Now, when did you first realize adventure was going to be a big part of your life, do you think?

Honestly, I think it was always there.

For as long as I can remember, I was traveling and exploring.

My parents loved to travel and loved food just as much as I do now.

And I guess they passed that down to me.

I remember doing road trips across Europe before I That was even a trend and before everyone spoke English at all, getting lost, checking a paper map, trying to communicate with locals.

And I even asked my parents actually to send me to Ireland alone when I was a teenager to learn English during the summer, just because I already knew I wanted to travel solo one day and I would need that.

Now, Gemma, of all the careers that you've had, which one surprised you the most?

You know, she, she took all of these amazing stories that I've had and kind of brought them to life for me and, and us as we've collaborated quite well during this whole, this whole journey.

To be honest, it was like amazing stories, but they were not connected to each other, so the challenge here were other than storytelling, give more context, do some research, document specific things that he was mentioning in the stories.

And also introduce some current topics of discussion like climate change or gender equality at sea, the Me Too movement, et cetera, et cetera, to make it more appealing to the readers.

Ah.

I've always got out of my comfort zone.

I've changed career and vocations so many times in my life.

Every time I feel I'm not happy anymore where I am or with who I am, I just change it.

And cruise ships just came to my life unexpectedly.