Cruisercl

@cat shepard Happy Birthday! Cheers!! 🥂

Hope you are having a great and relaxing day...

Caron

@*Miss G*, just saw this thread, I am a bit late into the trip. Love your spontaneity!

It sounds like your travel to your cruise port was a bit challenging. Travel now days is not for the faint of heart. I would have cried at the train station, what a mess!

Glad you made on the NS without issue, she is a great ship. A cruise to Norway is on my list so I will be following along. 😎

Love your writing style, you are a good and entertaining story teller.

Safe travels! 

@cruising sister, thanks for the great review!

Loved all of your pictures. I am always interested in solo cruising experiences too.

I certainly will put this cruise on my list; I have not been there before.

Safe travels home . 😊

@Denise T, It is get on the ship day!! This is what we always call it...lol. What time is your embarkation?

So glad for you that your long travel day is over! Just wow, those travel days can be a pain.

Enjoy the travel to Whittier and the first day of your cruise.

Sailaway is beautiful.

Cheers, bon voyage and safe travels!!  🍸🥂 😊

Good morning everyone, happy Friday!

My thanks to the daily contributors to the R & D and all of other features included here...

World Redhead Day hits very close to home in my family; all of my siblings have red hair but I do not.

Both of my parents have red hair in their families and my Mom had red hair. I take after my Dad's side who also had blondes. I also inherited other things from him, like allergies.

@dfish so glad your surgery went well and you are home. Hope your uncomfortableness goes away quickly! 

@1ANGELCAT I am so sorry about the passing of your sweetie baby Fluff. Beautiful kitty! May your happy memories with her comfort you during your sadness.

@Denise T Bon Voyage and safe travels. Alaska is beautiful and is a good cruise vacation.

@Nickelpenny Congrats on your retirement! I am sure it is well deserved.

Prayers for all of us, especially for those struggling. Cheers to all celebrating anything, we need to celebrate when we can. 😊

Have a good Memorial Weekend (USA) all! Remember those who gave to our country.

Take care and safe travels

Caron

1 hour ago, Denise T said:

Today is the beginning of our great adventure to Alaska. 

Today is for last minute packing and errands (bank, prescriptions).

Cats will be dropped at the vet for boarding. They no something is up. 

Boarding passes are printed. 

We will be heading to the hotel near the airport later this afternoon. Must be at the airport on Saturday at 4:30 am. Will need lots of coffee. 

I cannot believe that the time is here. Can't wait to join my brother and sister-in-law as we sail to Alaska. 

How exciting, it's here!!

You look like you are very organized and ready to rock n roll....

I will be following along, Alaska is one of my favotite cruises.

Relax and enjoy. 😎😊

Safe travels to you all.

Can I use a multi plug device on HAL?

I know no surge protector.

TIA.

Welcome home J!

Safe travels home. 😎

What about number of USB ports?

TIA

2 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Today I am 50. 😬

Happy birthday!!🎁🍻🍸

Enjoy your day......cheers!

Good afternoon everyone,

Pretty busy day on the Daily today

Thanks to everyone who continues to post the Daily and contributing to the wonderfulness that the Daily is (poor grammar I know but that's what my brain came up with).

@dfish, prayers for a succcessful and pain free surgery tomorow.

@superoma prayers for you and your family at the funeral tomorrow

@marshhawk welcome back! awful that your are sick but it sounds like you all had a good time. Hope you feel better soon.

Prayers for those struggling and cheers to those celebrating and cruising.

Take care all!

Caron

Good afternoon,

The morning has gone by so fast! Thanks to all contributors to the Daily thread.

@cat shepard, I have had the "The Butterfly Effect" wine. I have also had their Chardonnay, my go to wine. LOL. They were both very good. I do not know if is is sold in retail shops, but can probably get it through the Naked Wines wine club online shop.

I got them from the wine club, I belong to it. This wine club financially supports small vineyards as small businesses so thy are able to produce wines. Good wines overall, IMO.

It is a nice day here today, 80F which has not happened much this year. 

Have a wonderful day and take care. 😊

Caron

I just found this! Yay, another live review...

Will be following along; I am on the Zaandam on one of my upcoming cruises so I am very interested in this.

Have a great cruise, relax and enjoy! 😎🍹😊🍻

6 hours ago, Horizon chaser 1957 said:

@Cruisercl - Tent caterpillars are voracious caterpillars that feed on certain trees, particularly fruit, nut, alder etc. They start as an almost invisible flat egg cluster on a trunk or branch. When they hatch they form a spun cocoon or tent. Thisy leave it in the daytime to feed on nearby leaves and return at night for warmth. As they grow the tent gets bigger and bigger and so do they. Eventually they don’t need shelter to survive and head out to strip the foliage in an ever expanding radius. Most years this is just annoying. Some years, there is a massive hatching and you drive past mile after mile of stripped trees.in a really bad year, migrating caterpillars can coat backroads so heavily it’s caused accidents due to the greasy surface. They are nasty.

And now you know far more about tent caterpillars than you ever wanted to know.

Cutting the nests out early will save your trees this year and reduce the population the next year. 

@Horizon chaser 1957, thank you for the lesson. How awful all around! Yuk!!!

Stay safe.

J, safe travels and Bon Voyage!!

Rest and enjoy.....😎

@superoma, I am so sorry about the passing of your father. The loss of a parent is difficult no matter their age. It appears he lived a nice long life, good for him and you. My prayers are with you, your family and all those who knew and loved him. May he RIP.

