The Fleet Report and Daily for Sunday October 22nd, 2023

[richwmn]

 

Today is Make a Difference Day,neighbors helping neighbors, National Fossil Day, and National Nut Day
 

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.--Elie Wiesel

Meal Suggestion for today - Chicken Marsala
Drink of the Day - Louisville Skyline
Wine of the Day - 2018 Latta Dana Dibble Syrah Walla Walla
Destination of the Day - Stockholm, Sweden

Today in History:
1879 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1884 International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian

Ship Locations
 

Eurodam

At Sea Destination Panama Canal (Cruising Canal) eta 10-23
 

Koningsdam

At Sea Destination Vancouver, BC eta 10/24
 

Nieuw Amsterdam

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 0000-2359
 

Nieuw Statendam

Istanbul, Turkey Overnight
 

Noordam

At Sea Destination Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia eta 10-23
 

Oosterdam

Istanbul, Turkey Overnight
 

Rotterdam

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 0700-1500
 

Zaandam

Callao, Peru 0800-1700
 

Zuiderdam

At Sea Destination Tunis, Tunisia eta 10-24

Eastern Hemisphere
 

Volendam

At Sea Destination Suva, Fiji eta 10-24
 

Westerdam

Sasebo, Japan 1200-2100
 

 

[JazzyV]

Today’s Care List:

Cruising sister’s great niece Murphy post-surgery, on ventilator, CPAP trials

Mamaofami’s Sam hospitalized

StLouisCruiser’s friend Susan’s DH Scott hospitalized, hoping to get to rehab

Cruzin Terri having challenging days

JazzyV with right leg pain, tingling and numbness

 

All Dailyites going through worries and stress, whether mentioned or not

Recovery from Wildfires in Maui, Canadian/US wildfires

Citizens of Ukraine and Israel

 

From the Rotation:

NextOne post valve replacement surgery 10/17

57redbird’s DH Mike post external nerve ablation for afib 10/18

HAL Sailer’s DH recovering after hospitalization

StLouisCruiser’s DB with pulmonary fibrosis

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Bon Voyage Smmessineo!

Welcome back kazu (Jacqui), 0106 (Tina) and St Pete Cruiser

Ger_77 enjoying the family time in Calgary

Dfish attending DN Emily’s wedding this weekend

Cruising-along’s friend Rhonda w/kidney stones, new DM, discharged home

CrabbyPatti’s DFIL discharged to rehab

 

The Daily Gardening Club posting wonderful flower pictures

All the contributors to the Fleet Report/Daily

 

Upcoming Cruises or At Sea:

2 days for Aliaschief (Seabourn Quest Oct 24 to Nov 7, Montreal to Miami)

5 days for Norseh2o (Oceania Nautica Oct 27 to Nov 6, Adriatic & Italian Tableau)

6 days for Seagarsmoker (Eurodam Oct 28 to Nov 8, Southern Caribbean Wayfarer)

7 days for Haljo1935 (Nieuw Statendam Oct 29 to Nov 9, Adriatic Dream, celebrating 33rd anniversary onboard)

 

Live4cruises (Westerdam to Oct 28, N.Pacific crossing & Japan Collector), Horizon Chaser 1957 (Eurodam to Oct 28, Panama Canal), Lady Hudson (Liberty of the Seas to Oct 28, Canada & NE), Smmesineo (Celebrity Equinox to Oct 28, Bimini, Grand Cayman & Mexico), Marshhawk (Carnival Pride to Nov 12, Rome to Rome +TA), Sailingdutchy (Oosterdam Oct 20 to Nov 15, Ancient Empires & Spanish Farewell) and Lindaler (Volendam to Nov 22, Tales of the South Pacific)

Edited October 22, 2023 by JazzyV

[portofrome]

Thank you for the Fleet Report.

[grapau27]

Thank you for today's daily reports.

It is sunny and 54°F.

There was a baptism during church service today.

Today's food sounds good.

We have sailed into Stockholm during our Baltic's cruise on Royal Caribbean Serenade of the seas.

Prayers 🙏 for our care list and our friends in Israel and Ukraine.

I hope everyone is safe and well.

[puppycanducruise]

Good morning.  Thanks for the Report.

A typical fall day here, a high of 8°C (46°F) and cloudy.  Lots of leaves need to be raked.

A good collection of days, we all make a difference.  It's important to be a good neighbour.  Fossils are fascinating.  I love nuts, and there may be a few who post on this thread.😉

Great quote.

I like the meal, not sure about the drink or wine.

We were in Stockholm many years ago during a Baltic Sea cruise.

Prayers for our world.

Have a peaceful day.

 

[StLouisCruisers]

Good morning friends!  It's about 57F here and will rise to 75 with a mix of sun and clouds.  Thank you to Rich @richwmn for the Daily and Fleet Report for Sunday, October 22.

 

Three (or four) interesting days to consider today.  A quote that goes on and on.  I would try the chicken marsala but not the drink.  What kind of wine is that?  Very odd name!  Two good days in history to remember and appreciate.  Thanks to our ladies Debbie @dfish, Dixie @summer slope, and Ann @cat shepard for your reports today!  I didn't watch but looks like the Michigan Wolverines wiped the floor with Michigan State's Spartans this year 49 to 0.  Hail to the Victors!

 

Prayers definitely needed for the people of Israel and Ukraine.  Thankful for the two American hostages released recently.  Prayers also for the Daily Care list people, and hoping for improvement for all.  Hoping Vanessa @JazzyV has less pain, tingling and numbness in her leg.  Thanks Vanessa for posting the C&C lists for us today.  Special prayers for my DB, Scott and Mark.🙏  Welcome home to Jacqui @kazu, Tina @0106, and @StPeteCruiser!!  Congrats to all the celebrating folks here!  Enjoy your special events and family visits.  Smooth seas to all the sailors.  Interesting to note we have 2 BHB's overnighting in Istanbul at the same time.   

 

The port is a good one today, Stockholm, Sweden.  It was our port on July 5, 2022 so I'll copy the link here for you.  Thanks for everyone's pictures today.  I've been there once up till now (going again next year) so will post some photos from that trip.

 

 

 
Have a great Sunday!  Photos coming up next.

[StLouisCruisers]

A few photos from my Stockholm experience in 2011 on Emerald Princess.  

 

Love this photo on a small bridge.

 

The view beyond the crown.

 

In Gamla Stan

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a beautiful city and I can't wait to go back again next year.  

[daisybertie]

Good evening all. We were in Stockholm on the Zuiderdam in June 2018.

If you do get to go to Stockholm then visit the Vasa museum, it was one of the most fascinating museums I have ever visited. Stockholm is a beautiful city, very walkable and the Ho Ho boats are a great way of getting around as well.

Best wishes to all.

[cat shepard]

Thank you for today’s FR & D, Rich! Day two of not being able to bold any words. 🤔 It is 53 and a bit foggy this morning, but the planets are showing through.

 

Vanessa, thank you for keeping up with our happenings. Praying that the epidural kicks in.
 

Gym, Aldi, Bindi walks, more gardening, & inside chores should keep me busy. 
 

 

 

 

 

Prayers for all who need our support. @smitty34877 Terry, praying for you, Tana, your families & support team. One step at a time. 
 

That goes for you, too @HAL Sailer Melissa, praying you take time for yourself & enlist the help of others. I was happy to read that DH is home. 
 

Cheers to all who are celebrating!  
 

May we each find something to smile about today. 

 

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2018 Latta Dana Dibble Syrah Walla Walla

This Syrah is tempered a bit by the addition of a bit of Viognier. It is lovely, rich, and smooth. And wonderful with or without food. I found a few online distributors with prices starting at $48.00.

Vintner notes

94 pts. Owen Bargreen

91 Wine Enthusiast 

98% Syrah, 2% Viognier all sourced from Freewater Rocks Vineyard. The 2018 Dana opens with a wild nose that melds incense, blackberry cobbler and warm earth. Always an expansive palate full of the fresh funky flavors of the rocks, it carries on with intense depth of fruit and lilac notes typical of Tablas Clone Syrah. Lush tannins lift to the long finish.

Freewater Rocks vineyard is located in the Rocks District of Walla Walla. Planted in 2000 in the core of Freewater Cobbly Loam this is an OG vineyard site with four generations of fruit farming behind it. The wine carries "Dana Dibble" for the man who grew up on the dirt, the third-generation farmer who transformed these hardscrabble orchards into the manicured rows of vines standing among the stones today. Dana and Andrew have collaborated on many vintages and vineyard projects over the years, this wine goes out to the man on the tractor.

