Photo Trip Review - Reflection TA

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Just a gratuitous photo of the wonderful man who puts up with me every day.

 

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I must have missed whatever the specialty theme was in the Ocean View cafe but they had this

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Knitting Group

 

I LOVED the knitting group and looked forward to this every day. I am a beginner - just teaching myself from You Tube videos and this group was so supportive. We met in the Martin lounge around 10:30 but some of us starting showing up earlier. We tried the Sky Lounge but too many loud activities and other things going on in there made it difficult to meet or talk.

 

Some ladies who are not on Cruise Critic saw us and just starting joining. That was a lot of fun. One of those ladies was Theodora "Dora" who was on her way from her winter home in Florida to her summer home in Greece. Dora was Greek and the most amazing knitter/crocheter I've met. This is the project she was working on during the cruise.

 

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Along with these

Edited May 14, 2016 by Lisah101

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Dora showing me a different way of holding the yarn after wrapping it over your neck. Patty ended up spending a lot of time fixing my mistakes if we could figure out what the heck I did which sometimes we cant. Note - if you do an on-board knitting project in a group; either don't knit and talk if you are a beginner or pick something so easy you can't mess it up.

 

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Dora teaching a newbie (pink shirt) the basics of knitting and I can't for the life of me remember her name - so sorry!

 

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We even had a gentleman join us for needlework.

 

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Our group

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I must have missed whatever the specialty theme was in the Ocean View cafe but they had this

 

That's the puerto rican flag!! did you try the food??

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Our Projects - socks

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Kathy's scarf for her friend - sad story

 

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I don't know how these folks did counted cross stitch with all the socializing we were doing!

 

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That's the puerto rican flag!! did you try the food??

 

Oh yeah - I tried EVERYTHING

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There must have been a formal night in there because we did dress up one evening on a sea day!

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And then the laundry bag challenge - I rolled up clothes and was surprised how much i could fit in.

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Breakfast the next morning at the ocean view cafe - the guy poaching eggs thought I wanted hollandaise sauce but remembered at the last minute and I only ended up with a drop - thought it was kind of picturesque.

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This must have been Friday - a very lazy sea day with the knitting group, lounging around, taking a nap but also skipping lunch in preparation for dinner at the Tuscan Grill. We stopped at the bar just outside the specialty restaurants (forgot the name) for a quick drink before dinner, then headed in for our favorite meal of the cruise!

 

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Oops - missed a picture from our knitting group - Patti was very intently watching Dora's technique!

 

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The view from our table in Tuscan Grill

 

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Terry's Caprese salad which he always loves

 

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My salad with pine nuts and fried goat cheese - OMG if I could have this every night, I'd be a happy camper.

 

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Terry had the NY Strip which he always likes

 

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I had the filet, cooked Medium which deserve two pictures.

 

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