Blogs from Atlantic, Oceans and Seas - page 8

Advertisement

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic » English Channel September 15th 2018

Hello again from the Queen Mary 2. Our crossing is rapidly coming to an end so it is disappointing that we had to start packing in preparation to disembark tomorrow. As such it has been a fairly quiet (not attending a lot of the organized activities) day for us. We got up and headed off to the dining room for a final leisure breakfast. Tomorrow will be a hectic job of getting out of the cabin and hauling our last few belongings through the buffet. So today we took our time and had a 3 course breakfast. First came the fruit juice, pastries, and fruit course. Then we had the meat and eggs (Janet had bacon and fried eggs while David had an omelet and kippers). The 3rd course was French Toast for Janet and Waffles ... read more

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic September 14th 2018

Hello from the Queen Mary 2, somewhere still at sea. Today we start with some sad news about our granddaughter, Tessa Brink. We were told that yesterday she fell and broke her right arm – both bones. She currently only has a splint but after the swelling goes down a little, she is destined to having a cast. I thought we had left clear instructions for “nobody to get sick” while we were away, but we should have also said “don’t get broken” either. We hope she starts feeling better soon and she heals quickly. David did the same thing to his left arm when he was a kid and look how he turned out – well that’s not because of his arm. We got up before 8:00 today and went to the dining room for ... read more
Looking Astern
Davis & Janet at Dinner
Parade of the Chefs

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic September 13th 2018

The way our bus approached the piers back on Sunday, and how the boarding process occurred, there was no good way to step back and take a picture of the whole ship – especially in the rain. David has cheated and has included a picture from the internet of the Queen Mary 2, just to show what our “ferry” looks like as we shuttle across to London. This morning we slept in for a while before going to the dining room for breakfast. We shared a table with some UK people who were on the return leg of their 14-day roundtrip. In their case, the journey is truly the vacation as opposed to being a mean of how to get to a destination. The other couple will be flying out from Southampton on a small plane ... read more
Milne Bank

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic September 12th 2018

We are looking forward to many aspects of the next 30 days, but it will be a great relief for us to get away from the many political commercials which inundate us at home. There will be plenty of those when we get back in October, but at least we will have a temporary respite – something for everyone to think about when planning their 2020 vacations. Anyway, let’s begin today’s story. It starts by us sleeping in later than usual. But David got up and went to the Connections Desk to get tickets for a show this afternoon. He was early to get in the line, but that was good because it was very popular. Then he went back to the cabin a little after 9:00 and then we went up to the buffet for ... read more
Another Cabin View - 5169
Sheltered Balcony
Janet with Knitting Group

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic » North Atlantic September 11th 2018

Hello from somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean. Since there are no specific landmarks for us to reference during this cruise, anyone who is interested can still get an idea where we are in the ocean by using the following URL: https://www.seascanner.com/ships-position-queen-mary-2 We got up this morning about 7:30 and went to the Britannia Restaurant. This is where we have our evening meal too. The dining room actually has two levels and we are seated on deck-2, but quite a few folks are up on deck-3 on the tiered balcony above us. But this is actually the lowest level of formal dining rooms on the ship. There are various other dining rooms reserved for passengers in larger and higher priced cabins. We are essentially the “steerage” on this crossing. Anyway, Janet as able to get Eggs ... read more

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic » Atlantis September 1st 2018

Geo: 9.51638, 138.122... read more

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic August 24th 2018

Our final full day on the Rotterdam began much as any other. To say that we’d fallen into a routine would be understating the facts, we’ve grown to love the routine that we’ve fallen into. Where we once may of thought “What were we thinking” when we booked the World Cruise for 2020, never even having done one as long as the Voyage of the Vikings before, we’re coming around to the perspective of “Why didn’t we do this before?” I think we all have our own answers to that; whether it is work, kids, caretaker-responsibilities, grand-kids, pets, volunteer duties, hobbies, sports, you name it. All sorts of things can interfere with cruising, if you let them. We’ve always felt that it is important to get the cruising and travel in before other things prevent you ... read more

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic August 22nd 2018

I warned Sharon to brace herself before she read yesterday’s blog, and to restrain her editing oversight that can often include removing entire sections which she feels her family doesn’t need to read. Now, I didn’t use the “Meltdown” word regarding her reaction to the Dive-In losing her order, a fast-food-like outlet aboard HAL that took not quite an hour to fix her a plain burger; but, even she called what happened a Near-mini-Meltdown when she heard they lost her order. She did post the blog; but, then remembered that there was an omission from our dinner at the Pinnacle Grill that should have been included. I had managed to get through dinner without spilling anything onto my shirt. Quite an accomplishment for me. I had to be extra careful eating the shrimp cocktail and the ... read more

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic August 22nd 2018

Some photos of our Sea Day Activities For some reason you have to press the "Additional Photos Below" link to see any photos on this entry. Sorry... read more
7:45 a.m. - Balloon on next door neighbors cabin #
8:00 a.m. - Morning Mass with Father Roman
8:45 a.m. - Breakfast with Breakfast Surprise by Housekeeping Staff and Lido Full of Towel Animals

Oceans and Seas » Atlantic August 19th 2018

Can this cruise really be coming to an end? When we saw the “When & Where” for today, we felt surely whoever devised this schedule must have been under some sort of spell. There were no morning lectures planned. Team Trivia was once again in the Crow’s Nest at 1PM; but, the crew Indonesian Show started at 1:30PM in the Showroom. There was really no way to do both, as Duncan and Pam would find out. Sharon suggested the Q&A with our Greenland Pilots. There were afternoon lectures conflicting with Bingo, which got itself relocated to the Wajang Theatre. In the words of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter, the whole thing was “confunded”. The only thing good about today is that I was feeling better. I still have a congestion and am prone to sudden and ... read more




Tot: 0.141s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 8; qc: 64; dbt: 0.0706s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.2mb