Cunard Cruisers - How are things where you are ?

[Essiesmom]

9 minutes ago, *Miss G* said:

The Zaandam is a beautiful small ship, and somewhat quirky.  (Part of her charm.) She was built in 2000 so is nearing end-of-life.  There have been ongoing upgrades, so my feeling is she’ll be kept in service beyond the normal 25-year lifespan.

 

Looking forward to more of your pics!

 

Editing to add:  What is the name of that ship with the French flag?

The French ship is Le Soleal from Ponant.  EM

[NE John]

1 hour ago, *Miss G* said:

There have been ongoing upgrades,

Speaking of…some quick paint work. 

[NE John]

3 hours ago, *Miss G* said:

The Zaandam is a beautiful small ship, and somewhat quirky.  (Part of her charm.) She was built in 2000 so is nearing end-of-life.  There have been ongoing upgrades, so my feeling is she’ll be kept in service beyond the normal 25-year lifespan.

 

Looking forward to more of your pics!

 

Editing to add:  What is the name of that ship with the French flag?

She looks like a yacht. For an older ship - not bad on the outside. 

[*Miss G*]

10 hours ago, NE John said:

She looks like a yacht. For an older ship - not bad on the outside. 

 

A yacht is a good way to describe her.  She has a huge ornate pipe organ clock in the atrium.  It plays every day at noon, complete with moving statues!

 

 

This is her library, in three massive rooms:

 

 

 

 

 

And this is the women’s washroom across from the library!

 

[Host Hattie]

We're just getting ready to go home after a relaxing break in Pembrokeshire. We had friends to stay the last 2 nights and went out on a lovely boat trip yesterday. 

 

[rmsEtruria]

Magnificent—a sidewheeler still running on steam!

[sfred]

On 4/26/2024 at 1:17 PM, NE John said:

As someone strongly moved by cruising on the QE past the Gallipoli battle site on the Dardanelles, it’s important we don’t forget ANZAC Day. Especially for @roscoe39and @sfred  Even though it’s already tomorrow with you. Great words too Roscoe on your blog.

 

Thanks @NE John.  I just saw this post today when getting around to reading other Cruise Critic threads.  Mrs. sfred and I missed the Anzac day dawn ceremony this year.  We usually go to the one in Brisbane's Anzac Square, but we were already out of country, en route for a work trip to Morocco, and our short QM2 treat afterwards between Southampton and Hamburg. Hopefully we will be able to attend again next year.  Lest we forget...

[exlondoner]

@Host Hattie
Are you OK at work?

[*Miss G*]

1 hour ago, exlondoner said:

@Host Hattie
Are you OK at work?

 

What has happened?  😟

[Host Hattie]

2 hours ago, exlondoner said:

@Host Hattie
Are you OK at work?

Not really but thanks for asking  ....

[exlondoner]

10 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

Not really but thanks for asking  ....

Metaphorical hugs.

[alc13]

From me, too, whatever it is.  Probably from all of us here.

Edited Friday at 08:11 PM by alc13

[Lanky Lad]

For anyone who remembers Captain McNaught from his days with Cunard, he is now Captain Sir Ian McNaught KCVO MNM. Trinity House congratulates Captain Sir Ian McNaught on Birthday Honours award | Trinity House

[Host Hattie]

Congratulations Captain 

[D&N]

We went to Mandelieu-la-Napoule for lunch yesterday. A restaurant we'd passed on a visit last October that had a Gault & Millau badge outside. It was very nice. I didn't take any food porn pics. We had planned to visit the château gardens but it was closed for an event. We'd expected bright sunshine and dressed accordingly but in practice it didn't break through the cloud until about 1pm.

 

 

 

 

After lunch we had about an hour to waste as local trains west of Cannes don't run frequently. We went to a cafe to have some rosé while we waited. On leaving I noted they had a coffee machine like on QM2 but a model M39 DT/4 rather than the DT/3s on QM2. DT/3 or 4 seems to denote the number of coffee dosers.