Rare rafinmd Posted July 14, 2020 #76 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) Today's classic photo is from a very old trip in July (7/17) 2005. A forerunner of my complicated trips of these days I flew to Yellowknife (Yukon), worked my way down to Edmonton, and took the train to Winnipeg and then flew to Duluth for a Blount cruise to Chicago. There was a freight derailment and my train was VERY late. The train normally stops in Saskatoon in the middle of the night but this time hit Saskatoon just before breakfast. You don't actually see the sun but it's nicely reflected on the sides of the train. Roy Edited July 14, 2020 by rafinmd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 15, 2020 #77 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Another photo from the Canadian, this time July 15, 2018, on my Grand Alaska-Panama, using HAL for a round trip from Vancouver to Skagway, overland to Seward, and back on another ship to Vancouver, and then on the Symphony SF to NYC. The sun was behind us so this was taken looking out the back window of the dome car: Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 16, 2020 #78 Share Posted July 16, 2020 My next few photos will be from a 2012 Blount New England Islands cruise. This one is sunset over Martha's Vineyard on July 19. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRIPACIAN Posted July 16, 2020 #79 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Off topic for sure! Edited July 16, 2020 by TRIPACIAN Sp 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted July 16, 2020 #80 Share Posted July 16, 2020 If I had any similar experience, I'd let you know. Sadly, I'm awaiting anyone who can inform both of us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare travelberlin Posted July 16, 2020 #81 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) TUI cruises is offering seven day cruises from Kiel or Hamburg to the Norwegian Fjords. It is similar to the cruises to no where, because no ports are being touched. But those magnificent views of the Fjords...😃 Ivi Edited July 16, 2020 by travelberlin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChatKat in Ca. Posted July 16, 2020 #82 Share Posted July 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, fyree39 said: She said she was from Texas. My brother announced he was from Chicago and she could &^%* right off. He couldn't believe she had the nerve to tell him to move out of the picture in his own house. I guess people in Ireland don't have those expectations, but Americans do. Sometimes I'm embarrassed for my own countrymen. When were were in The Cotswolds last year there were signs in front of the homes to keep out. I was hoping to take some photos but there was a tourist busload of people who could not read those signs and they were all over the lawns, the gardens, the front steps of the homes oblivious to the others around and of course, the Keep Out signs.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted July 16, 2020 #83 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I was really missing one of these this morning. I missed it even more when I settled for cold pizza. 😢 Vince 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-y Posted July 16, 2020 #84 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, BWIVince said: I was really missing one of these this morning. I missed it even more when I settled for cold pizza. 😢 Vince Totally agree. That looks fabulous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClefsDor Posted July 16, 2020 #85 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Vince, every cruise we have the intention of ordering the Japanese breakfast at least a couple of times but we rarely get to do it even once. We're either up too late, have an early excursion or we've looked at the Waterside menu for lunch and there's so much we want to order that we wouldn't be able to eat the Japanese breakfast as well. But next time, things. will be different 🙂 Actually a good idea would be to have the Japanese breakfast available in Waterside at lunch - problem solved! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted July 16, 2020 #86 Share Posted July 16, 2020 That's a great idea, Shirin! I bet they would let you special order it in advance for lunch, at the very least? Getting up too late is such a foreign concept to me... Every time I'm comfy in bed in my stateroom and think I could roll over and sleep in, another part of my brain cuts in and says, "and miss a meal in Waterside?? LIKE HELL!" haha Vince 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted July 17, 2020 #87 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Vince, that does look good! I'm lucky if I manage to get out of my cabin in time for ""Late Risers Breakfast" but I would love to try this. Good suggestion ClefsDor to pre- request it in Waterside for lunch. I recognize everything except the white "stuff" in the bowl at the middle top of the picture. Can anyone tell me what it is? Thanks, ~Nancy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyQuinn Posted July 17, 2020 #88 Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, oakridger said: I recognize everything except the white "stuff" in the bowl at the middle top of the picture. Can anyone tell me what it is? The Japanese breakfast is my fave in Waterside and I've ordered it many times. I'm not sure how the menu describes the "white stuff" but I always thought it tasted like Kewpie mayo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted July 17, 2020 #89 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Arigatou MightyQuinn! I had no idea what Kewpie mayo is, so I googled it! ~Nancy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWIVince Posted July 17, 2020 #90 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, MightyQuinn said: The Japanese breakfast is my fave in Waterside and I've ordered it many times. I'm not sure how the menu describes the "white stuff" but I always thought it tasted like Kewpie mayo. That’s my impression too. I use it every time, and of all the things on the tray it’s the one thing that makes my dining companion squirm. Haha. (“Listen Paula Deen, mayo is not a breakfast condiment,” he’d say.). 