LIVE Norwaylady escape the winter on Equinox B2B 23.03-11.04.24

[Norwaylady]

56 minutes ago, hcat said:

The rain forest walk looked nice but did not seem to be a strenuous hike..nice photos anyhow..hope not too buggy! Maybe pvt tours are more challenging,,,???

 

Of course,  not everyone is at the same fitness level. Even when I was much younger, I found the walk up to the Brimstone fortress St Kitts, a bit of a challenge...not that sure footed..and fear of heights! But the views were  excellent!

It was no mosquitos 🦟 🙂

The guide said why and explained the reason. 
So it’s very safe to visit St Kitts compared to St Lucia😊

 

I don’t expect my fellow tour members to be athletic fit. 
But if you can’t lift your feet 👣 properly and can’t walk in the stair onboard…. Maybe a rainforest walk is not the best option for you🤔👍🏻

Specially when the tour says strenuous🫣

 

But it was a great experience if you look behind the not fit walkers🌳🌳🌳

[Norwaylady]

Yah Man! 

What happened after return to the ship? 

 

Mr wanted to have a little lunch. 

So off to OV around 14.00 we walked. 

He found something tempting to eat and I had a little gyros 🇬🇷 (you see? I’m warming up to my Greek adventure💙) 

 

After lunch Mr run back to work. I on the other hand had a pier runner view from the terrace😅😂

I wanted a little snack, so a soft serve 🍦 was calling my name😍

 

After the ice cream I went up to a packed SunSet for sail away. 

I had a glass of wine and just chilled in the shade. 

 

It was a little rain shower. So no stress to go downstairs…

Captain came on to announce a new medical emergency 🚨 it was very close to us.

So I cancelled my plan to go downstairs… 

Closer to 18.00 I went downstairs to shower and prepare for the Captain’s Club senior officers party at 19.45🎉 

Mr said it had been full activity of people running in the hallway. So he was just sitting still and waiting for it to cool down. Fingers crossed for the guest❤️❤️‍🩹 and a speedy recovery. 

 

Today’s canapés had arrived: 

 

We went up to Sunset before the party. It was quiet and peaceful. 

When it was close to 19.45 we moved onward to Sky Lounge. 

 

It was party as usual. Drinks, canapés and live music.

 

 

 

After the party it was dinner time! 

[Norwaylady]

Tonight’s menu

 

The starters are good 👍🏻 but the mains are a bit blah 😒 for my taste. 

We decided for the beef carpaccio, apple pear salad, escargot and drum fish. 

 

 

 

 

It was good. 

 

Dessert 

 

Mr wanted the apple 🍏 and some strawberry ice cream. 

I went for cherry jubilee. 

The dessert was good. 

 

 

My coffee arrived as dishwasher today🫣

I had a sip of the espresso macchiato and said to Mr…. Dishwasher water at its best🤭 Mr was just waiting for it😝 he saw the cup and knew what this was……

Our assistant waiter was coming rushing over, she had delivered the coffee. But she knew that this cup was not looking good 🧐 

On EQ all special coffee for the MDR is made in Passport Bar. The main waiter or assistant waiter must walk out to Passport Bar and order the coffee from the staff there. So they serve what they receive from them…. 

Our assistant waiter had tried to explain that the cup she received to bring back to us was not looking okay🧐🧐🧐 So she was just waiting to get it back to supervisor and get me a new cup…

So my cup of coffee was delivered, and she came running to pick up the cup when she saw I had declared it dishwasher😝

Before we managed to say cake, it was on a silver serving tray and on the road to supervisor for viewing and collecting of a new cup. 

The new cup arrived asap. 

It was perfect, espresso and a spoon of milk foam on top. 

And it tasted fresh and delicious! 

 

After the dinner, it was bedtime 🥱 

[Norwaylady]

CruiseCompass Day 9 SeaDay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bullswood]

Those canapés are a real joke. How are you supposed to pick up that stuff (assuming you even want to eat them!) To me, these are what real canapés should be...

Edited April 9 by Bullswood

[raudacruise]

Sorry your visit to Martinique was a bust.  I had a wonderful ship excursion to chef Prisca Morjon’s restaurant.  Learned a lot about local ingredients and the various Martinique rums.  To go with lunch we each made our own custom cocktail.

 

At the base of the path up to Brimstone I came across a lady terrified of the trek.  I held her hand, encouraged her and we made it to the top just fine.  She was thrilled.  Made my day.

[Norwaylady]

I was awake around 6.30 but was not ready to get up and out😂🤭

I just wanted to stay a little longer in bed. 

 

So I read the newspaper, answered some emails and just took it easy. 

Around 08.30 Mr moved out of bed. 

 

We agreed on Captains Club breakfast in Tuscan. 

I had to charge my phone🤪 (I know… how could I forget to put it to charge during the night🤭) 

So no pics of our sharing ultimate plate or Mr juice line up today😂😂😂

 

After breakfast Mr went to the Homeoffice aka the balcony on the ocean 🤭😌🤩👍🏻😎

And I decided for a walk. 