[Crazy For Cats]

Good Morning,  thanks for today's daily fleet report.  The rain stopped but the wind remains.  Yesterday I picked up some cashews so I'll celebrate nut day by having some.  I'd like today's meal suggestion if someone else does the cooking.  I'm planning on making a ham with sweet potatoes and a vegetable to be named later.  I think this mornings chore will be a deep clean to the bedroom.  I hope everyone has a good day today. 

Tucker curled up beside me last night.

[summer slope]

Louisville Skyline cocktail:

 

Ingredients
2 parts Basil Hayden's® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
1/2 part Carpano® Antica Vermouth
1/4 part Contratto® Aperitif
2 dashes Chocolate Bitters
Garnish with Orange Twist

Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

 

[rafinmd]

Thank you Rich, Vanessa, Debbie, Ann, and Dixie for the Sunday report.  I try to make a difference, have helpful neighbors, appreciate fossils, and eat a handful of nuts every day.

 

I visited Stockholm on a land trip in 2003 and on the Elegant Explorer in 2015.  ..

 

I like the Wiesel quote.  While Edison's invention is now superseded by technological improvements it was a certain game changer.  Standardized time zones were also a game changer.

 

Chicken Marsala sounds nice.  My alternative is Chilled Peach and Ginger Soup, Spice Crusted Prime Rib, and Apricot Crisp

 

 

Roy

[Lady Hudson]

Thank you for the birthday wishes yesterday.  Trip so far is great and DH is doing well at home.  Cold and windy day coming up in Portland.  Best wishes to all.  Katherine 

[Haljo1935]

Ooh, we are recognizing an extra day today 🤭 a neighbor helped us  by mowing the weeds in front of our house by the cluster box - I don't know who it was so don't know who to thank.

Will have to read through that quote again, maybe a few times - there's a lot in it.

The chicken sounds good, don't know about the drink, read what @cat shepard posted about the wine but still don't know if I'd try it, not been to Sweden but my car came from there🤭🤔

2 great, impactful days worthy of recognition. 

66° headed to 88°, glad to see the 90s have been removed from the forecast. Rain still expected as we leave on Wed.

Suitcases are out begging to be packed - no choice but to get it done today since the next 2 days will be very heavy work days and we leave Wed. As the little odds and ends arrive, I've been tossing them into the suitcase so I won't forget any of them. 

Still no definitive answer on if if we'll be in Olympia as scheduled or Split instead - Navigator App and HAL website do not match. So we're keeping Olympia tickets and leaving Split open, we'll just wing it 🫣

DH got his intl DL so we're all set for our 4x4 excursion. He says it's just enough bigger than his passport that it won't fit into the passport holder - lovely. You'd think 2 international documents could be the same size.🙄

I will go to both PT and Chiro again before we leave - hope they get my shoulder moving a bit more, it seems to have lost some motion after the jabs and still hurts.

Fur babies already know something is up - they're all being super clingy. That's the hardest part of traveling - leaving the fur babies behind. But life w/o them just would not be as good. 🐕 🐕 🐈 

Prayers and positive thoughts for all. 

[cruising sister]

Good morning,

I am exhausted but a good exhausted. I had fun with the grands but definitely need a rest. 
I have been to today’s port in 2018 on the Zuiderdam. I agree the Vasa museum was a highlight especially for my DH. 
 

Happy belated birthday Lady Hudson. How special to celebrate with twin. Prayers for all. The list never seems to shrink. Bon Voyage and happy sailing. I am glad that list seems to grow. 
 

Have a great day,

[Heartgrove]

Thank you Rich, thank you Debbie, thank you Vanessa, thank you Ann, and thank you Dixie for all your work. And thank you everyone for being here! 

 

Here is a photo from yesterday while Sue and I had Sam out for his daily walk in the neighborhood.I'll post my pictures from Stockholm shortly.

 

Stay Safe, and prayers for those in need.  

 

- Jack

 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Heartgrove

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

Good morning from central Texas where it is 66F and feels like 66F.  The humidity is 72% with a dew point of 56F.  Our high today will be 87F with cloudy skies.  Tomorrow it looks like we'll be having a pretty good chance of rain starting about the time we are to leave for UTSW and DH's four week post op check up with the surgeon.  The rain will be even heavier about the time we will be heading home.  It looks like it will be raining off and on through Thursday.  We need the rain, but I hope it holds off until we are back home tomorrow.

 

Make a difference day is good, and our neighbors help each other whenever needed.  Fossils are interesting, and nuts are good.

 

The Elie Wiesel quote is very interesting and thought provoking.

 

Chicken Marsala sounds good, but I'd prefer someone else to make it for me, maybe on a BHB.  We'll pass on the drink and the wine. 

 

We have been to Stockholm twice on BHBs.  I agree that the Vasa Museum was very good, and we enjoyed the ABBA Museum also.

 

The invention of the light bulb among other inventions by Edison changed the world, as did the addition of longitudes, with Greenwich being the Prime Meridian.

 

@kazu Jackie, @0106  Tina, and @St Pete Cruiser welcome home, and I hope  your cruise was everything you wanted it to be.

@Lady Hudson  Katherine, I'm glad the joint birthday was good and that your DH is doing well at home.

@Heartgrove Jack, thanks for the beautiful picture.

 

It's time to look up my pictures of Stockholm and then start housecleaning.

 

 

 

 

 

Lenda

 

[Haljo1935]

9 minutes ago, Heartgrove said:

...

Here is a photo from yesterday while Sue and I had Sam out for his daily walk in the neighborhood...

Nice picture - now it's there and it is very nice. I would say it's "puzzle worthy" That's our term for really nice pictures that we'd like to make into puzzles then frame after putting them together.

You must have been adding the picture as I was reading your post.

 🤭

Edited October 22, 2023 by Haljo1935
Additional comment

[dfish]

Good morning, everyone!

 

The wedding yesterday was very nice and my niece was radiant as the bride.  This morning we are going to DS Barb's for an after wedding brunch and to watch the football game before we drive home.  Go Lions!

 

Today's meal is a great one.  It is described as an Italian American dish with chicken cutlets and mushrooms in a rich marsala wine sauce.  It sound heavenly.  https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/chicken-marsala.html

 

 

Tyler Florence from The Food Network adds some proscuitto to his chicken marsala.  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/chicken-marsala-recipe-1951778

 

 

And here's one last recipe to choose from.  https://www.recipetineats.com/chicken-marsala/

 

 

Wishing you all a wonderful day!

 

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

@Smmessineo  I hope you have a great cruise.

 

 

Lenda

[aliaschief]

Good morning! Well other then toiletries we are packed and we will be up early tomorrow morning for our flight to Montreal.

Our new lawn service crew came yesterday and we are very pleased. Yard has not looked this good in years. 
Sue says we are going to brunch today but she has to decide where? Whatever, there will be no cooking at home today.

Time for church services. Have a great day folks and thanks for the Reports, list and post. Bruce

 

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

We have been to Stockholm twice on BHBs.  In 2003 on a 33 day roundtrip from NYC on Rotterdam VI, we stopped in Stockholm as part of the Baltic portion of the cruise.  In 2016, on a Baltic cruise on Prinsendam, we spent another day exploring the city.  The first time, we walked around town, and the second time we took the Ho-Ho and the water Ho-Ho to see more of the area.  The pictures are from both visits.

 

A view of the city as we sailed into port in 2016

 

The amusement park along the way to the dock

 

Scenes from our walk around town in 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The picture of the palace is from 2016, and the changing of the guard is from 2003.

 

 

In 2003, we toured the Nobel Museum which honors all the Nobel Prize winners except those who receive the Peach Prize.  They are honored in a museum in Oslo.

 

In 2003, we also went to the Vasa Museum.  This is the only picture that is not a little fuzzy due to the lighting in the museum.

 

The outside of the Vasa Museum from the water ho-ho.

 

Another scene from the water

 

In the same area as the Vasa Museum is the amusement park and the ABBA Museum.  We really enjoyed the ABBA museum.

 

The area from the boat dock leading to the ABBA Museum and the museum.

 

 

One of ABBA's early tour "buses"

 

One of the attractions in the amusement park.  I loved how they had so many flowers in the park.

