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Ardennais

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  1. I’ve never owned a tablecloth and never will!
  2. Exactly! I think tablecloths are very old fashioned.
  3. You witnessed a wedding there and we witnessed mourners leaving a funeral!
  4. Kirkwall - we took a trip (on CMV’s Marco Polo) called Leisurely Orkney and Italian Chapel. The Chapel is a charming place. We travelled across the Churchill Barriers which link the islands, and also had a lovely stroll around St Margaret’s Hope. Also saw Scapa Flow. After the excursion, we had plenty of time in Kirkwall itself and visited St Magnus Cathedral. On the same cruise, we visited Cobh and just walked to the pretty town. St Colman’s Cathedral is well worth a visit - look out for the swastika patterns on the floor tiles! Of course they pre-date the 20th century version. We actually enjoyed the Titanic Museum in Cobh more than Titanic Belfast, again on the same trip. A more intimate experience, especially as is it housed in the original office, and it would have been the last time the Titanic saw land. Cobh -
  5. The hairdryers are fine for me as I have a short pixie cut, but probably not so good for long, thick hair. I don’t think I’ve ever had a hairdryer in the bathroom on a cruise,
  6. 4pm is fine with me too! No rush to get on, and no rush to get off either. I can sort of understand the rush to get on a mini cruise, say 3-4 nights, but anything longer, I really can’t see the problem with a later embarkation,
  7. Lovely photos. I’ve never been to Cornwall and we keep saying that we must go!
  8. I don’t want to know her medical details - they should be kept private of course. I have no views about the photo being edited. I edit my photos to the extent that I adjust the exposure or brilliance. But I don’t manipulate the actual composition and just wonder why on earth they did that! Seems a stupid thing to do,
  9. We had linked bookings several times when my parents cruised with us, but often had different boarding times. We always went with the later time. No rush, less hassle.
  10. I’m not remotely interested in the royals, but we pay for them, like it or not, so there must be some accountability.
  11. To be fair, it’s not always about laughing at somebody. The smiley face could mean ‘glad you had a nice time’.
  12. It will be strange not having your daily report. I’ve so enjoyed reading about your adventure and hope that you will soon make a full recovery once you’re home. I’m glad that you’ve enjoyed the Paul Stickler talks as I know that this aspect is important to you. I’m afraid that I wouldn’t be in the least bit interested in his area of expertise - never watched any crime programmes/dramas. So it’s luck of the draw I suppose! Safe journey home from Southampton.
  13. We visited St Paul’s as a family about 18 years ago. Having paid a considerable sum to get in, we were suddenly ushered out after about half an hour - I think they were going to hold a service there. The ushers were quite rude and abrupt! I did think that £18 was quite steep for York Minster last month, but to be fair, they had volunteers there who were more than eager to tell us more about the window restoration project and the museum in the crypt was well laid out and very informative.
  14. We’re treating our 3 and their partners to a Fjords cruise in a few months. Can’t wait!
  15. BT Openreach have electric vehicles in this area. It’s a nightmare for the engineers as they’re having to consider where and when to charge them. Charging points are few and far between around here.
  16. I thought that £18 was rather steep for York Minster last week. Having said that, we spent nearly two hours there.
  17. Just been reading about problems aboard Norwegian Dawn. Scary!
  18. We took a coach holiday to Scarborough last week. 4 very enjoyable nights there, and trips to Whitby, Goathland, Beverley and York. My expectations weren’t high as it was so cheap but fair play, it was fine. We also had afternoon tea at Bettys.
  19. We’ve always done that too, but we have a Princess cruise booked and P4C is around £100 cheaper.
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