LIVE Norwaylady escape the winter on Equinox B2B 23.03-11.04.24

[Norwaylady]

Today’s culinary surprise! 

[Norwaylady]

I went downstairs and got ready for dinner. Mr was finished 18.00. So we went downstairs to Al Bacio for a coffee before the show. 

 

Tonight’s show is Katerina Rossa, violin 🎻 player. 

 

 

 

We have seen her before onboard. 

She played a potpourri of Vivaldi, Queen, James Bond and Adele. 

The orchestra was really shining tonight🙌🏻🎻🙌🏻

 

[Norwaylady]

The new house band was playing in Grand Foyer before dinner. 

They are starting to be house warm😂😜💙

 

Tonight’s menu

 

We had garden salad, shrimp cocktail, escargot and seafood orzo.

 

 

 

 

 

Food tasted good. 

 

Dessert 

 

Lava for me and crème brûlée for Mr😁

 

The Lava cake… I must say it! Last week ist was great 👍🏻 this week it was SO good 😊 we have to go back to 2018ish for last time it was spot on like this. (It was adevils good dessert until then) But after 2020 the lava cake has gone downhill to really cool and not the famous dessert! 

Love this🩷

 

After dinner we stopped by Al Bacio to pick up some water. 

They were warming up to Finish the Song I Grand Foyer. 

 

 

This game show is totally pending on the contestants. We stayed upstairs by the railing to watch them. 

It was a great group, so it turned into a 💥😂🎶🤣 

 

Then it was game over & good night 💤 

[Norwaylady]

We are invited to a helipad Sail-in on Barbados 🇧🇧 

 

[Norwaylady]

CruiseCompass Day 5, Barbados 🇧🇧 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Rise & shine from the ocean! 

 

We are not docking until 11.00 today in Barbados 🇧🇧 

Mr needs to speak live with colleagues, so he needs to be up and running for office time 07.00. AKA, have his computer in bed and a t-shirt on😜🤭😂 ( you must add +6h for Norway/european 🕰️ ) 

 

I have a planned teams meeting at 08.30. Need to go over some details in a project for work. 

 

I went for a power walk from 0720 to 08.10. 

Mr was finished on meeting when I arrived. 

So he wanted breakfast. 

 

My meeting was a bit delayed, so we wanted to go downstairs to MDR🤪🤪

The line was long and it was very busy. 

So we ended up in Tuscan for captains club breakfast. 

I had a quick breakfast before I left for my meeting. 

 

Mr went to the sail-in. I was occupied by my meeting🤪 

Mr said it was not crowded at all. 

 

After my meeting and Mr’s adventure on the helipad we wanted a little snack before the snorkelling 🤿 tour. 

So we went downstairs to Al Bacio😇 a full house😝

Everyone was waiting for clearance of the ship. 

[JPGolf55]

I've enjoyed your posts.  I, too, will work during our cruise on the Equinox. I have a few questions:  How has the internet been, any buffering or long delays as each page loads?  Do you make VOIP calls over the internet or use the ship's phone service?    TIA

[Norwaylady]

4 hours ago, JPGolf55 said:

I've enjoyed your posts.  I, too, will work during our cruise on the Equinox. I have a few questions:  How has the internet been, any buffering or long delays as each page loads?  Do you make VOIP calls over the internet or use the ship's phone service?    TIA

premium WiFi has worked like a clock. 
 

I have talked on FaceTime video calls, no problems. 
I have used vpn for work, no problems. 
Teams meting, no problems. 
 

Mr needed to download heavy duty from work, no problems. 
we have a router in our stateroom. 
so it’s no problem on the balcony for coverage. 
 

 

[Norwaylady]

Mr had a “home-alone party” on the helipad before arrival😎

 

 

He needs to work on his selfie skills😜

 

Our snorkelling 🤿 tour had meeting time 12.30 on the pier. 

Remember to allow enough time to walk the pier and thru the shopping area. 

We left the ship/stateroom 12.05 and was on the meeting point 12.15. 

We needed to take a bus to the other side of the harbour to board our boat for the day. 

