MJC

Our cabin was a Britannia Sheltered Balcony. We chose it because we hoped to use it in all kinds of weather, and in fact we used it almost every day. We had a rainy day where it was too wet, and a very foggy day where it just felt damp and there was nothing to see, and no sunshine to enjoy. Cunard has "deck blankets" so we asked for two and they came in handy. It was nice that a bottle of sparkling wine was waiting for us.

We had a great trip! We got back on Friday and I've been playing catchup all weekend with mail and laundry and shopping. We had no food in the apartment since we spent most of the summer at the lake. Thankfully we have a supermarket that delivers! It took about 45 minutes to get to port, and then from the door of the taxi to our stateroom was another 45 minutes. In spite of all the posts on Cunard boards about the mess that Brooklyn CT is, we found it extremely organized and straightforward. It helped that we knew in advance exactly what was needed and we had our paperwork -- yes actual papers -- very well organized. In fact we arrived way too early for our 1pm boarding time, but we were already in our cabin dropping our bags before 1pm and on our way to lunch. It has us thinking about other cruises from this area just because it is so nice not to have to fly. Our cabin was starboard so we had the city view instead of the Brooklyn view upon boarding. We were on deck 6, forward of center. On QM2 we learned everyone refers to their location by the nearest elevator bank, so we were near the B elevators out of A,B,C and D. After a quick lunch we did our tradition of starting at the top of the ship and visiting each deck. We had absolutely beautiful weather for our departure day. These were taken from our balcony.

We were able, with a discreet and not outrageous tip, to get the same socially distanced table for 2 every night at 8pm for the entire cruise, with the same waitstaff. There was always a line at 7:45 and a lot of rushing around of maitre'ds and waiters. Just that extra fifteen minutes made all the difference. Lovely relaxed meals and excellent service.

On our recent QM2 Canada cruise, we asked our attendant for ice each day and he asked what time. Always had ice at 5 pm, on time for balcony cocktails. There were unhosted solo traveler get togethers each night at 5 in the Champagne Bar.

Went to this yesterday, it was fantastic: https://www.mosaiculture.ca/fr

Are you going to the Metropolitan Opera or the Metropolitan Museum? Both are fantastic. 👍

Just a quick hello. Internet is terrible on board We missed Sydney due to Fiona damage and no further news about our our other ports. QC is beautiful and have walked our feet off today. Will be here 2 more days.

41 is a nighttime low, so hopefully we'll be fast asleep then. 😴

We're going to have temps that range from 72 to 41! The skinny on the ship is that it tends to be cool, especially in the evening. These are dressier tops that I'll wear for dinner with dress pants and heels. The one on the left is a black cut velvet. The blue flowered velvet one will probably reappear for lunch one day: Another evening top, this one is by my designer friend: If I have room, I'll take both my black and brown fleeces, but these are the scarves I'll take. The top one is large enough to be a wrap also. The bottom one is versatile because it shows different colors depending on how you wrap it: The rest of my outerwear (the vest is actually navy blue): The vest layers under the jacket. I bought them for our South America trip that didn't happen, but I've actually used them a lot this year. I'm glad to have them for this trip. The blue scarf can also do double duty as a wrap.

I've put together my daywear. I'm taking black knit dress pants, black GoWalk pants, blue jean-look trousers, and blue GoWalk pants. I'm taking four sweaters: And five long-sleeved tops: My embarkation outfit: I may wear this top later in the cruise.