exlondoner

Tonight’s canapés.

I shall too, and am glad the we have more trips booked.

That is lovely of you. I never saw the other books, so what is the format?

Thanks. I will bear it in mind, and keep quiet. 😀 Hope he isn’t suffering on the banquette too much.

I don’t really know what an influencer is, nor have I heard of the person, but, if it involves making money from their posts, why would I want, in effect, to assist, by sharing my views, ie my intellectual property, with him/her. But please forgive me if I have misunderstood.

I wouldn’t have thought so, unless the food in the dining rooms has significantly deteriorated.

Was there a female equivalent? 😀

Have they stopped people taking spirits on board? On this voyage, I believe, the specialty restaurants are fully booked. What that implies about the MDR food I don’t know, though ours has been very good.

Humpf. 😀

Nothing other than the Madeira Book, I’m afraid.

Our waiters last night were very assiduous in making sure we knew, presumably partly as a result of last week’s chaos. It is on the TV, but you have to turn the TV on. They used to leave the TV on when they made up the room, so not even I could miss it.

On London Underground escalators the convention (universally observed by Londoners) is to stand on the right and walk on the left.

21 days I think, when you check in.

We had a clock change last night, thanks to General Franco. At 10.05, there was an urgent call for a passenger to contact the Purser’s. As you know, Cunard almost never makes announcements. I thought the name sounded familiar, and it turned out to be the person who was lecturing at 10.00. Oh dear, I wonder if it was just lateness or connected to the clock change. 😀

We had a similar email problem, but, as in your case, it is resolved. 😀

I always think that rather than merely moaning, it is better to try and suggest a solution. That was mine.

I should think the low sun shining in would be quite uncomfortable.

Photo below. Remember I didn’t necessarily suggest abolishing it, only moving it and a king it rather smaller.

Our WC PA arrived last night, but only half a bottle. They must know we don’t drink it.

Today’s programme for the Wellness Studio.

There is certainly yoga. The Commodore Club, the Chart Room, the Sky Bar, the Pub, the Queens Lounge by the windows, the Lido, sorry Artisan’s Food Hall, Pavilion all have lovely views and lots of day light, and as far as I know are open to everybody. Why should the Grills Lounge not have the same basic advantages?

Obviously I wouldn’t wish to hurt the ship’s designers feelings (heaven forfend), but it is undoubtedly a fact that the Grills Lounge is dark and lacks a view, it is undoubtedly a fact that the Wellness Studio is a huge space for what is offered, and it probably doesn’t need a view. As regards the unpleasant Grills Lounge, what happens is that undesirable Grills passengers such as me go and clutter up other spaces with views like the Commodore Club. Or I may even move a chair into the wellness studio. I don’t think this is going to improve over time, and many Grills passengers do pay a fair bit. There are often changes made at the first refit, or even before, such as the hurried fitting of drawers in cabins on QV’s first world cruise, which the designer had somehow overlooked the need for. Do hope their feelings weren’t hurt.

Yoga is there. Dance classes and lessons and Zumba seem to be in the Queens Room, according to the DP. I doubt the Wellness (how does that differ from health as a concept btw?) Studio floor is suitable.

Well, it may be the case, but somehow I doubt it. Already this morning I noticed a group of not particularly old passengers had moved a few chairs in there so they could chat somewhere out of the wind. This seemed sensible as it was otherwise a large empty space. I am baffled by some of the assumptions in your argument, which seem to suggest that older people are mainly not health conscious, and that those who are would choose to eat in a vegetable based restaurant. There are lots (?too many?) of vegetarian choices in the ordinary restaurants. However, the Wellness Café already seems quite popular for breakfast with a variety of ages.

On informal nights, providing they have proper collars. But beware the air conditioning.