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Good morning fron Nieuw Statendam which has just docked in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Currently 20°C and blue skies. Wishing everone a great day...

Just a heads up to those who use small wheeled scooters/walkers.......Funchal's pavement/sidewalks are not smooth pavement.

Tonight's Special Local Menu in Lido. I asked Exec Chef how he obtained all the local produce when the markets where closed today. He told me that he ordered it a week ago!

Today's Daily

Although i brought it with me i have not used it yet. I have found HAL's latest updated system very quick to log in and change the active device. Between that and using One Drive and Quick Share I have not found the need for the router.

Just back to confirm that the security photo does show when making a purchase in the shops.

Are you docking in Cobh? There will be taxis at the Cobh terminal.No need to go to Cork. Cobh to Midleton is possible by train, but takes a little planning. One change each way.

I , also, am not sure. But, as a point of reference, friends recently completed a TA from Florida to Rotterdam and the first port of call in Europe (not Schengen area) was Ireland and they had to do face to face immigration control brfore being permitted to disembark.

Laundry: we left out our first bag of laundry at 7pm on Wednesday evening. It was returned at 10.45 am on Thursday morning. Shout out to laundry team via Let Us Know! Amazing!

And the relevant pdf files north_europe_dr_menu_04_reformat.pdf m6-day6-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf m6-day6-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf day_6_lido_late_snack.pdf

Here are today's menus MDR Dinner Lido Lunch Lido Dinner Lido Late Snack

Day 5, Thursday 25th April Good Afrenoon from Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It has been a very pleasant day in Funchal. It is a national public holiday so many stores and facilities are closed. The holiday remembers 25th April 1974 when the fascist dictatorship was overthrown in what has become known as 'The Carnation Revolution'. Today, lots of kudos to HAL who provided a free (yes, FREE) shuttle into and from the city centre, which is also where a lot of the celebrations were startng to happen. Norwegian Star pax had to walk or take taxis and they are docked further from the port exit than we are. Also docked is Windstar Star Pride and National Geographic Endurance is at anchor in the bay. Here is where we are docked in relation to the centre. we are just across from the CR7 hotel and museum. That is Cristiano Ronaldo, famous footballer ooops! sorry!,soccer player, who was born in Funchal and played for Real Madrd and Manchester United among others.

A little late to post this morning, because it is afternoon now! It is currently 3.10 pm and Nieuw Statendam arrived in Funchal, Madeira around 8 am this morning. Also in port are Norwegian Star, Windstar Star Pride and National Geographic Enduance, which is at anchor. It is a national public holiday today. Wishing everyone a safe and good day.

Tomorrow we arrive in Funchal on Madeira. April 25th is a public holiday celebrating 50 years since the Carnation Revolution in 1974 when the dictatorship was overthrown.

I have no idea why the images are posting sideways.

Tonight we had dinner in Tamarind. For drinks I had a Lychee Martini and Ellen had Prosecco. With dinner I had the Morimoto brut rose. Food selections were the scallops and satay sampler followed by crispy duck with fried rice for me and mangolian lamb chops for Ellen. For dessert we shared mango posset and assorted sorbets. Here is the porn....

Today was Indonesian Tea at 3pm. After reading about how this event is greatly missed, we were looking forward to a nice event. Major disappointment. The only difference to the usual afternoon tea was the top layer of cake/pastry/sweet things. Sandwiches and scones were identical.

Here are a couple more prices for you.

Presuming you mean the stateroom key card then the key cards are already punched when you collect them in your stateroom mailbox.

Today's Daily An often mentioned (gastronomic) event reappears on the Daily! Do you spot it?

The menu files in pdf format... lunch_menu_04.pdf north_europe_dr_menu_03_reformat.pdf m5-day5-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf m5-day5-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf day_5_lido_late_snack.pdf

Day 4 Wednesday 24th April At Sea Today's menus MDR Lunch MDR Dinner LIDO Lunch Lido Dinner Lido Late Night Snack

They have 7 months before embarkation. Plenty of time to hone the knitting needles to a fine point. 😁

Good morning from Nieuw Statendam. Our third consecutive sea day as we cruise to Funchal, Madiera. wishing everone a great day!