The Bistro- Off topic and fun posts!

[Keith1010]

For those of you who have sat at the bar at the Avenue Saloon on Crystal Serenity did you ever look underneath and saw to letters.  If you did, who would have seen a K and an A.  Full disclosure Anne Marie and I can't take credit for that but it could make a good story.

 

 

 

Keith

[TRIPACIAN]

Serenity, January 3rd in Charleston, SC

[rafinmd]

44 minutes ago, TRIPACIAN said:

Serenity, January 3rd in Charleston, SC

That was 2018.  I fortunately boarded in Fort Lauderdale.

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Two days ago I had a sunrise from the Westbound Canadian near Saskatoon.  Today's is from the Eastern Canadian at Saskatoon.  Not exactly the sunrise itself but the sun reflecting off the side of the train as it emerges July 17, 2005.

 

 

Roy

[TRIPACIAN]

17 hours ago, rafinmd said:

That was 2018.  I fortunately boarded in Fort Lauderdale.

 

Roy

You are correct!  Many of the crew had never played in the snow and they were having fun.  One of the younger passengers built a snowman.

[rafinmd]

IIRC we had at least one person (lecturer I think) who was on Hilton Head, couldn't get to the ship in the storm, and didn't board until Key West.

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

Vince,

 

This one written especially with you in mind.

 

We had dinner last night at the reopened and reimagined Pineapple and Pearls. (Pre-pandemic, our favorite special event restaurant in the DMV.)

 

Oh. My. Gosh.  To die for x3,  Why x3?  Because there's three ways you think you're going to swoon:

 

"Oh this food, oh the fun we're having, OH, this check!" 

 

Looks like we're enjoying Hamburger Helper for awhile.  I have no regrets.

 

 

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today; it's from my 2008 Rovos Rail journey from DarEsSalam to Capetown.  The sunset July 18 came our final day before reaching Victoria Falls

 

 

Symphony has taken a huge lead over Serenity and is now in the Med.  Appears she went straight through without getting anywhere near Endeavor.

 

Roy

[ctjon]

Wonder if she has earlier dry dock appointment. Or they are racing 

[BWIVince]

7 hours ago, ctjon said:

Wonder if she has earlier dry dock appointment. Or they are racing 

 

Unless there's emergency work that needs to be done before their actual refits, I can't see how they're going to go into dry dock immediately...  There won't be any furnishings or machinery to refit with for some time.

 

Vince

[BWIVince]

On 7/17/2022 at 4:58 PM, KenzSailing said:

Vince,

 

This one written especially with you in mind.

 

We had dinner last night at the reopened and reimagined Pineapple and Pearls. (Pre-pandemic, our favorite special event restaurant in the DMV.)

 

Oh. My. Gosh.  To die for x3,  Why x3?  Because there's three ways you think you're going to swoon:

 

"Oh this food, oh the fun we're having, OH, this check!" 

 

Looks like we're enjoying Hamburger Helper for awhile.  I have no regrets.

 

I _LITERALLY_ had a Bologna sandwich today on this premise -- I concur completely!  

 

Where are the food pics?!

 

Vince

[Keith1010]

7 hours ago, ctjon said:

Wonder if she has earlier dry dock appointment. Or they are racing 

Roy No for sure Symphony is not racing.

 

Serenity was just going slower.

 

Also they are not even close to dry docks. 

There is a lot to do in terms of planning let alone all of the other things that are required.

 

We all have to remember that Manfredi didn't get the cruise line.  He got assets and the key is to get people in place to do the planning and all of the other functions.

 

Keith

[rafinmd]

I have another sunset today from my 2008 Rovos Rail journey.  On July 19 we spent a night off the train at the Victoria Falls Hotel:

 

 

Roy

[travelberlin]

Seen today in the beautiful Gstaad in Switzerland 🇨🇭 

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2018 Grand Alaska/Panama trip.  On June 20 I left MS Volendam mid-morning for a trip up Tracy Arm Fjord.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2010 Blount Small Ship Adventures cruise New England to Quebec.  On July 21 we visited Yarmouth Nova Scotia.

 

 

Roy

[TRIPACIAN]

An interesting thing happened to us last night.  We were at a local restaurant in Austin, and during our meal a waiter came up to my wife and said "you sailed on Crystal."  Of course we struck up a conversation and he worked on the Symphony from 2015 until the ship was shut down in March 2020.

 

His name is Salih Taysi, he is from Turkey and he worked as a waiter in Waterside.  We talked for quite a while off and on and we new several of his fellow waiters.  He said he worked closely with Remy. He remains in contact with many of his friends from Symphony and he said several were working on Silversea.

 

He is married and has a 9 month daughter.  We asked about returning to Crystal and he said he has been contacted about returning in March, but he is staying in Austin with his new family.  

 

Small world isn't it?

[TER777]

18 minutes ago, TRIPACIAN said:

An interesting thing happened to us last night.  We were at a local restaurant in Austin, and during our meal a waiter came up to my wife and said "you sailed on Crystal."  Of course we struck up a conversation and he worked on the Symphony from 2015 until the ship was shut down in March 2020.

 

His name is Salih Taysi, he is from Turkey and he worked as a waiter in Waterside.  We talked for quite a while off and on and we new several of his fellow waiters.  He said he worked closely with Remy. He remains in contact with many of his friends from Symphony and he said several were working on Silversea.

 

He is married and has a 9 month daughter.  We asked about returning to Crystal and he said he has been contacted about returning in March, but he is staying in Austin with his new family.  

 

Small world isn't it?

If you go there again, please tell him I said hello. 

[TRIPACIAN]

1 minute ago, TER777 said:

If you go there again, please tell him I said hello. 

We won’t be going back before our upcoming trip.  See you next week on the Silver Moon!

[TER777]

5 minutes ago, TRIPACIAN said:

We won’t be going back before our upcoming trip.  See you next week on the Silver Moon!

I’m looking forward to it!

[Keith1010]

3 hours ago, TRIPACIAN said:

An interesting thing happened to us last night.  We were at a local restaurant in Austin, and during our meal a waiter came up to my wife and said "you sailed on Crystal."  Of course we struck up a conversation and he worked on the Symphony from 2015 until the ship was shut down in March 2020.

 

His name is Salih Taysi, he is from Turkey and he worked as a waiter in Waterside.  We talked for quite a while off and on and we new several of his fellow waiters.  He said he worked closely with Remy. He remains in contact with many of his friends from Symphony and he said several were working on Silversea.

 

He is married and has a 9 month daughter.  We asked about returning to Crystal and he said he has been contacted about returning in March, but he is staying in Austin with his new family.  

 

Small world isn't it?

May I ask which restaurant?

 

Keirh. 

 

 

[bayonejoe]

Thank you for that information .

We got to know Salih during our 2018 W.C

glad to hear that he is doing well.

[TRIPACIAN]

33 minutes ago, Keith1010 said:

May I ask which restaurant?

 

Keirh. 

 

 

The Grove in Lakeway.

[Stickman1990]

4 hours ago, TRIPACIAN said:

His name is Salih Taysi, he is from Turkey and he worked as a waiter in Waterside. 

Lovely guy - if you see him again perhaps he’ll do some of table side magic tricks for you. Note the fork in the picture

 

 

It’s great to see him and his family settled ashore 

[Keith1010]

1 hour ago, TRIPACIAN said:

The Grove in Lakeway.

Thank you.

 

When things improve a bit maybe we will get there.

 

Keith