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Same here on Rotterdam.

I went down to the Dutch Cafe after tea to have a look at the offerings, and yes, those delicious almond cookies were there in a glass container. I usually just have a coffee there, now I’m afraid I will be tempted to indulge!

Dinner this evening in Club Orange on our own, we decided just to have two appetizers and a dessert, as it had been a busy day, food-wise.

We went by the Music Walk after dinner. A bartender in Billboard said the piano players are Melissa and R.K. That’s all I got. Do you know them? The Rolling Stone group were playing and the whole area was crowded.

I will check.

Do you know if they have spoken to your noisy neighbours? Once on Eurodam, we had a single lady next door who was lonesome, I guess, and maybe a bit deaf, and had the TV on loudly from 5 a.m. until late at night. We talked to the Front Desk and they said they would ask her to lower the volume, and she did. What a relief!

Yes, we’re going and will report. I, too, am happy they are back.

Better than our Cellar Master Dinner coming up!

The updated list (Master of the ship is Captain Bas van Dreumel).

I’m afraid we haven’t seen much of the entertainment on board. I’ve heard good things about the Billboard piano players, and we’ve listened to the Dance Band a few times. Other than those, and a few talks in the World Stage, we’ve stayed away from crowds.

We have had that problem before, too. Sorry you are having a frustrating time. I now avoid connecting rooms like the plague. But sometimes that is all there is…

We all ate very little for lunch, only the most delicious morsels. I went for the fishy things, rollmops, etc., Tony, too and a Dutch meatball. Pat did have a sandwich, and I don’t think Martha ate anything. We were preparing for the Dutch tea. We went to the MDR about 20 minutes early, there was already a queue, but 6 of us did get in fairly quickly. It was quite tasty, and everything disappeared quickly. We even asked for, and received, another stand. There was a mishap during the tea, a passenger choked at a table at the other end of the room, but someone performed the Heimlich maneuver on him, and there was a scurrying of medical people, and all was well. Everyone clapped! Now on to Happy Hour! Dutch tea

I did try Thule, which did you use?

It is difficult to find a place in our time zone now. Pat finally suggested Grytviken, after I tried Reykjavik, Rio, Hamilton, and a bunch of other places. Captain said he is avoiding 4 and 5 metre waves. Still flat calm. Tony saw whales and dolphins. Dutch Tea at 3. I will be taking pictures.

Dutch-Indonesian lunch today in the Lido - almost every station has a plethora of Dutch treats. And the Indonesian station, I couldn’t even get close enough to take pictures, it was so crowded.

The sea is definitely a millpond today, with just the slightest swell. Very soothing. I had the scrambled egg with a kipper for breakfast, hold the onions. Then, while Pat went to the talk about the Port of New York, I joined the Sit and Stitch group in the Stuyvesant Room. There were about 8 ladies, two doing quilting, using their sewing machines that they had brought on board. They also had irons, but I don’t know if they brought those on, or if they belong to the ship. The others were a mix of knitting, counted cross stitch, and me, with needlepoint.

I haven’t had the drinks package before. In the Koningsdam in January, I think Jacqui, @kazu, had it. She may remember what the policy was there. It seems to me that each ship does what it wants regarding drinks! last time on NS Happy Hour was buy one , get the second for 25% off.. needless to say, not many attended! Eurodam the year before was all drinks 50% off, like this ship.

It was very good.

The dining room menu for this evening. It seems to me that with the special addition of the classic dishes from past sailings, they are not offering a Club Orange special.

And the finale - lichee sorbet!

We decided at the last minute to go to Nami Sushi for a “light” dinner. Tony ordered a lot of tasty things, and it turned out to be not so light after all! Tempura vegetables and panko fried asparagus starters. Lobster tempura roll, soft shell crab roll and dragon (eel) roll And sundry raw fishes

Pictures from this morning , our location, the sea, some lunch pics from the Lido.

There was a minute’s silence in the Music Walk, too, at that time.

Yes, that is correct. If you have the drink package, and you buy a drink that’s more that $11, you are just charged the difference, plus the gratuity on the difference. We’ve done it a few times in the Pinnacle.

Sorry, pictures wouldnt load. There will be a ceremony out on the rear deck this afternoon as we pass over the site of the Titanic’s sinking. Hope there are no icebergs around… We will toast her inside at Happy Hour.