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[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is among my earliest from Queen Mary 2.  August 29, 2012 was part of a round trip transatlantic, over to the UK on Queen Mary 2 and back on Crystal Symphony.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Another sunrise from the same transatlantic as yesterday.  I actually goofed and flipped August 29 vs August 30.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today rather than a sunrise.  It's from Crystal Serenity's Northwest Passage cruise.  August 31was a sea day from Cambridge Bay to Pond Inlet:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

There will be a couple more sunrises from my 2012 QM2 crossing:

 

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

 

So, we've been thinking about Explora cruise line.  Their corporate parent is MSC.  Now I'm not saying this is determinative, but these two guys are hilarious.  In fact they even work in the old Woody Allen joke:

 

Lady One "the food here is terrible

 

Lady Two "yeah, and such small portions"

 

 

 

[oakridger]

Sure hope Explora does a much better job than Ben and David have experienced on MSC!!!    I’ll be watching Explora as they start sailing. 

[BWIVince]

2 hours ago, KenzSailing said:

 

So, we've been thinking about Explora cruise line.  Their corporate parent is MSC.  Now I'm not saying this is determinative, but these two guys are hilarious.  In fact they even work in the old Woody Allen joke:

 

Lady One "the food here is terrible

 

Lady Two "yeah, and such small portions"

 

 

 

I always love their MSC videos!  They always start out on a “you get what you pay for” footing, which is really fair when the cruise is that cheap, but then some of the experiences are just shocking no matter how cheap the cruise is.  MSC Cruises — Yelling at Passengers Until They Cry, Since 1989.  😳 

 

Vince

[vistaman]

actually i did  2 MSC in Yacht Club and it was not bad in view for what I paid as a single ... around 3000$ in an outside PH 

but even in YC you cannot compare the food with C  but the speciality restaurants were not bad at all - 

and the non complimentary wines were  very reasonable  

i consider those one week cruises as " a week away "  in winter because both C as Hapag were too far away ... Asia and Australia 

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2012 QM2 crossing on the way to a return Crystal Symphony transatlantic.  On September 2 we had passed the midpoint of the crossing:

 

 

Roy

[Roland4]

8 hours ago, BWIVince said:

I always love their MSC videos!  They always start out on a “you get what you pay for” footing, which is really fair when the cruise is that cheap, but then some of the experiences are just shocking no matter how cheap the cruise is.  MSC Cruises — Yelling at Passengers Until They Cry, Since 1989.  😳 

 

Vince

My Manager took her family on MSC back in the early years of its operation. Her comment about the crew and service was "This would be a great job if it wasn't for these annoying passengers." Looks like not much has changed!!😮

[rafinmd]

There are 4 days in September for which I do not have a sunrise, including today and tomorrow.   I decided I would go all out to get one and headed off to my local parking garage.  It turned out to be cloudy but I pressed on.  Near the end of my walk the sun started to appear through the first break in the clouds.  The real thing was somewhat better than what the camera shows, but I'm posting it because my bull headedness won out over common sense.

 

 

Roy

Edited September 3, 2022 by rafinmd

[rafinmd]

On 9/2/2022 at 10:36 AM, Roland4 said:

My Manager took her family on MSC back in the early years of its operation. Her comment about the crew and service was "This would be a great job if it wasn't for these annoying passengers." Looks like not much has changed!!😮

Sounds like still Yacht Club gets good reviews.  The ultimate "Caste System"

 

Roy

[May B]

6 hours ago, rafinmd said:

There are 4 days in September for which I do not have a sunrise, including today and tomorrow.   I decided I would go all out to get one and headed off to my local parking garage.  It turned out to be cloudy but I pressed on.  Near the end of my walk the sun started to appear through the first break in the clouds.  The real thing was somewhat better than what the camera shows, but I'm posting it because my bull headedness won out over common sense.

 

 

Roy

Roy, sticking to your principles is good! I’m glad you were successful.

[KenzSailing]

 

Ignore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 4, 2022 by KenzSailing
Incorrect photos

[rafinmd]

After yesterday's difficulties I had a plan b in case I could not get a sunrise.  Not great but a lot better than yesterday.  This is from the school office building in my neighborhood and the sun while not just rising came brightly through the tree cover:

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

Saturday night is steak night.

 

Before (the dry brine causes the redness)

 

 

 

After (great Maillard reaction)

 

 

 

 

Ready to plate

 

 

 

 

 

Take that, Sweetgreen.

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from Crystal Serenity's 2016 Northwest Passage voyage.  September 5 was a sea day from Pond Inlet to Ilulissat.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2006 Crystal Symphony Transatlantic.  On September 6 we visited Reykjavik. 

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2006 Crystal Serenity transatlantic. September 7 was a sea day between Iceland and Greenland:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2010 Alaska cruise on Cruise West's Spirit of Columbia (I think their final cruise),  On September 8 we visited Petersburg:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today rather than a sunrise.  It's from my 2016 Crystal Serenity Northwest Passage voyage.  On September 9 we visited Nuuk, Greenland:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Sometimes the sun really tries to play hide and seek and this one is very much a case in point. It's from a 2012 Crystal Symphony transatlantic and September 10 was a sea day between Dover and Reykjavik:

 

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

So Wednesday night was sous vide prime rib night:

 

 

Followed on Thursday by another one bites the dust:

 

 

Friday was smash burgers (no photos, happens too fast)

 

And tonight is Saturday, and you know what that means...

 

True story: the first time OLoPP and I ever encountered the phrase "haricots vert"  it was verbally from a somewhat annoyed waiter at a posh restaurant in a very posh London hotel, many years ago.  We heard it as "hairy corvair" and have been calling them that ever since.  As well, at least we amuse ourselves.

Edited September 10, 2022 by KenzSailing
typo

[Mr Luxury]

We call them Green Beans at home

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2016 Crystal Serenity Northwest Passage voyage.  On September 11 we were at sea between Nuuk and Bar Harbor, sailing between Newfoundland and Labrador.

 

 

Roy