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Day 12-Falmouth overcast. The tender operation made a bit of noise out our window. But it didn’t last too long. Pretty cloudsSaga Ship

Day 12-Falmouth

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I forgot to mention that on the last dressy night my husband made a lot of crumbs and the special crumb sweeping tool showed up! 😆 The pea soup was great! The bacon in it was really good. Bay shrimp cocktail 👍 Dover sole was good. Klapstuck was tender, tasty and the gravy was excellent. Bosche Bol was fabulous! The cream inside was light and not overly sweet. We went to the port talk and headed to the cabin. We’re tired! We watched the sequel to Fisherman’s Friends in prep for Cornwall. There are a lot of good movies on demand in cabin. So wish there had been a shore excursion to Port Isaac.

Orange Night. Dutch Dinner

And it’s leaking!

Front row:And it just started pouring.

Going through immigration was fast. We were group 2 because of having a HAL tour. This will cover us for the rest of the trip. So glad we don’t have to do it tomorrow as it’s a tender port. There is an agreement that covers us even though Great Britain is not EU. We did the Jameson Tour which includes a drive through Cork. The guide was very clear. The countryside was beautiful. The bus was comfy and has USB ports fyi. I learned a lot about whisky. The Jameson grounds are lovely and historic. We were berthed right in town which was very convenient. The tour got us back in plenty of time to explore Cobh. Cobh is lovely. We got fish chowder at The Quay restaurant on the water. It was tasty and had a fair amount of seafood. The soda bread was really nice. It reminds me a good bit of brown bread which is a traditional bread in New England. I also had delicious ice cream. If you’re into thrift stores there is one right on the main waterfront. I had to pop in. We are currently in the Crows Nest We got a front row for sailaway. I’ve hardly been up here the whole cruise. I thought I’d be here often but fell in love with the promenade deck.

Day 11- Cobh Ireland 67 def. F. It started overcast and became sunny. A glorious day.

Specialty coffee is available in the Crow’sNest deck 10 forward. Also for our cruise they have been serving specialty coffee all day in the Pinnacle Bar.

The mozzarella salad was good. The spinach dip was as well but lobster was barely detected The cod was excellent! The pork chop was dry. Peach crisp was good. I didn’t like the flavor of the cream in the Paris Brest. I wish I could’ve had another cream puff from this afternoon. The Grasshopper was delicious from the Billboard bar.

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I got a great facial which included a lot of shoulder massage. That was really nice. Upsell wasn’t too bad. After dinner I caught the 80s set at Billboard s as NS then the all request set. The crowd was smaller probably due to there being a port day with immigration tomorrow.

Sounds great. We’ve been quite happy on Zuiderdam

OP we are on our first HAL cruise right now. It’s not your question but I want you to know that we are finding the food so much better than it was on our NCL cruise

I freshened up the bouquet. If you need a knife there is one on the corkscrew by the ice bucket.

The bag of laundry came back in 24 hours. I can’t believe how much we fit in it. They got a stain out of my pants but they weren’t pressed. They didn’t totally get the stain out of my husband’s pants. I’m fairly sure I’ll be able to get it out when we’re home. Everything was folded so nicely.

No problem @scubacruiserx2 Day 10: 57 degrees F Sunny. Calm waters but not flat. It felt great on my promenade walk. I did a 15 minute mile! Woohoo. Did the City On The Sea presentation. It was fun at the end to clap for all of the team members. I missed the start of Cake Me Away. But I did have a scrumptious cream puff and the Mille Crepe cake. Went to the guest lecture. I knew his speaking style was quite dry but gave it a try to see the maritime paintings. It ended up all being paintings of tourist spots by one artist. It had nothing to do with the history of maritime painting.

And this

Gala NightWe both really enjoyed the asparagus salad. It was very refreshing. The escargot was very good too. I had the salmon. It was fine. Nothing wrong with it but not outstanding. Hubby’s tenderloin didn’t disappoint. The lava cake was good. I added a scoop of ice cream. I tried a bite of the coconut tart. It had a nice crumb texture and just a touch of sweetness. It reminded me of a European dessert. Our servers were excited for a crew party tonight. Hubby isn’t feeling 100% so we went back to the cabin and watched a movie. It was actually nice to just come back. So we missed the Zuiderdam Ball and Chocolate Suprise but still got chocolate !

Which facial have you found the most effective? Which have you found most relaxing?