Live from the Volendam - New England & Canada (May 25 to June 1)

[Rubyfisch]

Sail away photos:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KBC73]

Any chance you have been to the piano bar? I would like to know who the piano player is.

We are doing this cruise shortly and hope we don't have the weather you did heading into Sydney. Your pictures are amazing.

 

[Rubyfisch]

22 minutes ago, KBC73 said:

Any chance you have been to the piano bar? I would like to know who the piano player is.

We are doing this cruise shortly and hope we don't have the weather you did heading into Sydney. Your pictures are amazing.

 

I think it's Giacomo .... But I wouldn't swear to it.

[KBC73]

Thank you, we saw him on the Zaandam last year or the year before.

[Rubyfisch]

Good morning from the St Lawrence:

 

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

Last night, dinner was good, but it was so slow. It took 45 minutes to get our appetizers. I really wanted to make the 9:00 pm show. We made it by grabbing our desserts and taking them with us. Our waiter were super apologetic. It sounded like a bunch of people ordered the strip steak and that slowed everything down.  Thankfully, we both had ice cream. Also, in all this clatter, I forgot to get the lido menus ....

 

MDR menus:

 

 

 

Salmon chowder:

 

 

Half eaten (oops ...) salmon (this was very good - also, this was regular rice, not cauliflower rice, which was fine by me):

 

 

Not pictured - the cookies and cream sundae, which was really good:

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

So, I do not understand the show timing versus the traditional dining times. We have late traditional at 7:30. This means we cannot go to the early show at 7:30 (obviously). We we also many nights won't make the late show at 9:00, as dinner sometimes takes until after that. I don't understand why either the early show isn't earlier or the late show isn't a little bit later.

 

I'm used to Royal, where if you have late dining, you go to the show and then right to dinner. It seems perfect. This seems like a bit of a mess.

[Rubyfisch]

We did make it to Breton Thunder, and they were great. I was sad we missed the first show (we didn't get out of dinner on time ...):

 

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

Ally, the acoustic guitarist, who plays in Mix, is also very good. I listened to her last set before turning in.

[Rubyfisch]

Breakfast in the MDR.

 

Oatmeal with peach compote:

 

 

 

Pan Asian breakfast - I've been eyeing this, but never tried it before. It's really good:

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

My attempt at doodling class ....

 

 

 

 

And the view from the arts and crafts room:

 

[Rubyfisch]

Seas have picked up:

 

[Rubyfisch]

Crow's nest vibes:

 

[Sharon in AZ]

2 hours ago, Rubyfisch said:

Breakfast in the MDR.

 

Oatmeal with peach compote:

 

 

 

Pan Asian breakfast - I've been eyeing this, but never tried it before. It's really good:

 

 

The congee is good too. 

[Rubyfisch]

As of the noon update, we have 35 knot winds, three meter seas, and it's 44 F/7 C.

[Rubyfisch]

Lido lunch:

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

Cake Me Away .... Where everything looks beautiful and tastes ... Mostly okay ...

 

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

Trivia ... Not quite good enough to win . .

 

[Rubyfisch]

Dutch tea:

 

 

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

Success:

 

[Rubyfisch]

Current view:

 

[happytotravel]

Thank you for all your posts. Dutch tea looked very interesting.  Can almost taste it.

Safe travels on Saturday.

Happytotravel 

[Rubyfisch]

48 minutes ago, happytotravel said:

Thank you for all your posts. Dutch tea looked very interesting.  Can almost taste it.

Safe travels on Saturday.

Happytotravel 

Thank you! We are actually staying in Montreal through Monday morning, so I'll post a bit about that as well.

[Rubyfisch]

Dinner was good - and much faster than last night...

 

Baked potato soup:

 

 

Salmon:

 

 

Lava cake:

 

[Rubyfisch]

Pre-dinner wanders: