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TBH, I’m not overly impressed with it, either, but, thankfully, it’s not Royal Club. 😱 I’ll find out for you.
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Well, I’ve finally joined your club. 😁😁
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Thank you. About time, so. 😁 I don’t know how many ‘Live from…’s I’ve done on here.
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Can anyone tell me how you become a ‘Rare’ one on here? I see it’s been added to my avatar (yeah - I’m anticipating the responses to that! 🤣).
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OMG, these small bottles of water are nigh on impossible to open. Mr B uses his thumbnail to break the little connectors to free the cap. I remember this issue being discussed when we were on WE back in April but I can’t recall if they were the same ones, though I think they weren’t as bad as these guys.
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Well, I’m sitting on the balcony in the sun right now, P, and it’s very pleasantly warm. Easily 26 degrees with a warm breeze blowing. I will check outside tonight if I get a chance. I’m not used to dining at 9pm so I don’t have my usual onboard routine.
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Balls: if you’re looking for some, they are available between 9.30am-12pm and 3-6pm on the pooldeck. I’m referring to the ones you need for basketball, ping pong, table soccer, etc. You cannot have them (or hold onto them) outside of these times.
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There’s a feel that autumn is setting in here. We’ve had a breeze for a couple of days, now, and temperatures are low 20s until around midday. It was 27 degrees in Ephesus yesterday but I was told that it got quite cool on the pool deck in the afternoon in Kusadasi. I believe it’s chilly in the evening/night so I would advise anyone sailing this region soon to bring a light sweater/jacket.
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So, for lunch, Mr B had the stuffed eggs and sardine salad, which he thought was good. We both had our very favourite lunch offering: fish and chips. Piping hot and the fish was really fresh.
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We’ve had some rain showers in Rhodes today. Seems like the most recent one was very heavy (we were having lunch, so didn’t notice). As a result, the pool deck is flooded and is far too wet to traverse.
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I’ve managed to book a private transfer to the airport at a cost of €65.97 with hoppa.com. That includes the 25% discount that I received through the email when I had requested that they email me with the quote. So, that’s the thing to do if you’re considering Hoppa for airport transfers. The original online quote only had a 15% discount applied (automatically). MSC does offer transfers, but our flight was too early to avail of the service.
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I’m with you on that one, Cap’n. Last night’s choices for us were lamb (for me) and blackened salmon (for himself). Our 2 table mates also chose the salmon and all 3 said it was really good. My lamb was better than usual.
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IMG_8087.mov A taster clip from the ‘Blinding Lights’ show (as promised)
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I didn’t think it was the opera event. So the Italians may yet get 2 nights dedicated to them in the theatre. 🤷♀️ It’s amazing that they think they’ve only uncovered 15% of Ephesus. We prebooked an MSC excursion and had a very entertaining guide who was extremely knowledgeable, interesting and funny. We also visited a carpet weaving place, but we stayed on the bus as we weren’t interested.
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Thank you - much appreciated.
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I’ve scanned the QR code for today’s menus which is posted outside the MDRs. I see that I missed out on the Cuban sandwich. 😆
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Our table mates have told us that they used Hoppa.com to book return transfer from the airport to port to airport and that they paid €67 total. I’ve just checked for a one way from port to airport and the fare is €79.
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We did an excursion to Ephesus today (thanks Ken @CruiseIrelandfor sharing your experience, which convinced me, not just to book it, but to give Mary’s House a miss). We got back too late to have lunch in the MDR (and I can’t access lunch menus on the app 🙄), so I won’t be able to post the menu. Instead, we had lunch in the buffet. There was a terrific selection available. I had trouble deciding what to have (and that’s saying something 🙄). Mr B tried out several pizza offerings (he only liked one) and I had lamb curry 😋followed by one of my favourite lunch items: fish goujons. Pork was the roast of the day.
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Tonight is White Night. This is what the app is showing for the theatre tonight. Does this look like it might be the opera?
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We had a very enjoyable night, last night. We went to the show, Blinding Lights, in the theatre, before dinner. We both agreed that it was the best show we’d ever seen on a ship. I have a video clip which I can’t upload at the moment as I only have the Browse internet package. I’ll add it in later. We met our table mates at dinner, who are a lovely couple, also from Ireland, and went to the Crystal (aft) lounge afterwards. There was the usual Entertainment team ‘game’ and then dancing to a great band that was playing there. Speaking of bands: There was a live band playing the music on stage at both shows we’ve been to (I remember reading comments on here from people complaining that MSC shows only used backing tracks).