploiting natives and destroying the environmennt?? ME TOO!! Let's go drink Bahama Mamas on the Adults Only deck!" No thanks. I'll just hang out with Svetlana.