Come on Engelsbrech, you missed out the greatest bit of Canberra memorabilia in the V&A exhibition.....the ship’s wheel from the play room!
We really enjoyed the exhibition and thought it well worth a visit. The only problem we found was that much of the exhibition is in semi darkness. We mentioned this to one of the attendants and he said that we weren’t the first to make this comment and that there were large print copies of all of the exhibit labels available. This missed the point that it wasn’t the labels that we couldn’t see it was the text or fine detail on the exhibits themselves. We did have one pair of reading specs with us and managed fine by swapping them as and when necessary.
It certainly didn’t spoil the exhibition for us but is a point to bear in mind if you are planning a visit.
The V&A Dundee is a very impressive building. If you want to have a meal there ( as opposed to a snack) then you probably need to book. We were quoted 2.5 hour wait for a table.
What do we keep? The remnant of the hand soap...a tradition as we always loved the smell of the old P&O soap ( it’s not the same now but as I said, it’s tradition). Usually take the menus home but they aren’t a special as they used to be since they don’t have the art work on the outside. (I have a modern copy of P& O Pencillings, some of which adorned the lunch menus.)
The ship’s log always gets packed.
I have a faux leather bound long form wine list from Canberra. It was given by one of the wine waiters on the second last Canberra cruise.
What memorabilia do you keep?
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