Norwaylady goes b2b in the Mediterranean on Infinity 24.5-10.6.23 LIVE

[Norwaylady]

We went straight to Al Bacio after arriving back to the ship. 

The Queen needed a shot of coffee and a little snack… lemon 🍋 tart👍🏻

I went for my favourite on warmer days, the 🫚 ginger 🍐 pear ice tea🥰

Maria was greeting us back and delivered good service as she has done since we checked in on the ship. 

She has taken excellent care of the Queen when she has visited Al Bacio on her own. 

 

After re filing liquid substance it was time to take a tour upstairs. 

The Queen was in need for some downtime before dinner. 

 

So I decided to go to the show.

 

Ohh, new name on the screen😅

 

Tonight’s show is Shane Hampshire together the orchestra. Big band👍🏻 My favourite🥳🥳🥳

 

The planning failed😂😂😂 the evening event performer was stuck in Rome due to Giro’d Itala🤣🤣🤣

So they needed to take tomorrow’s entertainment for tonight❤️

 

Mr Hampshire did a good show, he was literally thrown into it when he arrived on the ship today😅👍🏻

 

I meet Cruise Direction Brittany on the way out of the theatre. 

I asked what’s up for next cruise…. It will be a good blend for us👍🏻 So we have entertainment to look forward to🥳🥰

[Norwaylady]

Paperwork delivered this evening: 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Today’s dinner was good❤️ the crew are very friendly and we are taken very good care off. 

 

 

We had salmon and 🦐 for starter and branzino for main course. 

 

 

 

My wish and prayers for after eight ice cream was 👂🏻. (It’s my favourite ice onboard and I asked if it will be on the menu….. look what’s on my plate for dessert😘😘😘😘🤩😊) 

 

The Queen had the no-sugar dessert. 

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

8 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

Paperwork delivered this evening: 

 

 

 

 

Ok, the Star Trek geek in me would be totally cool with having a Captain Kirk in charge!

[Norwaylady]

cruise compass for tomorrow, sea day

 

 

 

 

[hcat]

33 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

Today’s dinner was good❤️ the crew are very friendly and we are taken very good care off. 

 

 

We had salmon and 🦐 for starter and branzino for main course. 

 

 

 

My wish and prayers for after eight ice cream was 👂🏻. (It’s my favourite ice onboard and I asked if it will be on the menu….. look what’s on my plate for dessert😘😘😘😘🤩😊) 

 

The Queen had the no-sugar dessert. 

A dream dinner..Salmon and Branzino..and any choice of soup usually great on X.esp in BLU......I usually skip dessert..but tempting!

[abbydancer2003]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

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We had salmon and 🦐 for starter and b

 

My wish and prayers for after eight ice cream was 👂🏻. (It’s my favourite ice onboard and I asked if it will be on the menu….. look what’s on my plate for dessert😘😘😘😘🤩😊) 

 

 

 

 

Great review, but what are the emojis instead of words here?  It looks like the first is shrimp, but that's what the second looks like on my browser, and I'm pretty sure shrimp is NOT your favorite dessert.

Thanks.

[bjahil47]

5 hours ago, abbydancer said:

Great review, but what are the emojis instead of words here?  It looks like the first is shrimp, but that's what the second looks like on my browser, and I'm pretty sure shrimp is NOT your favorite dessert.

Thanks.

The second one is an ear, meaning they heard her request for her favorite ice cream!

[Norwaylady]

New cruise compass delivered during the night😝

Show is changed to a production show🙂

 

I was up and awake 06.30 so put on my shoes and went for a decent 1,5h walk out on deck. It was dolphins 🐬 they jumped up and showing off a bit. 

Chair hogs was arriving from 07.30….🫡

 

The only place to get water/drinks early before 09.00 is the buffet bar or Al Bacio. 

 

So stopped by Al Bacio after my walk to pick up some coffee and a water bottle. 

Needed those extra stairs up and down after my walk😂😂

 

I was surprised when I arrived upstairs😛 

The Queen was awake and up!!! 

She was finished sleeping🤩

[Norwaylady]

After a quick Clark Kent we were ready for breakfast in Blu💙 I didn’t expect the Queen to be ready at all😅 

Greek yoghurt, some berries, grapefruit and some avocado 🥑 

Very happy camper💙💙💙

Blu crew are 💙👍🏻⭐️

 

This is a sea day, so it’s a relaxing day😎

The Queen wanted some pool time, so off we went to a lounger. 

I have no big plans for today. 
 

[Norwaylady]

So today is the big day for invites & party😂🥳🥳

 

The galley tour was not my cup of tea today. So thank you for the invitation💙 maybe next time🙃 

 

The Queen was occupied on the sun bed😎

She wanted to read a book and enjoy the sun. 

Temperature was perfect and a touch of breeze. 

 

I wanted a little break from the sun, so I went to the captain’s invitation 11.45. 

(Good opportunity to get a decent picture of the senior officers together) probably less crowded than the captain’s club event. 

 

The string duo was playing and they offered the usual drinks 🍹🥂🍸

 

Captain Kirk did welcome everyone at the door, together by the hotel manager, HR manager and cruise director Brittany. 

The 2 concierges was also present, greeting people welcome. 

 

Brittany started the show by a trivia giveaway.

-2 bottles of bubbly and a red. 

-a signed ship model 

-dinner for two in Tuscan 

 

No line-up of senior officers, so no picture🙃 

[countess5]

20 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

"  We had some fellow travellers on the tour that did not care for museums or archaeological sites… they were not too happy and didn’t attend the museum part. They waited at a bar next to the museum."

 

 I can never understand why people that feel this way would book this tour.  It's all about the museums and archaeological sites.  People who do not read the descriptions of the tours have no right to complain.

