Burgmeister

That's why Australians like to have kettles in their cabins on cruises, even instant is better.

and that's why the Brits like to have a kettle in the cabin, because tea tops the lot!

This thread is quite amusing. Its amazing how many people know how much complete strangers are able to drink without being blind drunk!

You should be able to buy bus tickets at the town shop located near the bus stop at Oceankaj, in the bus you can only pay by cash.

 

Also toilets are cash only unless you use the one at the central station.

Thanks for the info Mr Viking, very useful.

If you put your wine in your luggage your luggage will be held up and you will have to wait till the early evening when you are notified where to go to collect it and then to sort out the charges.

Thanks. In that case we will carry it on.

 

Gas is what comes out of your cooking stove.

 

There endeth today's lesson.

In our house, gas comes out of somewhere else as well!! ;p

Annie, 10 years in Aberdeen helped in the Doric if ya ken fit I mean.

So, do you put all your wine in your carry on or in your luggage?

Spain use water cannon and there were reports that the police they were drafting in from outside the area were being water cannon with them.

 

 

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Thanks for the clarification Corfe.

Presumably your name is derived from the area you live? If so, that's a lovely part of the world.

Mr. Burgmeister & Mr. Thrak,

Can either one of you please pick me up one 4pk special buttermilk muffins please. The next time your at SADA Groceries. :D :D

Thank you,

The Captain of The Rowboat

Tony

Is that the American spelling of ASDA? :D

BTW, ASDA is owned by your very own Wal-Mart

but deciphering what someone from Scotland has just said sometimes requires a pause and playback due to differences in terms and pronunciation. :D

That happens to those of us south of Hadrian's Wall too!

I spent 10 years in Scotland so I'm not too bad at translating Scottish to English, although I do struggle sometimes with a really broad Weegie (Glaswegian) accent.

The closest thing to an English Muffin is a Crumpet. Not the same but kind of similar which is likely how the US item got its name. It's like the us "London Broil". It's not really a cut of meat although it's sold as one. it's just a large and thick Sirloin. The original meaning was the cooking method but, like so many things in the US, some marketing person changed the meaning. (It drives me nuts...)

Nah, a crumpet is different to a muffin. See here https://groceries.asda.com/aisle/bakery/crumpets-muffins-pancakes/_/103297

I think this thread has gone, ever-so-slightly OT!

Tear gas is often the weapon of choice in dispersing crowds.

Many European countries use water cannon too (Not the UK), I'm not sure whether Spain is one of them though.

We also have 2 types of muffin. I believe that the cup-cake style ones are probably an import from the US (a very welcome import in my opinion) and the others are similar to those that you refer to as English Muffins.

Confusingly, we tend to call both "muffins". To be honest, I'm 51 and have never eaten an "English" muffin.

So, as long as they are not in the protest areas tourists should be safe.

 

But, if the protesters become violent, is there any chance the Guarda will return fire with guns/rifles?

 

Enjoy your cruise.

Whilst I can, obviously, not guarantee it, Western Europe countries tend to not fire live ammo at civilians. It doesn't go down well with the general populous.

We get so much US TV over here that we tend to know what most American terms mean - even if we don't widely use them.

I have to say though that that there are 2 that still catch me out even after many visits to the US.

1. The US use of the word Chips (We refer to them as crisps - chips are fat french fries)

2. Biscuits (Biscuits, to us, are what you would call cookies).

Good for you Princess Luver. I am curious about your name though. Presumably, given your recent responses, it isn't a love of the cruise line so, presumably you love an actual Princess?

Looks like you are a candidate for giving up cruiseing and doing land based vacations

Not me. I was referring to PrincessLuver's post.

Thanks everyone.

So, to sum up, its still available on some ships/itineraries but it isn't universally available for all Princess Cruises.

Good to know.

Totally agree.....it really is a very expensive way to travel.....we are able to travel much more affordably taking advantage of airline, hotel and rental car freebies.......we have cruised a lot and if you like going to the same places over and over, eating the same food over and over and listening to the same boring cruise stories over and over then it is priceless.......:rolleyes:

Hmmmm. Now, I may have completely misunderstood your post but I get the feeling you don't really like cruising?

Unless of course you do like going to the same places over and over, eating the same food over and over and listening to the same boring cruise stories over and over

Danish Viking, we will be calling in to Copenhagen for one day on our Sapphire Princess cruise next year. We will probably just like to visit Nyhavn and, maybe, the city centre for a walk about. Will I need any Krone or will my credit card be accepted everywhere (particularly on public transport)?

Thanks

I think cruising can still be good value (not quite the same as a bargain). Our problem, as I'm sure many of you have already been through, is that we have to go during school holidays and have to have a cabin designed to take 3 people. There are far less of these getting sold off cheap!

Once our daughter leaves school and/or stops wanting to come on holiday with us, I can book far better deals than I can now.

Our next cruise is a 7-nighter that cost a smidge under £2200 for a balcony cabin. That works out at just over £100 pppn. That is my cut off of a good price. It's out of Southampton so I don't have any flights to add on to that - if I needed to add flights then this would have been beyond my budget.

I quite regularly see cruises advertised at about £65 pppn, but they are never available for our circumstances. One day though......

Thanks for all of the responses.

Further to those that enjoy learning new words, perhaps I will continue to use them in future postings (along with a UK-US translation!)

Hopefully the HH offer will still be available for our cruise next year on the Sapphire.

For clarification a receptacle for waste is known in the UK as a "bin" - amongst other things - hence the term "binned" meaning discarded.

not that I noticed. Water was available.

 

OK thanks. Water is fine.

A coffee card won’t buy alcohol and water.

I know, that's why I stated that in my posting (second line from the bottom).

As well-informed (and sometimes mis-informed) as we are, Princess depends more on market surveys, focus groups and post-cruise surveys to understand the ins and outs of their customers desires.

 

So, just so I get this straight. Are you suggesting that they asked via market surveys, focus groups and post-cruise surveys "If we increase the price of our drinks package by 20+%, reduce the discount on wines, remove cans of soda, limit the number of alcoholic drinks that you can have on the package, do you think that this will be an improvement?".

And the majority of people said "Yes"?

I think I'll just stick to Royal Caribbean, problem solved!

Out of interest, how much is their Drinks Package?