February 1,2025 We woke to a very foggy sea day. Breakfast in our room…then we got to work… …we spent the morning writing our thank you notes to this wonderful crew Lunch in Marketplace Oybek always makes us feel so welcome We stopped by to say hello to Jsa and get some gelato… …to sustain...
Continue readingJanuary 28,2025 We woke to choppy waters and slightly rough seas. We relaxed with coffee in our stateroom…then headed to Trident for Late Risers breakfast…That’s us…late risers…or at least, that’s always our aspiration. Birol, who’s from Turkiyei, is such a wonderful waiter…I’m sharing his pic instead of food pics. You are welcome...
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January 24,2025 We woke to blue skies, turquoise water and blazing heat…like really hot humid heat. Although we have a port side cabin, our view in Sihanoukville was not of the dock. Breakfast in Trident Grill. I walked out on to the pool deck to get the 360(ish) view…and felt like I was melting. Today...
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January 18, 2025 We rarely eat breakfast on embarkation mornings…but we couldn’t pass up a final opportunity to say good bye to the morning staff at Fiamma. Truffle goat cheese again! Timmy had a special request omelet: Duck breast and bell pepper …he loved it! We checked out and Jamie and Tan drove us to...
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August 15,2024 Visby, Sweden When I opened the curtains. …like a fever dream… It was such a glorious morning, we asked Fernando to set us up on the balcony Yes, that’s my coffee cup from home…IYKYK So we’re having breakfast and this happens… …a crew drill for a “man overboard” situation …it was very interesting...
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August 11,2024. Stockholm, Sweeden So when we booked this cruise, last December, there were only “classic” Aqua staterooms available. Our travel agent booked us into a “redesigned in 2017” stateroom on deck 9 for the first leg of this back to back and then into a “classic” on deck 10 for this leg. …thus necessitating...
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August10,2024 Stockholm,Sweeden I opened the curtains a bit after 9:00 am as we sailed into Stockholm… The Archipelago is as stunning as we remembered it… This was my favorite home …imagine living on the water in this home…I’d feel like a princess. We rarely go on ship sponsored excursions…and lord knows why I thought this...
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August 6,2024 …Crystal Symphony enroute to Estonia We love sea days…the whole sleeping in…hanging in the room and/or balcony…just chilling. We had breakfast in the room…I spent an hour in the gym…and eventually made our way up to Marketplace and enjoyed the lunchtime Asian buffet… Honoka works in Umi Uma at night, and here she...
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August 4, 2024 On board Crystal Symphony We woke to clouds and intermittent rain as we sailed into Copenhagen. Coffee and croissants in the room…then lunch in Marketplace… We watched as the weather deteriorated, grabbed some gelato and made the decision to bail on our Crystal Shore excursion…a “Canal Juant”…who wants to be in a...
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August 3,2024 on board Crystal Symphony Coffee and croissants in our room… …then I hit the gym instead of second breakfast… …I did enjoy a yummy salad in Marketplace at lunchtime… Timmy had a salad and some rice and seafood… After lunch we enjoyed some ice cream then stopped by the Tastes bar to checkin...
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