 

I'll leave you with a picture of our home away from home in 2016, Prinsendam, docked behind a beautiful flower arrangement and a fence with a picture on it.

 

Lenda

[ottahand7]

Good morning everyone.  Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports @richwmn.   I will celebrate today with some nuts during the football game.   Elie Weisel was a true messenger for what happened in the Holocaust and that indifference to other people's plights and hate can have horrifying consequences.  I am sure he is enshrined in the Nobel Peace Museum in Oslo.  A very good quote from him.  Thanks everyone so far today for the lovely photos of Stockholm.  

Thanks @dfishfor today's Marsala recipes.  They all look yummy.   @summer slope I will pass on the bitter cocktail but thanks for researching these each day.   @cat shepard today's wine looks like a winner, since the name is unfamiliar I bet it is hard to find.   

@JazzyV I hope that you will continue to get some relief from you epidural.   Prayers for everyone on our care list and the people in war zones of Israel, Ukraine and Gaza.    Prayers for our members who are dealing with loss and other lifetime events such as severe illness of loved ones.  

@Smmessineo  Bon Voyage!   

 

Have a lovely Sunday everyone.  Nancy 

Edited October 22, 2023 by ottahand7

[0106]

Good Mornings! I have been reading but not posting except occasionally on Jacqui’s live thread.  Thank you for the “welcome home” @JazzyV @StLouisCruisers @Quartzsite Cruiser

We self disembarked at 7:40 and have been sitting at the gate at FLL since 8:30 waiting for our 10:40 flight so I have time to post.

 

We enjoyed all the ports; my DH especially enjoyed our trip to Normandy with Overlord tours because his father fought there.  The Roll call organized a book club; we read The Hiding Place.  Although I was not a fan of the book,  I truly admire the action the Ten Boom family took to hide their Jewish neighbors.  Our second book club meeting, we discussed banned books.  Guess I’ve been thinking a lot about WWII.  The Wiesel quote makes me think about the importance of action, not indifference.

 

We missed our port in the Azores due to high seas.  We had 9 sea days in a row.  Although some people wanted more activity, I truly enjoyed them.  
 

My DH just ask me what we ere having for dinner so I guess it’s back to reality.🤣

[RMLincoln]

Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Report. And for Graham’s link to Fr David’s message. 
 

The quote is interesting, the meal sounds good but I’m not up to anything but the basics now. Edison made leaps in progress, and I didn’t know the Meridian conference was in the US, not until it was listed here just recently. 🤔 
 

To me fossils are boring. I had to take paleontology classes for my geology degree, and as a grad student on a teaching assistantship I taught some paleontology labs. The chemical processes of fossilization can be interesting, as is the utility of using fossils to identify similar time horizons across far reaches of the globe, but the endless taxonomy and memorization is boring for me.  It’s good that somebody likes it. 
 

Good to see that so many of the DHs are improving!  Exhausting for the DWs. Please take care of yourselves too!   For me it’s always been a mixed feeling bringing DH home from hospital, especially in our former abode, rural and far from support. His knee surgeon twice had us stay in hotel near hospital for first night, just in case. 
 

@smitty34877 Terry, you are absorbing a lot of change and managing difficult situations now. You will need a vacation at some point, maybe a cruise or maybe something else, but you’ll know when the timing is right. 
 

I’m excited for all our cruisers and especially those prepping, pre-packing and getting ready!  Enjoy it all!  Welcome home Jacquie, Tina and St Pete Cruiser. 
 

Vanessa, glad you are on the Care List!  Thanks for keeping track of all of us!  
 

@Cruzin Terri Wishing you better days starting now!  
 

I’m making progress doing what I can to be organized for the packers. Getting a lot of loose stuff readied, some boxing, some tossing out! Some giving away. Making lists of what the grandkids will help with when they can make it down from NY with their pickup truck; what will go in the car with us, lots of lists!  Keeping lists in my phone now but had a nightmare I lost my phone!  Most importantly I’m trying to surrender what I can’t control 🙏…  hoping we can get the letter DH needs but if the whole deal falls apart we’ll figure out something else, the universe will not end and we’ll still be ok. Staying calm and keeping faith that it will all work out!  
 

Blessings to each of you, and all the Care list, and all in need of a path forward!  Find something to smile about today and pass it along to someone who needs one. 
Maureen