“the Big One”! World Cruise on Sojourn

[goaliedad30]

To echo SharkB8, the overall cruise has met our expectations. On a voyage this long, which is our first, we actually get exposed to issues of provisioning, crew changeover, and unforeseen "stuff". The crew has been fabulous, and we've not really noticed any major changes from pre-COVID days.

 

Goaliemom and I are very much roll with the punches, and tend to overlook daily nits. And Seabourn seems to be getting the big stuff right.

 

We did decide that we'd like some really nice Australian wine, so we now have 36 bottles stored downstairs .... looking forward to one of those bottles of Shiraz tonight!

[shark b8]

3 hours ago, goaliedad30 said:

…… Australian wine, so we now have 36 bottles stored downstairs 

 

Really?  They do this?  Had no idea.   Hmmmmmmmm……

[shark b8]

<<<< we now have 36 bottles stored downstairs >>>

 

Don’t ‘spose any of those are 100-year-old tawny port?     🤫

[goaliedad30]

38 minutes ago, shark b8 said:

 

Really?  They do this?  Had no idea.   Hmmmmmmmm……

 

When I asked Tomas how much I could bring, he replied "I just need to know if you need a forklift so I can schedule it ...." 🙂

Edited March 16, 2023 by goaliedad30

[topkatz]

Shopping with Chef Karl at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market.

 

 

[shark b8]

Albany was one of those pleasant surprises…a really amazing place you didn’t necessarily anticipate, going in. (At least I didn’t)  Torndirrup National Park is gorgeous.

 

 

 

Edited March 17, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

 

 

 

[frantic36]

6 hours ago, shark b8 said:

Albany was one of those pleasant surprises…a really amazing place you didn’t necessarily anticipate, going in. (At least I didn’t)  Torndirrup National Park is gorgeous.

 

Thanks @shark b8 it is one of our hidden gems in Western Australia. Like many things in our large State it suffers from the problem of being far away from anywhere else. 

[shark b8]

Also Albany - quite an impressive museum dedicated to ANZAC (Australia & New Zealand Army Corps) and their campaigns in WW1. 

 

 

 

 

 

[shark b8]

Last night was Keller grill, with an entree I don't remember seeing before - bone-in rib eye, for 2.  Now, the Snake River “true” rib eye (as he calls it) is my go-to TKG order, but we did this new presentation.  It was drop-dead gorgeous, although I have to say, pound-for-pound (almost literally) I think the smaller, regularly-available version is the better of the two. 

 

 

 

[pyffii]

yep my kind of steak and May 27th cant come soon enough

[shark b8]

1 hour ago, pyffii said:

….and May 27th cant come soon enough

 

Can’t go along with this one, I’m afraid….the opposite for us!

Edited March 18, 2023 by shark b8

[fdnycruiser]

I remember a couple of years ago being in TK, when they had that special. Wife wanted seafood. I asked if I could have that steak for one, (meaning a smaller steak). Waiter says of course, and brings me out the steak for two. Talk about steak overload. I felt like the late actor John Candy where he eats a 96 ounce steak in one of his movies. Lol

Enjoying your reports shark. Keep them coming 

[shark b8]

Bunbury.  A nice drive down the coast, and a guide explained & demonstrated aboriginal tools, including a short, impromptu didgeridoo performance.  

 

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

(Still don’t quite understand where the IN-haling might be in all this)

 

 

 

[shark b8]

Evidently tomorrow night’s Colonnade dinner is….some sort of fusion thing.    🤔

 

[Isklaar]

39 minutes ago, shark b8 said:

Evidently tomorrow night’s Colonnade dinner is….some sort of fusion thing.    🤔

 

 

Szechuan Lasagne could be interesting 🤔 

[whogo]

4 hours ago, shark b8 said:

(Still don’t quite understand where the IN-haling might be in all this)

"Circular breathing is a technique used by players of some wind instruments to produce a continuous tone without interruption. It is accomplished by breathing in through the nose while simultaneously pushing air out through the mouth using air stored in the cheeks." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing

[lincslady]

You have just had your stay in 'Freo'.  We loved it; fish and chips for lunch one day, and the other the train to Perth and sailing back down the river.  (Much cheaper than the excursion)  The only problem being the temperature  - very very high.

 

 

 

 

[shark b8]

2 hours ago, lincslady said:

…fish and chips for lunch….and sailing back down the river….  The only problem being the temperature  - very very high.

 

Hmmm, we had fish & chips for lunch and sailed back down the Swan to Fremantle.  (“great minds”?).   Temp was warmer than the last few days but nothing serious.

[shark b8]

 We were officially welcomed to Fremantle, just off the gangway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

WW1 memorial in Perth - with a great view of a (growing) skyline.

 

 

 

 

 

[shark b8]

Fremantle Prison, 19th century home of convicts transferred from Britain.

 

 

[pyffii]

Kings Park is truly stunning and glad that you got to visit there as well as Freo….pity you didn’t get the chance to watch a REAL football match 😝😝

[shark b8]

1 hour ago, pyffii said:

..pity you didn’t get the chance to watch a REAL football match 😝😝

 

Heehee…I’ve watched a few real ones, you know.   🏈  

 

Takes me back to taking my good British buddy to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field - everyone, for several rows around us, was laughing and having a grand time listening in, as he asked curious questions and I tried to explain.  Would be great fun to go to an Aussie football game or cricket match, and become precisely the one everyone else is giggling at.