Caron

5 hours ago, maluhia87 said:

I would guess that is for two people.  I suggest taking the shuttle or a taxi. Trains, when you are carrying luggage, are a pain in the _.  

I agree! I tried to be the good traveler in EU that took their luggage on a train, hated every minute of it! I tried 3 times.

I was catching a 2 week cruise in Rotterdam and had 2 pieces of luggage.My worst train trip was from Amsterdam to Rotterdam; the train schedule was not easy to understand but I did it; the ticket guy told me what train to get on. When I was on the train the conductor(?) was checking tickets. She told me I was on the wrong train for the ticket I had; I had bought an express ticket but was on a train that made stops. It was OK though. She told me I could send my receipt into the train company for a refund of 2 EU. I told her it is my contribution to the train company. LOL.

The ticket guy probably got a good laugh at the naive American traveler by telling me the wrong train. 😋

I tend to pack heavy so I am more than willing to pay extra for the convenience but it can get spendy comparatively.

OK, my story for today.

Have a good evening all!!

Good afternoon everyone,

Not much going on this week for me, a couple of appointments but that's it. Low key week.

We have had rainy and cold weather here in addition to major smokey skies from the Canada fires. Weather air alerts/warnings all week. 

@Crazy For Cats Bon Voyage!!

@Horizon chaser 1957 welcome home, what a nice long trip! Can you tell me what tent catepillar nests are? They soundcreepy...😬

My thanks to all who contibute here each and every day; lots of contributors. I enjoy all of it.

Take good care and have a great weekend! 

Caron

Following along.

Two more days of the rug place and you are good to go, hang in there! 😊🍸🍻

Yourcruise so far sounds wonderful, a nice combination, IMO, of busy at times and relaxing. Glad you are enjoying it.

I have not been to Normandie, it is on my list.

Your shore excursion yesterday, sounds great. I agree the big bus shore excursions tend not to be as good as a smaller group especially when it is a long day. Having to deal with a big crowd can be exhausting.

How is your injured toe behaving?

Continued fun on the next part of your cruise. 😊

Caron

5 hours ago, Denise T said:

Good morning, everyone. Happy Saturday. Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Report. 

I do love hummus so today is my day!

I am feeling better today. Looks like I had a 24-hour virus. 

I checked my boarding documents, and they have the official barcode! Yeah! Two weeks from today is my travel day to Anchorage. 

The suitcases are coming upstairs today. Going to get stuff packed. 

Cruise day is almost here!

Thinking of everyone today. 

Have a safe and healthy Saturday!

Hi Denise,

I just found your live review thread today. 

I will be following along with you on the cruise.I have been to Alaska and look forward to hearing your impression of it. I loved it. Very exciting!

Glad you are feeling better and can get to packing! 

The time until you leave will go by fast. 😊🛳️✈️

Caron

Hi Everyone,

Home from FL, took a fews days for a small getaway. Had fun but it was very hot; downside is that my flight was 6 hours delayed, got home at 1230 am this morning. Not fun hanging out in an airport as many of you know. Slept in this AM. Enough of me whining about that!😎

Continuing thanks to all of the Daily contributors. The Daily has a lighter tone today which IMO means things are improving for people having challenges; Yay! So glad to hear good news in these difficult and disheartening times.

All of the other departments have had a good showing this past week...F&B, Comedy, Gardening, Care and Celebrations, general information givers etc.

Prayers for all; for those who are struggling and in gratitude for the goodness we have in our lives and good news we've received.

As a RN, I want to thank everyone who expressed their appreciation for nurses this week. 💓

Welcome home to @richwmn, (the Daily guru) and everyone who is returning home from a vacation or an obligation, it is always nice to sleep in ones own bed. 

Celebrations to those still cruising, cruising soon, on vacation, living life as you wish or just because you want to.😊

Thank you to @StLouisCruisers for the excellent job of filling in to post the Daily and Fleet report, while @richwmn was cruising the World. Greatly appreciated.

Hope you all have a good and enjoyable weekend.

Take good care,

Caron

Hi Rich,

Welcome home...!

Your live review was a job well done; I appreciate that you were reporting to us daily. Not always an easy feat on a cruise. I read all of it!

Glad you enjoyed the cruise; enjoy FL before you head home to do laundry and get back to your real life.😊

Caron

9 hours ago, Nickelpenny said:

Good Morning to All!  Thanks for the updates.

 

It Nurses' Week and we will see if anything happens at work (doubt it!!  LOL!!)

 

Have a great day!

 

No kidding! One year when I was working in a hospital, we got mugs,  paid for by the hospital and they had a raffle for 1 prize (can't remember what is was but nothing overly immprssive) for about 1500 nurses employed there. So I get what you mean. Kinda sad.

Pizza for lunch paid for by the Nurse manager, not the Docs or the hospital.

It does really go with the lack of respect for the profession, IMO.

Hope you had a great day!!!

Hi everyone,

Not much going on here. Spending a few days in FL for a small getaway. So far its been great. Much nicer weather than at home.

Continued appreciation to everyone who contributes here daily; there are lots of them. I read daily and it is always entertaining and often I learn.

Celebrating National Nurses and National Teachers week(s) ; have both in my family. All do a thankless but rewarding job, it is a calling IMO. 😊

Continued prayers for all.

Take care all, be safe.

Caron