I visited a ship recently where all the people who work there are volunteers from around the world. I took the opportunity to get to know the culture of the various countries. Truly, with staff from 45 different countries, there are many things to learn about!

I wondered how they are able to spend their free time when they are sailing in the middle of the ocean. What sort of entertainment do they get? Although they are assigned extremely tiny bunks, at least they do have pretty good internet connection. This means that they could get online to get whatever entertainment they need.

I was talking to these guys about playing poker online and they say that it’s one of their favorite pastimes! How could that be when they don’t speak or understand English well? They say they play greek poker. Ah, I should have known that if I could play poker in English, people who speak other international languages can also play poker in their native language!

They even showed me the Greek version of PokerStar.com and of course, I couldn’t understand a word. As the saying goes, it looked like Greek to me. In this case, it really was Greek! I showed them the English site that I spend a lot of time on playing online poker. They say that although they know some English, they are not that comfortable with it.

I wonder if we could look for all the languages of all the different nationalities on-board. What do you think? Does Pokerstars have websites in 45 different languages? My new friends told me that they will be docked here until the end of the month. They say that if I visit them just before they set sail, they should be able to let me know, when all their colleagues have had the chance to play some poker online!