Purdey16

Good morning everyone I hope your all well and not too cold , we have just got of Aurora in Vigo , bit rainy and blowing a little so I’m writing this up in the casino 😁, I forgot to take a picture of the first formal night dinner , I had basically surf and turf all ok and we went to the captain’s reception twice 🤣 we had plenty of free bubbles and they kept topping up the glasses. Weather around the bb was reasonable I would say we have had rocky seas and blowing a hooly but nothing to make you sick. Guest speakers are Keith Appleyard (life as a spook) about working in intelligence agency which we didn’t attend and his wife Nancy Appleyard ( it’s English innit?) which was quite funny and passed a hour . Lots of coughing and sneezing going on !! Ship is clean and still looking good, think I’m just about getting my bearings now . I did take a photo of the width of the tables in the Media restaurant which is breakfast and freedom dining good spaces . We had a problem with our door lock which eventually took 8 hours to repair but all done now with 6 workmen, ship is full because they had nothing else to offer us so they had to get it fixed. There is arts and craft on board and is well attended but all Xmas themed, we have the beach house booked for Tuesday and Sindhu tiffin lunch next week and in between we will do the glass house. Lunch time in the medina restaurant if you want a table for 2 you have to be early at 12 or you have to wait for a pager which we did once but only about 20 minutes and they do have some chairs outside to sit on We normally go for early lunch because we don’t have breakfast, so all things ok and I have found the menu for dinner good at the moment but I’m sure it’s going to repeat soon. Our table mates turned up last night and are a good chatting couple we are having a laugh , I’m off now to have a look around town before it starts raining again, temp supposed to reached 15 today.

The ship feels so small now to us , it’s been 20 years since we were last on her but for some reason we still keep getting lost at the moment, 20 years ago we thought she was big 😂😂

We are now eventually going , been delayed for a number of reasons but hayho, unpacked and sat in crows nest with a glass of bubbly and ready for dinner, had to film the md to change my dinner time to 8.30 but we couldn’t get a table for 2 so we have a table for 4 but a lot better than 6.30 sitting and a table for 8😡 I took some pictures for you folk that like Xmas , I actually thought there would be more decoration around only 1 tree in crows nest

After a air bridge delay we are just going through security now so 20 minutes after our boarding time

Looks lovely Michelle but no snow !!! But I’m pleased you haven’t because it’s safer for you to drive .

So sorry your not on board with us Avril , I will certainly put post up when we get to each port . Our boarding time was for 1.15 we got to the terminal at 11.30 sent the cases through and sat in the arrival lounge as they were stopping people entering before which we knew but we were dropped of by family, after sitting in there for 10 minutes they came and got us to start queuing inside the departure building so we could all stay in the warm and they are using every seat available to get people out of the cold and they are dishing out chocolates 😁 we have check in now but the hall is almost full , boarding as not started yet and ther are 900 priority infront of us , boarding as just started 12.20

The lamb shank was so big you could not see my potatoes and veg

Had a lovely pre cruise dinner tonight , chicken teriyaki Arancini balls and curried parsnip soup , then lamb shank potato dauphinois, braised red cabbage, Brussels with pancetta and maple syrup, rump steak with fat chips , a 10 out of 10 for our local restaurant tonight, I Hope Aurora has some good standards 😋

Lovely pictures Presto beautiful blue sky and hope you had a lovely time in :::::::::: can’t pronounce it 😂😂

Brill😂😂😂😂

Beautiful robin Angel my favourite bird , it’s only drizzling now and bits of sleet in between.

Hope you both feel better soon

We will be joining you on Friday, have a good cruise and safe journey to Southampton

Angle57 is it snowing at your end round the corner from your end ? 😁

Good morning everyone it’s 1o and it’s snowing out side ☃️ probably won’t come to much the sea breeze keeps it away. well I’m all finished packing, nails & hair done so just the housework to do today and then out for dinner tonight. Being dropped off at terminal at 11 tomorrow but our boarding time is not until 1.15 so we will drop off our cases and either walk or taxi back into the shopping centre to have a coffee or something to eat . It feels very cold here but no frost on the car windows or ground yet .

I’m glad you have had such good advice on here Indiana and pleased you have made a decision now , I read your post in the wee hours this morning and I really didn’t know what to say but I knew someone on here will have much more experience than me and some good advice, I’m happy for you that you have started the ball rolling.

Prayers and thoughts to you all josy today and over the next coming days .

Glad to see you and Pauline had a lovely cruise in the canaries and the food pictures look wonderful, now you have to adjust you’re bodies to the cold wet weather again.

Have a lovely day out sounds very nice , safe travels.

Thank you Pete for all your details on board I’m very interested in the Tiffin box in sindu and the glass house on Aurora, I have already booked the beach house for our cruise next week but obviously leaving sindu for when we get on board and possibly the glass house for lunch on boarding day if it is open, not sure when you get back but I’m currently packing for boarding on Friday when aurora goes to the canaries but really wished we were going to Norway and being in lots of snow, maybe I could be a stowaway on the one after us 😂 enjoy the rest of your cruise

I use all Clinell products the same that they use in the hospitals, I still clean my shopping trolley handle before use .

Hope you have a wonderful cruise and the weather is good for you.

Good morning Kalos and all , our tree leaves are almost gone and some trees are bare and what a mess it all makes on the footpath when it’s wet and slippery but the gardeners keep coming once a fortnight with their tree blowers and clean them up . -71 is cold , I’ve experienced -35 with a wind chill taking it up to -45 took my daughter to play school on a sledge all wrap up in blankets but I left a small part of my bobble hat off my ear and when I got home I had frost bite on it which was very painful 😰. I made a chicken stew the other day it went a bit mushy so was really like a soup it was ok but not has good as a beef one and having Yorkshire puds as croutons is a great idea I will use 👍