It was a floating dock😂🤿 So keep your stuff in a dry bag😝😅⚓️ 

The tour company Tiami has several different boats. So they had 2 groups onboard 2 “floating” docks and a third group on a catamaran boat. So plenty of people were snorkelling today😝🏖️🤿

 

It was a bumpy ride to our 2 locations, the shipwreck and turtle 🐢 bay. 

Snorkelling was heavy waves today and strong wind. So we survived but for others, it was a struggle💙. 

They provided mask, snorkel 🤿 and an inflatable vest. It was mandatory to wear the vest. 

No fins😟 (and in this current and wave, that’s really not the best idea) 

 

The view was not the best, it was okay. But really not on our top ten list. 

It was free bar after the snorkelling. 

 

 

 

 

After the snorkelling 🤿 we went for a beach hog. We had 45.minutes. 

Nice beach and relaxing place. 

 

Then it was time for our return trip back to the ship. 

We arrived back on the ship 16.30.

 

I will upload the GoPro later for a reel. 

[Norwaylady]

Today’s canapés 

[Norwaylady]

After returning home, we needed to shower off and just take it easy for a while. 

 

At 18.35 they asked if following passengers are onboard… So someone is uncounted or missing on the ship. 

All onboard was 18.30. 

 

Tonight’s show is Chaeza - a tribute to Whitney Houston

[hcat]

3 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

Today’s canapés 

not very generous!  esp for 2 people...

 

That's  why we bring our own snacks and crackers!

[hcat]

Just now, Norwaylady said:

After returning home, we needed to shower off and just take it easy for a while. 

 

At 18.35 they asked if following passengers are onboard… So someone is uncounted or missing on the ship. 

All onboard was 18.30. 

 

Tonight’s show is Chaeza - a tribute to Whitney Houston

looks like it could be a nice program

[Norwaylady]

Well, this woke up the theatre😂🎶🎶

 

 

 

 

Great show and orchestra did a excellent job. 

Whitney tribute show💙🙌🏻🎶

[maggieq]

8 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

Rise & shine from the ocean! 

 

We are not docking until 11.00 today in Barbados 🇧🇧 

Mr needs to speak live with colleagues, so he needs to be up and running for office time 07.00. AKA, have his computer in bed and a t-shirt on😜🤭😂 ( you must add +6h for Norway/european 🕰️ ) 

 

I have a planned teams meeting at 08.30. Need to go over some details in a project for work. 

 

I went for a power walk from 0720 to 08.10. 

Mr was finished on meeting when I arrived. 

So he wanted breakfast. 

 

My meeting was a bit delayed, so we wanted to go downstairs to MDR🤪🤪

The line was long and it was very busy. 

So we ended up in Tuscan for captains club breakfast. 

I had a quick breakfast before I left for my meeting. 

 

Mr went to the sail-in. I was occupied by my meeting🤪 

Mr said it was not crowded at all. 

 

After my meeting and Mr’s adventure on the helipad we wanted a little snack before the snorkelling 🤿 tour. 

So we went downstairs to Al Bacio😇 a full house😝

Everyone was waiting for clearance of the ship. 

@Norwaylady is MR using a vpn for work?  Wondering if I will now have success in doing so during an upcoming Norwegian fjords and arctic circle cruise on rccl.  Thanks!

[cruisetonowhere10]

11 hours ago, hcat said:

not very generous!  esp for 2 people...

 

That's  why we bring our own snacks and crackers!

I was thinking the same thing…have two bites of chip and guacamole and you are done.

[Norwaylady]

Mr snagged a 🍸 from the Martini flight 20.00. 

Dinner 

Our French Canadians was long gone after day 1.😂🙌🏻 Good for us, since their English was not good and my French is not the best and Mr has nada skills in French 🇫🇷😂😂😂

 

But we received a new Canadian table from Toronto the next evening! 

They are super friendly and funny🙌🏻🥰

So very happy with the change of table mates👍🏻 

 

Today’s menu: 

 

So this  is one of the menu sets I was looking for last week🧐🤭

 

We had spring rolls, the salad, pork schnitzel and the duck. 

 

It was good to excellent. 

The spring roll was great and tasty. 

 

The salad was fresh and delicious for the eyes. But coloured black olives 🫒🙄 they belong on pizza, not for my salad🤭 they taste nothing like the real olives…. 