My body was not in mood for a fast 60 minute power walk. So it was a 2h workout walk in a decent speed. (Still faster then average speed of my fellow walkers😝) 

 

After my little walking session I stopped by Mast Bar to get some club soda, ice and fruit of orange+ lime. 

 

While I was sitting there, the captain came on… a new 🚨🚨❤️‍🩹 5 round of the cruise. 

Fingers crossed for the person❤️ 

 

After the walk and my little “bar” session I went downstairs to change and collect my phone. Then it was time for a little rest on a sun lounger😎👍🏻

 

Mr wanted to do a little bit more work before he will join me😘😘 

[Norwaylady]

Mr arrived upstairs for lunch a little after 14.00. 

So I joined him on the terrace. 

It was Italian 🇮🇹 themed lunch. 

 

Something for everyone😅

 

After the luncheon I returned to sun deck and Mr went downstairs to take a little session of work. 

 

The ship is not heavy rocking. But you can feel the motion of the ocean. It started early morning and calmed down a bit after 13.00. 

And you can see it on some guests and crew that they are not very happy about it🫥 (unfortunately the Queen would have said it’s to much for her taste and sea level)  

 

At 16.40 I decided it was time to go downstairs. 

I have a tricky problem for my captain’s club points. 

I have tried to solve it via shoreside but it will not be solved….

So I thought that if I go downstairs to CC/Concierge close to early dinner, it will probably be quiet. YES 👍🏻 BINGO 

 

As some might remember my Captain’s Club number was not registered onboard on Edge for the 14-night from Rome to Dubai. When we arrived my card had a star and no status. Mr on the other hand was registered and the sailing documentation had my CC number inside😑🙄🫠

So we rushed directly to CC to get if fixed and solved. 

They added it and could not understand how this happened.

 

Well, after returning home my points for Suez did not arrive. Mr points arrived. The points for Dubai-Singapore arrived…

But the sailing was in my list of my page as sailed🤥🫤

So I send an email containing the booking number, picture of the cruise cards and picture proof of me walking the gangway in Rome to shoreside Captains club and received an email saying it would be fixed… 

Another 6 weeks and no points shown up. 

New email and I received a message to swipe away my CC in my profile and re add my cc number….

 

Well, I have tried on Safari, Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Edge etc on my laptop, iPhone, iPad, Mr laptop etc. 

But it is impossible to remove it and save. It loads until it 90% loading and then it just crashes. 

So I have tried for weeks to use theirs “fix” 

I even tried her onboard in hopes that it would be solved😬

NADA, Njet, Nein, Nei, No! 

 

So now I’m playing the ball 🎱 back to Captain’s Club onboard and hopefully they will get it fixed. 

It’s not the most important in the world…. I will not be Zenith😂 We are far away😁

But this sailing was not just 3-points😝

 

Today’s canapés had arrived 

 

Tonight is evening chic🥳🤩 (it’s only 2 during both cruises?) 

[Norwaylady]

 

this was arrived for Concierge class. 
it was a reminder of the time and place of the party 🎉 

[Norwaylady]

Tonight’s show is magic 🪄 Matt McGurk. 

(As someone might remember… he was her last week and we had our doses of him on Sil😂) 

But as the good girl I am… we will give him a go again😇

 

Cheers to evening chic! 😘😘

 

 

yes 😅 (I will give you a cheeky kiss 💋 pic😘) 

 

🥰Happy Wife, Happy LIFE🥰

[hcat]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

Tonight’s show is magic 🪄 Matt McGurk. 

(As someone might remember… he was her last week and we had our doses of him on Sil😂) 

But as the good girl I am… we will give him a go again😇

 

Cheers to evening chic! 😘😘

 

 

yes 😅 (I will give you a cheeky kiss 💋 pic😘) 

 

🥰Happy Wife, Happy LIFE🥰

Awesome!😍

[upwarduk]

12 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

As some might remember my Captain’s Club number was not registered onboard on Edge for the 14-night from Rome to Dubai.

I hope you got it sorted.

If I have a problem, I contact the CelebrityCruises FB site.

Providing it’s not at the weekend, I get a same day reply(UK).

[Norwaylady]

Matt McGurk… well, what to say? 

It was a magical moment🤣🤩

From joke to seriousness! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was excellent last year on Sil (but just not in stereo😝)

Matt is amazing, he really is a king of cards 🃏 

 

After the show it was officers event in grand foyer and a pop-up show from the dancers. 

It was all by the book 📖😇

 

Then it was off to dinner 🍽️ 

[Norwaylady]

Tonight’s dinner is lobster 🦞 night 

So again, very crowded and all tables presented in MDR. (I don’t know if they eat buffet or specialty the rest of the time🤔) 

This cruise and last week is the first time we have had this experience (behaving) of MDR passengers. 

Just an observation🤭

 

Back to dinner! 

 

Today’s menu

 

We had the salmon for starter. 

 

As always on lobster 🦞 night, my appetite is very high and I need a lot of food😅🤣🤣

 

Mr wanted lobster 🦞 and I asked if the beef wellington was back on track today… 

Marite promised it was looking good and tasted like it should…. 