 

@DaKahuna, funny they were able to find a bar open in town on a Sunday with stores closed. Priorities! 🍸 🥂 🍺 😂

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

21 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

"  We had some fellow travellers on the tour that did not care for museums or archaeological sites… they were not too happy and didn’t attend the museum part. They waited at a bar next to the museum."

 

 I can never understand why people that feel this way would book this tour.  It's all about the museums and archaeological sites.  People who do not read the descriptions of the tours have no right to complain.

 

@DaKahuna, funny they were able to find a bar open in town on a Sunday with stores closed. Priorities! 🍸 🥂 🍺 😂

 

Cheers! 

[Norwaylady]

Information received for Valletta, Malta. 
We are docking on the wrong side of the channel. 
So we must use local authorities tenders. 

[Norwaylady]

The rest of the day was relaxing in the sun. Reading, sudoku, crossword and listen to the band. 

At 14.00 we took a quick walk to the buffet to collect some salad. 

 

At 16.00 we called it for the day outside. 

Captain’s Club welcome toast is at 17.15. 

So need a little time to get representative again after a day outside😂😂

 

We attended the captain’s club Party. 

 

Captain Kirk said some words. 

No presentation of senior officers, numbers of guests onboard or captain’s club members onboard. 

 

They served the captain’s club menu and canapés. 

 

Tonight’s plans are the production show and dinner. 

[Norwaylady]

Tonight’s show is Star Factory 

The cast onboard are brand new. 

The tailors are onboard to fit the costumes to the new cast. (Shared a bench on the tender in VilleFranche by the main tailor🥰) 

Cast seems promising from their first show, Broken Strings👍🏻 

 

Theatre was more filled tonight💙 Happy for the singers and dancers. 

 

Great performance from the acrobats and cast. 

 

 

 

 

 

Some gruff in some parts for vocals, but it will probably go away in the next few shows. 

 

It was a pop-up performance in grand foyer after the show. Shane from last night🥳

 Now we are talking😁🍹🥂

The roof and vibe went 🔝 up🥳🥳

 

Dinner was very empty and relaxing in Blu. 

Service was good💙

 

We had the seafood ceviche, prosciutto and tuna. 

 

 

We had a surprise starter on our table….

The crab, but just clean, no crusting👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 My prayers was detected…..

(I’m not a big fan of crusted seafood or other food. Can’t help it, it’s just not my cup of tea) 

It tasted excellent and really 📌 pins my taste and type of food I prefer💙😌 

 

 

For dessert the Queen had apple pie and I had ice cream 🍨 

 

 

As usual after dinner, it’s bedtime 🥱 

[Norwaylady]

 Cruise compass Valletta, Malta

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Good morning Malta! 

 

Oh, what do I spy from our balcony? 

It Reflection💙💙💙 She received the good parking spot today😌

 

 

We had breakfast in Blu💙

Nice window table, perfect for our docking operation. 

 

Gangway is not yet cleared, hopefully it’s ready soon. 

We have a shared tour 8.45 from the cruise terminal. 

But since we need to tender to the cruise terminal, this is taking longer time than a walk off. 

[Norwaylady]

Ship was cleared 08.27 and the gangway opened. 

We left the ship asap. 

Guess what? No tender waiting….😝

So we went in line.

08.35 a motor sailer was trying to back up….

We 🤔🤔🤔 could this be the famous tender from local authorities? 

 

Oh, yes😳😜

This will be a fun day… (the senior officers crew didn’t look to happy) 

 

We were allowed on the first tender, it left 08.50. 
 

Hopefully our guide understands that we are arriving as fast as possible😇

 

We have a shared tour by someone from CC on the cruise. 

Fingers crossed for a great day😎

[LouChamp]

Aloha. Thank you so much for your reports and of course the food pictures.  We have been blessed to have sailed Celebrity in Europe and believe it is a fitting way to enjoy a European vacation. All the best!

[Norwaylady]

We arrived on the cruise terminal around 9.00.

We went straight to search for the guide. 

We arrived first😌

 

The rest of the group arrived straight after us. Total 6 guests. 

The tour was a private 4-h tour of Three Cities (Senglea, Cospicua, & Vittoriosa/Birgu) and Medina. 

 

We left for Medina first and then to Birgu. 

Guide was good and driver was the careful type. So great for us😉

 

We had a walking tour in Medina (see next post for pictures from Medina;) and in Birgu/Three Citys. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall a good tour. Very compact, no cafe/ice cream/shopping. Perfect for a short but effective tour😉

 

Unfortunately we were dropped off in the cruise terminal. I was hoping they let us off at the upper barracks. 

 

The Queen had walked a lot on the tour and its uneven ground, stairs and hills. So she was not keen on walking back to the elevator from the cruise terminal to the lift to the upper barracks. It’s 500m each way. 

(I have visited several times, so no big problem for me… but it would be perfect for her to see it live;) 

 

The tender had changed into a more fitted tender for the operation👍🏻 

So it was easy to get back on the ship. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Queen wanted coffee, so Al Bacio it is❤️

[Norwaylady]

Al Bacio time❤️

 

Love my tower of ice tea❤️

[Norwaylady]

Pictures from Medina 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[slewis7]

I am especially enjoying this thread as my brother, his wife and in-laws are on the cruise with you.  He is visible from behind in one of your Malta tour photos. Keep the updates  coming and thank you!

[Norwaylady]

1 minute ago, slewis7 said:

I am especially enjoying this thread as my brother, his wife and in-laws are on the cruise with you.  He is visible from behind in one of your Malta tour photos. Keep the updates  coming and thank you!

 We had a great tour together today👍🏻