😋 Vince Edited July 17, 2020 by BWIVince 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 17, 2020 #91 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Today's photo is another sunset from my Blount 2012 New England Islands cruise. This was taken 7/17/12 in Cuttyhunk, MA: Roy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudhen Posted July 17, 2020 #92 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hi Roy, We met years ago at a M&M on the Symphony. I don't expect you to remember us...haha! A quickie....could you please direct me to your cabin "assessments" of Serenity's deck 7 cabins? We've used your Symphony assessments with great success in the past. We always book a promenade cabin....Love our HUGE veranda...haha! Thanks so much, Linda Wishe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare travelberlin Posted July 17, 2020 #93 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Experience in a river cruise during this pandemic : https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5468/&source=99360/?fbclid=IwAR2tjOMUoa-M_Zz71aQAWQo7RT7FDANPD9YWbmGbyqI18PfVdT7qDcCEF2U 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 17, 2020 #94 Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Mudhen said: Hi Roy, We met years ago at a M&M on the Symphony. I don't expect you to remember us...haha! A quickie....could you please direct me to your cabin "assessments" of Serenity's deck 7 cabins? We've used your Symphony assessments with great success in the past. We always book a promenade cabin....Love our HUGE veranda...haha! Thanks so much, Linda Wishe Thank you. I'm notoriously awful with names and faces. The deck 7 restrictions on Serenity are much less obtrusive than on Symphony. This is my page for Serenity: https://limitedviewcabins.wordpress.com/serenity/ Roy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudhen Posted July 18, 2020 #95 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Thank you so much, Roy! You created a wonderful guide for those of us who like the promenade deck cabins! You're the best! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 18, 2020 #96 Share Posted July 18, 2020 This is the last of my photos from my 2012 Blount New England Islands cruise. (It was only 6 days). The sunrise was on July 20 coming into New Bedford, MA. Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted July 19, 2020 #97 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Two summers ago I had an August Symphony passage through the Panama Canal. It was preceded by a Holland America Sea-Land-Sea journey through Alaska. On July 19 in the morning we were passing the Northern tip of Vancouver Island as the sun rose above low lying clouds. Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskatiemae Posted July 19, 2020 #98 Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 3:59 PM, travelberlin said: Experience in a river cruise during this pandemic : https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5468/&source=99360/?fbclid=IwAR2tjOMUoa-M_Zz71aQAWQo7RT7FDANPD9YWbmGbyqI18PfVdT7qDcCEF2U Thanks for posting this Travelberlin. It is exactly how I expected cruising to be at the beginning and I would also enjoy it. I am going to stay in the game with my $ that remain at Crystal which I can move from voyage to voyage until something actually sails! I agree flying will be the worst part - it always is worst anyway! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudhen Posted July 19, 2020 #99 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Does anyone know where Mark Ferris (sp?) is now or where he will be in the future.....? I know a long shot as to who knows where ANYONE will be in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted July 19, 2020 #100 Share Posted July 19, 2020 In my Don Quixote like quest to keep this off-topic thread off topic, here are some of the things I've been doing now that I'm not doing what I used to be doing. Like a lot of folks, there's been baking, including: "No fuss" focaccia (might have been this baker, but "no fuss" translated to mediocre) Straight from scratch pancakes (definitely not no fuss, and very good) Also, the neighbors gave us some extra blue berries, I blended them w/ a little maple syrup for a pretty good blueberry syrup Started a hydroponic garden. Right now I'm just growing a few herbs, but I've ordered an additional bigger unit (insert your can I get a good price on "oregano" jokes here) So, what are you all (sorry Patty, I meant y'all) up to? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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