 

So I went for my surf & turf🦞😂

Supervisor was stopping by during starters, he promised the beef wellington was good and looking as it should👍🏻😅 

(Something tells me he was walking into the kitchen and checked the plate before it left the kitchen🤭) 

 

Main course arrived and it was looking just as it should🦞🥰👍🏻 

The beef wellington looked perfect 👌🏻 

 

 

Mmmm, it was good😌  sauce, meat and puff pastry was on target 🎯 

The lobster was good and everyone was happy 😊 

 

Dessert 

 

Ice cream and baked Alaska 

 

 

They really did go all in on the ice cream😂😂 I asked for one chocolate and one raspberry sorbet…. I received to bowls of each😅

 

After dinner we went to bed 🛌 

[Norwaylady]

CruiseCompass Day 10 Sea Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

The sad part of cruising 

 

 

as they say…. Until we meet again⚓️💙

[rinshin]

On 4/7/2024 at 9:26 AM, Norwaylady said:

Fort-de-France, Martinique 🇲🇶 calling! 

 

Mr was surprisingly early awake😅

We arrived early and ship was cleared already at 07.49😎

This was a new message said during clearance information: all non European/schengen nationals need to bring your passport ashore🙃 eu/schengen guests can bring identification cards. 

Well thank you Schengen! 🙌🏻🇳🇴 

 

We watched the docking operation from our balcony. The church bells 🔔 started ringing at 07.00. 

Mr wanted MDR breakfast and I totally agree on that🙌🏻

 

We arrived before the crowd. 

 

 

I had my BYO breakfast special😋

Poached eggs, English muffins and salmon😋😋😋 (at some point I need to have at least one morning of this) 

 

Mr had his menu, omelette and cottage cheese with fruit. 

Nice!  Clean, simple presentation.  No hollandaise? 

[Norwaylady]

1 minute ago, rinshin said:

Nice!  Clean, simple presentation.  No hollandaise? 

When I make poached eggs at home we like them on a little toast. Either mashed avocado and or smoked salmon and the egg. 
For us, the sauce is not a thing🤭 

 

Unfortunately they only offer eggs Benedict as a “finished” thing on the breakfast MDR menu. 
So i Order to build my own food😇

From the menu you need: 

 

1 English muffin 

2 poached eggs 

1 plate smoked salmon (sometimes if the waiter understands my plan, it will come all assembled together on a plate for me, around 40% of the time) 

 

Then I build it together😁

muffin, salmon, eggs

Bon appetite! 

[rinshin]

29 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

When I make poached eggs at home we like them on a little toast. Either mashed avocado and or smoked salmon and the egg. 
For us, the sauce is not a thing🤭 

 

Unfortunately they only offer eggs Benedict as a “finished” thing on the breakfast MDR menu. 
So i Order to build my own food😇

From the menu you need: 

 

1 English muffin 

2 poached eggs 

1 plate smoked salmon (sometimes if the waiter understands my plan, it will come all assembled together on a plate for me, around 40% of the time) 

 

Then I build it together😁

muffin, salmon, eggs

Bon appetite! 

Good idea.  I remember on my very first cruise in 1990 I ordered smoked sturgeon fish with capers, minced onion, etc for breakfast and other 6 table mates asked “wow, you eat fish for breakfast?” I was thrilled they had fish for breakfast (from Tokyo). In those days most did not eat any fish let alone at breakfast.  

[Provence55always]

Really enjoying following along you are doing a super job🙌.

I always order the Hollandaise on the side when having Eggs Benedict or Eggs Royal…..works evertime👌

[hcat]

21 minutes ago, rinshin said:

Good idea.  I remember on my very first cruise in 1990 I ordered smoked sturgeon fish with capers, minced onion, etc for breakfast and other 6 table mates asked “wow, you eat fish for breakfast?” I was thrilled they had fish for breakfast (from Tokyo). In those days most did not eat any fish let alone at breakfast.  

i eat fish for bkfst most days ( lox..smoked salmon, herring, sardines, etc)  and 2 days eggs  .  

works for me!

 

sad to see those luggage tags again !

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, Norwaylady said:

The sad part of cruising 

 

 I could not agree more. I really hate to see your cruise coming to an end.  I love your reviews and cannot wait for each one.  

 

 The only upside this time is that it means it's that much closer to our own journey.  

 

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, Norwaylady said:

Unfortunately they only offer eggs Benedict as a “finished” thing on the breakfast MDR menu. 

 

 I cannot remember every having a problem of ordering my eggs Benedict without the sauce.  I am not a fan of the sauce so I order it without all the time. 

 

 In the buffet, I have crated my own, in the same manner as you except I order the English back bacon vs salmon.  

 

[DaKahuna]

48 minutes ago, rinshin said:

I was thrilled they had fish for breakfast (from Tokyo). In those days most did not eat any fish let alone at breakfast.  

 

I agree.  I loved to eat grilled salmon, miso soup, rice and scrambled egg for breakfast living in Japan.  It's delicious. 

 

[raudacruise]

I enjoy most fish for breakfast but once in the buffet I made the mistake of adding kippers to my plate.  Nope.