kazu

Thanks! No luck yesterday but today is a new day. LOL.

it will be .my pleasure to add you .two to this one , Gerry. 😊

Sorry, ho special one. We ate at the Westinghouse close to the waterfront. it wasn’t that expensive and the food was really good

nice Maria 👍 enjoyy 😊. Sea you soon &looking. Forward to it

We are travelling at no more than 10 knots per hour - we are in whale country (St. Lawrence river has very strict rules to protect the whales). We are in right whale country and the bridge has their eye out for us. No one would want to be out there watching for too long. The water is warmer than the air outside. And, needless to say, it’s colder here than it is at home. LOL.

A lazy morning. We were too late for the Pinnacle Grill breakfast so had to hit the Lido. We both decided on a splurge and a real “healthy” breakfast. The sticky buns on the ship are really good.

I would trust you as a bread pudding aficionado to get it fixed 😉 👍 Ours have been properly naked all along but by the time i found them they were pretty sad looking and not photo worthy

It’s Tuesday (at least that’s what the elevator said - someone asked me what day it was early this morning and I told them I hadn’t looked at the elevator yet 😆 😂) Captain announced bright and early that all attempt to tender in Cap aux Meules were fruitless and the islands had denied entry into the bay (maybe he was going to tour us around them?) So today is a sea day and we are sailing slowly to Quebec. I’ll take the slow sailing since it helps to lessen the motion of the ocean. Misunderstood and thought an updated daily was being delivered to our mail boxes (that’s what was said). It slowly dawned on this thick headed person to check the Navigator and sure enough it was updated. Unfortunately, I checked too late and missed bingo. Oh well, there’s another game this afternoon 😉

Just because I know how very important it is to some - I managed to score a pic of the bread puddings before they were dipped into.

No worries - it will be for a bit. We’re good. Now, will they calm down enough for the tender tomorrow to Cap aux Meules? And if they can tender how rough a ride will it be? We’ll see if tomorrow ends up being a sea day or a port day. I fear it will be very cold though. VERY.. time will tell.

And we’re starting to rock and roll. Nothing like being rocked to sleep in your bed 😉

@FlorenceItaly in the effort of scientific research, I regret to report there are no piggy games on the ship. they do have wolves. Lots of games but I have it confirmed from the casino (not that I am there 😆 ) that it’s not on the ship. sorry.

Deb and I unanimously agree that PEI was colder than Sydney. It was supposed to be 13 here but that Arctic wind decimated that forecast. No sail a way pics - at least not now. It’s too flipping cold to stand out there. I feel sorry for the poor guys working the Seaview Pool. We were told in Charlottetown we came at a good time. They can have 4 ships here at a time. 2 can dock and 2 tender. We are the 4th ship here and the largest so far. The big ones can’t get in here. Apparently that Arctic wind is going to follow us, Captain Van Eerten has warned and he is warning everyone of motion of the ocean once we are out of the islands and entering the strait (Northumberland strait I believe) to be very careful. Big motion of the ocean coming.

The dummy mostly picked on Mike calling him a loser but there was a gentleman from the audience chosen for the card trick. I don’t think I have laughed so hard in a very long time.

it was another cold day here in PEI. Colder than forecast. there is a nasty Arctic North wind that seems to be following us (or are we following it?) I’ll let you guess where we were yesterday. Big hint. Yup you got it. the home of the largest fiddle in the world - Sydney. That wind was enough to do you in - bitter, bitter. And we Canadians are used to cold. Apparently if you braved the wind and moved further into town it was ok. But we were enjoying where we are admiring the very talented crafts people here and decided on lunch. Deb and I shared. She ordered the mussels and I the fish and chips with an extra plated 😉 they were both excellent.

they do indeed. I’ve asked for small plates for the one breakfast I like and most nights at dinner. That dish was very good. They both were.

Our Halifax night we got daring in the MDR. Aww the first two items on the menu”. That’s what we had. Debbie tried the Bami Goreng And I the Hodge Podge. i forgot to ask for a small serving. I don’t know how anyone could eat everything on my plate. Both of them were very good. VERY good. I had the cheese plate (kept my roll from dinner) and Deb the apple pie.

Leaving Halifax. It was a pretty sail away.

Got it. I’ll try to look more. Haven’t seen wolves yet either nor heard them.

Our next day was pretty Halifax Nova Scotia. We were meeting Deb’s BIL & SIL for lunch. And what a lunch. Deb had the seafood chowder and declared it excellent even though there was no lobster in it 😉 Carol and I had the Reuben - best one I have ever tasted. Carol’s was gluten free so on a different bun (no idea why the pic is upside down - I played and can’t fix it here - will try on an edit. And Jim had goat cheese & red beet salad with lots of shrimp. All very good and actually not a bad price despite the location.

I haven’t seen them but I haven’t bee at every machine in the casino 😉. Machines are pretty busy so hard to check them all but I’ll keep my eye out for you. Is it just pigs on the screen?

You are correct. There were some bread things on some of the plates. We mostly tasted Italy, New Zealand & France. New Zealand was the winner for me and I told the steward to fill ‘er up.

That evening we had dinner at the Canaletto with Rich @richwmn good company and good food what more can anyone ask for?

Every table had a lovely floral display and kazu being kazu just had to take pics. 😉

On our Portland day, we had to be back on board by 12:30. With a sailing that early ther was a nice invite to the 5* Mariners+ to attend the Round the World Wine Tasting. it’s always fun and a lot better IMO than the regular wine tastings. I don’y remember seeing these plates used before.