And choice of dressing was very pale in flavour. A good balsamic or a little bit of pesto would have made it tasty😇

 

The duck was delicious and perfect 🤩 

 

Mr was super happy for the schnitzel😋

 

Dessert 

One off limits to me 🍍🍍🍍

And the rest is just not my thing🙃

But ice cream 🍦 that’s always a winner! 

 

Chocolate and banana-rum. (That banana-rum scoop was 😋😋😋 tonight) 

 

Then it was off to bedtime 🥱 

 

It was a message from shore excursion on the phone. 

They called us 20.46 to tell us that our meeting time was moved forward from 08.30 to 08.15!!! 

Be there on time please😝

[Norwaylady]

CruiseCompass Day 6 St Lucia 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Good morning! St Lucia calling⚓️

 

We are downstairs in MDR waiting for our breakfast. 

I said to Mr, no way Hose, I’m eating OV this morning…. 

I will have a proper breakfast before I go hiking 🥾 

 

It was empty when we arrived 07.30 when they opened. 

Menu 

 

 

We have ordered our breakfast and waiting for it to arrive. 

 

We are doing this tour: 

 

I should be worried🫣🤔😳

When I took out the last tour tickets in the envelope…. It was tiny tiny letter folded: 

Saying it’s a 2-2.5h drive before we start walking AND it’s a winding road🤪🤪

 

The map looks promising for that😝

[cruisetonowhere10]

1 minute ago, Norwaylady said:

Good morning! St Lucia calling⚓️

 

We are downstairs in MDR waiting for our breakfast. 

I said to Mr, no way Hose, I’m eating OV this morning…. 

I will have a proper breakfast before I go hiking 🥾 

 

It was empty when we arrived 07.30 when they opened. 

Menu 

 

 

We have ordered our breakfast and waiting for it to arrive. 

 

We are doing this tour: 

 

I should be worried🫣🤔😳

When I took out the last tour tickets in the envelope…. It was tiny tiny letter folded: 

Saying it’s a 2-2.5h drive before we start walking AND it’s a winding road🤪🤪

 

The map looks promising for that😝

Oh yuck!  That’s always my concern with tours.  As an active middle aged (yikes, can’t believe I am saying that) person I don’t like the idea of sitting on a tour bus instead of doing something.

[81Zoomie]

On 4/5/2024 at 5:40 AM, Norwaylady said:

We are invited to a helipad Sail-in on Barbados 🇧🇧 

 

No helipad on E Class 🥺

[depplep]

I can't wait for your pictures of St. Lucia. We haven't been there since the early 00's. Have a great day!

[Norwaylady]

18 minutes ago, 81Zoomie said:

No helipad on E Class 🥺

I know🙄 it’s one thing we really don’t like and there are no Sky Lounge/forward public spaces front view🫤 

 

There are other elements we love. 
The jogging track is perfect 🤩 

And the 4-MDR works great. 
 

Seems like you have a great time onboard🥰 

CD Giuseppe is great 👍🏻 

[Norwaylady]

15 minutes ago, depplep said:

I can't wait for your pictures of St. Lucia. We haven't been there since the early 00's. Have a great day!

Thank you! 
We have visited here in 2014 and 2016😎

We can see in port that it has developed more. More taller buildings and construction going on🤓

[countess5]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

Good morning! St Lucia calling⚓️

 

We are downstairs in MDR waiting for our breakfast. 

I said to Mr, no way Hose, I’m eating OV this morning…. 

I will have a proper breakfast before I go hiking 🥾 

 

It was empty when we arrived 07.30 when they opened. 

Menu 

 

 

We have ordered our breakfast and waiting for it to arrive. 

 

We are doing this tour: 

 

I should be worried🫣🤔😳

When I took out the last tour tickets in the envelope…. It was tiny tiny letter folded: 

Saying it’s a 2-2.5h drive before we start walking AND it’s a winding road🤪🤪

 

The map looks promising for that😝

We were in St Lucia last year and took a land tour, it was fantastic but it was a long drive and we were up to 250 curves in the road before we stopped counting! This year when we were in St Lucia we took a catamaran to the Pitons! Much better! 😂

 

Cheers!