Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 10, 2022 Author #476 Share Posted August 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, villauk said: I was going to comment on the t-shirt - it’s fab and I want one 😂! His sister in Scotland got it for him. She is really into arts and crafty items. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare villauk Posted August 10, 2022 #477 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Jim_Iain said: His sister in Scotland got it for him. She is really into arts and crafty items. I need a trip further up north then 😉. Enjoying your review and excited for this first segment as we want to book the same itinerary 👍. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 10, 2022 Author #478 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 hours ago, hawkesbaynz said: Enjoying the cruise😀. Loved the pictures too. Nice to see pictures of green grass too. Our fields are becoming dust bowls with our drought ( and this is England). Now my mother is Irish and she takes my Scottish wife’s breath away with her frugality. You will enjoy Iceland. We were there during a rainy November and took refuge in the Whale Museum - a good few hours spent😄. The prices again took my Scottish wife’s breath away😳. The only port we have been to on this cruise was Halifax so really excited to visit them all. The good thing is we can now get a Senior's Rate so always ask for it and 99% of places have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexmiller Posted August 10, 2022 #479 Share Posted August 10, 2022 15 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: Light lunch at Aqua Spa Cafe Tuna Salad and Caprice Salad with beautiful heirloom tomato ok I did go back for a second. I LOVE the Aqua Spa Cafe for lunch - their salmon salad is fantastic! I usually get the salmon salad, the quinoa salad and the fruit, and pretty much put it all together on one plate - yummy! OH, and their oatmeal apple cookies, so good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 10, 2022 Author #480 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Dinner at Luminae. They are routinely giving menus for both MDR and Luminae. Amuse Buchea - goat cheese pillow we both had the smoked Tomato Soup. So good I could have an entire meal of it. For Mains Iain had the Turbot and I had the Prime Rib from MDR. Wee both had the Almond Cake for desert. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraderSam Posted August 10, 2022 #481 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Wow! That Prime Rib... 😬A decent vet could have brought that cow back to life. 🐮 😉 Loving sailing along with you as always. We have visited Nova Scotia many times and would normally have been heading off soon but direct flights are stopping earlier this year and so we would miss out on seeing the fall colour.🍁😞 Anyway, I thought I would recommend visiting some of the wineries in Wolfville, if you get the chance. They have their own appellation, Tidal Bay. We certainly enjoyed our tastings.🍷 😜 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted August 10, 2022 #482 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said: I prefer the ones without meringue but it didn't stop me from having two. One waitress said she was the same and just scrapes it off. They are just the perfect one bite and so tart. I love those lemon tarts too! One bite and gone!😁 Thoroughly enjoying this! Anyway after the comments on the yellow jacket, now I am confused which one is Jim and which one is Ian? Jim is the mischievious looking one? And Ian is the taller one with glasses? Am I right? or is it too early in the morning🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola2013 Posted August 10, 2022 #483 Share Posted August 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Arzeena said: I love those lemon tarts too! One bite and gone!😁 Thoroughly enjoying this! Anyway after the comments on the yellow jacket, now I am confused which one is Jim and which one is Ian? Jim is the mischievious looking one? And Ian is the taller one with glasses? Am I right? or is it too early in the morning🤣 Jim is the handsome one...and Iain is the other handsome one! 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted August 10, 2022 #484 Share Posted August 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, lola2013 said: Jim is the handsome one...and Iain is the other handsome one! More confusion!!!! LOL!!!!😁🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola2013 Posted August 10, 2022 #485 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Arzeena said: More confusion!!!! LOL!!!!😁🤣 Jim is the taller of the two and the storyteller.😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeorgiaPeach51 Posted August 10, 2022 #486 Share Posted August 10, 2022 @Anita Latte and Others, Here is the most recent update, with your suggestion added. Georges Simenon Series Gideon Oliver -Aaron Elkins series Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series Any books by Josephine Tey Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries! JD Robb books and Robert B Parker The Scarapetta series by Patricia Cornwell MC Beaton books Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series. Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. Any books by Tana French Any books by P. D. James. Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS. Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson. (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland) Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. Also non-series books. Brad Thor JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the Cormoran Strike series. Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series. Helen Fields -- the Perfect series. Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series James Crumley —should be read in order Winston Graham—Poldark series Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series. Fox and Hare series. Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂 Ian Rankin’s Rebus series Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series Nevada Barr’s National Parks series Anything by Anne Cleeves Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era (and if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out theAmelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters) Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. 4 books. The Longmire books by Craig Johnson. Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix. David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal) Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series Any books by Harlan Coben Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility” Danelle Harmon Series Caleb Carr - The Alienist. Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series. Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough Ruth Ware Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series. #61 just published. Tess Gerritson Lisa Scottoline. Michael Connelly Bosch books Lee Child Reacher series James Lee Burke Robicheaux Patricia Cornell Scarpetta books Jonathan Kellerman Delaware books Greg Iles Jeffrey Deaver Lincoln Rhymes series Nelson DeMille John Grisham Scott Turow Pat Conroy...more family drama than mystery The Outlander series Brad Meltzer Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger series The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (same author) I just finished American Dirt and loved it so much I bought two more of her books. Iris Johansen (EveDuncan series, and others). Colin Dexter Inspector Morse series David Baldacci—Amos Decker, Atlee Pine and John Puller series JA Jance Karen Rose Carol Goodman, The Stranger Behind You, plus other books. Contemporary suspenseful fiction. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted August 10, 2022 #487 Share Posted August 10, 2022 This lovely person who is aged to perfection. Jim or Ian? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sarah1974 Posted August 10, 2022 #488 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Found this review earlier today and finished catching up on all 20 pages! have a fab time, looking forward to hearing more and seeing your pics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola2013 Posted August 10, 2022 #489 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Arzeena said: This lovely person who is aged to perfection. Jim or Ian? Iain. Sorry...just having a little fun this morning. Edited August 10, 2022 by lola2013 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeorgiaPeach51 Posted August 10, 2022 #490 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Oops, went back to read posts I’ve missed and realized that I didn’t include Jim’s latest recommendations. I didn’t get a message to look at a new post. If you have suggestions for books, please try to tag me @GeorgiaPeach51 and make sure it shows as a blue link. That way, I won’t miss your suggestions. 😍😍 Georges Simenon Series Gideon Oliver -Aaron Elkins series Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series Any books by Josephine Tey Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries! JD Robb books and Robert B Parker The Scarapetta series by Patricia Cornwell MC Beaton books Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series. Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. Any books by Tana French Any books by P. D. James. Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS. Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson. (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland) Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. Also non-series books. Brad Thor JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the Cormoran Strike series. Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series. Helen Fields -- the Perfect series. Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series, Grant Country Line series. Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series James Crumley —should be read in order Winston Graham—Poldark series Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series. Fox and Hare series. Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂 Ian Rankin’s Rebus series Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series Nevada Barr’s National Parks series Anything by Anne Cleeves Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era (and if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out theAmelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters) Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. 4 books. The Longmire books by Craig Johnson. Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix. David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal) Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series Any books by Harlan Coben Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility” Danelle Harmon Series Caleb Carr - The Alienist. Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series. Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough Ruth Ware Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series. #61 just published. Tess Gerritson Lisa Scottoline. Michael Connelly Bosch books Lee Child Reacher series James Lee Burke Robicheaux Patricia Cornell Scarpetta books, Andy Brazil series Jonathan Kellerman Delaware books Greg Iles Jeffrey Deaver Lincoln Rhymes series Nelson DeMille John Grisham Scott Turow Pat Conroy...more family drama than mystery The Outlander series Brad Meltzer Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger series The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (same author) I just finished American Dirt and loved it so much I bought two more of her books. Iris Johansen (EveDuncan series, and others). Colin Dexter Inspector Morse series David Baldacci—Amos Decker, Atlee Pine and John Puller series JA Jance Karen Rose Carol Goodman, The Stranger Behind You, plus multiple other books. Contemporary suspenseful fiction. Chris Carter - Robert Hunter Series - I just started #5 One by One Jefferson Bass - Body Farm Series - Based on the Body Farm at UT Knoxville. Joe R. Lansdale - Hap and Leonard - probably one of the most politically incorrect novel you will ever read - two Red Necks as they take justice into their own hands. Keeps me in stitches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venicecruiser Posted August 10, 2022 #491 Share Posted August 10, 2022 As usual, great photos! Very much enjoying your report. Claudia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpark895 Posted August 10, 2022 #492 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Jim, have you tried/been able to get an affogato at cafe al bacio yet? I forgot when I was last on the Summit, and am hoping to get one in September. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCruiser97 Posted August 10, 2022 #493 Share Posted August 10, 2022 7 hours ago, Scottishclover said: Really enjoying your posts so far. I love your photos of Halifax. You have a good eye and always photograph a nice variety of local life. Just off the Apex, my first Celebrity cruise, and when faced with the choice of cakes at Cafe al Bacio, I went with the lemon tart on your recommendation😋Thanks for the tip! My favorite. Cafe al Bacio lemon tarts are so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkismom Posted August 10, 2022 #494 Share Posted August 10, 2022 GeorgiaPeach--oh dear, I've copied/pasted your book list--don't think I'll live long enough to read all of them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 10, 2022 Author #495 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Passenger count. Passengers 2,060 Zenith’s. 16 B2B. 226 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 10, 2022 Author #496 Share Posted August 10, 2022 58 minutes ago, kpark895 said: Jim, have you tried/been able to get an affogato at cafe al bacio yet? I forgot when I was last on the Summit, and am hoping to get one in September. Not yet. Noticed no longer on menu but will ask when next there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dleighb Posted August 10, 2022 #497 Share Posted August 10, 2022 We are on the same ship, but being non-elite in the "cheap seats", a nightmare experience getting to Newark (not the cruise's fault), and packing for a cold three weeks, I think we are having a slightly different experience. Not bad necessarily, but not quite as amazing. 🙂 Let me sum up (in hindsight, the summary got a bit long). We were among those with messed up drink packages and stood in that line. Not a huge deal. MDR We've definitely seen this is a new crew. By last night, we could also see a lot of improvement in our MDR staff, so I think it is a matter of getting them all used to working with each other and getting into the swing of things. Back to the Prime Rib comment from above, we are ordering up. The first night, I ordered medium rare (as is proper for all red meat), and that sucker was definitely in the "stick a bandaid on it and send it back out to graze" category. We said something to our Maitre D, and he told us to order a step up in the dining room. It feels very wrong to be ordering Medium instead of Medium Rare, but it seems to be working. We are a little curious about the "How to Grill a Steak" seminar today. Are they going to teach it the Summit Way or the right way? Granted, we're from Texas. We're very serious about our meat! BARS The drinkers in the group have not been having great success. Out of stock on many of the things they want to try. We also are having a difficult time finding a bartender who can do actual mixology on cocktails. We have had that on past cruises. For example, if I say I want a sweet, fruity cocktail, they give me a blank stare. If I don't know the name of it, forget it. And even if I do, it is likely they won't have have the stock that they used to. But there are still drinks on board, and our group is still happily enjoying them, so it's not like anyone is going to go into detox or anything from lack of alcohol! CABIN We are in Concierge Class, and no real issues with the cabin. It is quite lovely. Storage space has been nice. Decent room to move around and the shower is adequate size for a ship. I have definitely squeezed myself into smaller! Our attendant is significantly better than our last attendant on our AUS/NZ cruise pre-covid, and he has been stellar so far. (Granted, that wouldn't take much as on that cruise, we put our DND on the door for most of the trip just to keep him out of our room.) BUFFET We're getting the lay of the land for the buffet. Everything seemed all over the place, and we couldn't really find anything. Today as we were leaving we saw the map of the stations at the entrance before the hand washing station (which I really dig). That would have been helpful for us to have noticed previously, but now we know where it is and have taken a photo to study, we will be better prepared for the rest of the trip. The garlic fish yesterday for lunch was one of the best things I've eaten on the ship. Not overcooked, flavorful. If that shows up again, I'm getting a larger plate. We found the "afternoon tea" in the Oceanview cafe too. But it's not all together. The sandwiches are at one station, the scones at another, the desserts at another, and naturally, the tea is the standard Bigelow options unless you go to Cafe Al Bacio first. Still. quite nice, and the scones are tasty. Jim/Iain, on Monday, I was still so worn out from our Saturday travel debacle, that I didn't do my normal photo tour of the ship. I see from your photos and grey clouds today, that I chose poorly. Your photos are great. Also, you did the same tour that we did in Halifax (now I know to look out for that green jacket), but being from the flat plains of Texas, the humidity was killing me by the top of that Citadel climb! Looking at your photos, I see several that I should have gotten for my scrapbook, but we were so done by the time we hit the boardwalk, we just headed back to the ship. I think I need to hang with you so I can get true scrapbook worthy photos! 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wink87 Posted August 10, 2022 #498 Share Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Arzeena said: This lovely person who is aged to perfection. Jim or Ian? This is Lain. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 5:00_Somewhere Posted August 10, 2022 #499 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said: Not yet. Noticed no longer on menu but will ask when next there FWIW, the affogato wasn't actually on the menu when a Cafe al Bacio barista first recommended it to us on the Summit a year ago, and again on the Reflection last March. They said, just ask. 😉 Edited August 10, 2022 by 5:00_Somewhere 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az4ship Posted August 10, 2022 #500 Share Posted August 10, 2022 3 hours ago, GeorgiaPeach51 said: @Anita Latte and Others, Here is the most recent update, with your suggestion added. Georges Simenon Series Gideon Oliver -Aaron Elkins series Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series Any books by Josephine Tey Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries! JD Robb books and Robert B Parker The Scarapetta series by Patricia Cornwell MC Beaton books Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series. Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. Any books by Tana French Any books by P. D. James. Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS. Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson. (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland) Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. Also non-series books. Brad Thor JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the Cormoran Strike series. Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series. Helen Fields -- the Perfect series. Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series James Crumley —should be read in order Winston Graham—Poldark series Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series. Fox and Hare series. Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂 Ian Rankin’s Rebus series Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series Nevada Barr’s National Parks series Anything by Anne Cleeves Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era (and if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out theAmelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters) Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. 4 books. The Longmire books by Craig Johnson. Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix. David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal) Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series Any books by Harlan Coben Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility” Danelle Harmon Series Caleb Carr - The Alienist. Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series. Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough Ruth Ware Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series. #61 just published. Tess Gerritson Lisa Scottoline. Michael Connelly Bosch books Lee Child Reacher series James Lee Burke Robicheaux Patricia Cornell Scarpetta books Jonathan Kellerman Delaware books Greg Iles Jeffrey Deaver Lincoln Rhymes series Nelson DeMille John Grisham Scott Turow Pat Conroy...more family drama than mystery The Outlander series Brad Meltzer Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger series The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (same author) I just finished American Dirt and loved it so much I bought two more of her books. Iris Johansen (EveDuncan series, and others). Colin Dexter Inspector Morse series David Baldacci—Amos Decker, Atlee Pine and John Puller series JA Jance Karen Rose Carol Goodman, The Stranger Behind You, plus other books. Contemporary suspenseful fiction. I would add Robert Dugnoi, the Tracey Crosswhite series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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