The Fleet Report and Daily for Monday May 29th, 2023

[richwmn]

 

Memorial Day

Today is Learn About Composting Day, National 529 Day, and International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
 

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? - Lily Tomlin

Meal Suggestion for today - Spinach-Feta Chicken Penne
Drink of the Day - Sauza Peach Margarita
Wine of the Day - Frescobaldi Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva, Tuscany, Italy
Destination of the Day - Puerto Montt, Chile

Today in History:
1953 Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition

Ship Locations
 

Eurodam

Juneau, Alaska 1300-2200
 

Koningsdam

Tracy Arm/Endicott Arm/Juneau, Alaska 0900-0930
 

Nieuw Amsterdam

Hubbard Glacier, Alaska 1500-1800
 

Nieuw Statendam

At Sea destination Eidfjord, Norwary eta 5/29
 

Noordam

At Sea destination Ketchikan, Alaska eta 30 May
 

Oosterdam

Valencia, Spain 0700-1800
 

Rotterdam

Oslo, Norway 0800-1600
 

Volendam

Ketchikan, Alaska 1100-1900
 

Westerdam

At Sea destination Juneau, Alaska eta 30 May
 

Zaandam

Halifax, Nova Scotia 0900-1800
 

Zuiderdam

At Sea destination Portland, England eta 30 May
 

 

 

[portofrome]

Thank you for the Fleet Report.

[dobiemom]

[rafinmd]

Thank you Rich, Eva, Tina, Dixie, and Ann.  Wishing those from the US a safe observance of the sacrifices made by those who gave that last full measure of devotion.  Not sure if those outside the US are familiar but a 529 is a savings plan where families can set aside money for their childrens' college to grow tax deferred until the children reach the appropriate age.  I will salute all peacekeepers but do not generate enough compostable matter to make it worthwhile.  Hilary and his team were true heroes.  I've been to Puerto Montt twice, Crystal Symphony in 2016 and Zaandam in 2017.  I'm having a bit of trouble with the Tomlin quote.  I like the chicken but will pass on the Spanish-Feta.  My alternative is Papaya with Rainbow of Fruit, and Tournedos Rossini as served on MS Prinsendam May 29, 2015.

 

Roy

[grapau27]

Thank you for today's daily reports.

Happy memorial Day 

Food sounds good.

Never been to today's port so photos will be appreciated.

It's a bank holiday here in England so we are sitting looking out to sea eating tasty wraps that Pauline made.

I hope everyone has a great day.

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks for the info ..

[superoma]

Monday May 29 care and celebration list

 

57redbird’s cousin with gioplastoma, prayers for peaceful passing and family comfort

Crabby Patti caring for DF  who is no longer ambulatory

Cunnorl recovering from surgery 

Heartgrove concerned for Sam

NextOne with new afib concerns

St. Louis cruisers with a health scare

Marshhawk with Covid after cruise

 

 

Wildfire and tornado victims

Too many shooting victims every day

Citizens of Ukraine and the Sudan 

From the rotation:

 

Status of St. Louis Sal(6/29/22) and JAM37 (6/20/22)

Status of irishjim (10/31/22)

StLouisCruiser’s DB with pulmonary fibrosis

Tana’s pulmonary issues

 

 Celebrations

 

Tana, celebrating small wellness victories as they

Rafinmd fleshing out September and November cruises

Cruising-along good nephrologist appointment 

Luvteaching’s dh making good progress 

Dailyites pitching in with port information for cruzin terri

Celebrating our great group of people on this thread!

 

 

Many Dailyites cruising or with upcoming cruises

 

6 days for Suslor (eurodam June 3 to 10)

 

Oceansaway17 (Disney fantasy  to June 3)

DeniseT (n. Amsterdam to June 4)

 

[0106]

To honor our country’s fallen heros, 1000 service men and women placed over 267,000 flags at Arlington National Cemetery.

From the St. Crispin’s Day speech: Henry V Shakespeare 

               If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
    To do our country loss; and if to live
    The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
    God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

I am looking forward the pictures of Puerto Montt, always my favorite part of the Daily.  The Oosterdam and I will be there in February.

Positive thoughts to those that need them.  Cheers to those celebrating and cruising.

And now for our Meal of the Day:  Spinach Feta Chicken Penne

An easy recipe from a Taste of Home: Spinach-Feta Chicken Penne  I like the use of whole wheat pasta.  I would probably use sun dried tomatoes to add extra flavor.  The feta is sprinkled on top so if you don’t like feta, substitute your favorite cheese.

 

This Baked Feta Chicken Pasta  was inspired by the Tik Tok recipe I shared with you a few months ago.  The addition of chicken adds more protein to the meal.

 

Greek Penne and Chicken  includes artichoke hearts; I’d use marinated ones and add some black olives too.  You could easily use leftover or rotisserie chicken for this recipe.

 

Spinach Feta Chicken Pasta Salad combines baby spinach, miniature bowtie pasta, rotisserie chicken, cherry tomatoes, and toasted almonds to make a satiating and hearty salad. It is drizzled with a citrus vinaigrette.  Perfect for a picnic.

 

[grapau27]

[dfish]

Good morning, everyone!

 

We have a chilly start to a beautiful day here in mid-Michigan.  Currently, it is 49F with an expected high of 82F accompanied by abundant sunshine.  We do need rain and there really aren't any good possibilities in the foreseeable future.  

 

I dreamt last night of choosing colors for painting our house.  We are set with dark green for the body of the house and a rich, chocolate brown for the trim and some accent.  We are thinking of a burnt orange for the front door and the trim around the roof.  Or maybe fuschia.  Or maybe a butter yellow.  Or maybe teal.  It was a busy dream, testing out the colors and having the neighbors over to give their opinions. 

 

We have nothing on the agenda today.  I'm going to try a little longer walk.  Yesterday's did me a world of good.  Wishing you all a wonderful day.

[StLouisCruisers]

Good morning friends and Happy Memorial Day!   Let us never forget those who gave their lives to serve our country.  Thank you Rich @richwmn for this edition of the Fleet Report and Daily.  I'm sure composting is important but we have no need to do that nor many scraps to put into it.  I have definitely heard of 529 accounts and am sure that is helping to pay for college expenses in this household.  And a salute to the Day of United Nations Peacekeepers!  🤝  What a feat and honor to be the first British expedition to top Mt. Everest. 🏔️

 

I'll have to have a look at the chicken dish, margarita and chianti.  Maybe then I would try them.  Well except the red wine.🍷  Thanks to Tina @0106, Dixie @summer slope and Ann @cat shepard for checking into them.  Actually the chicken doesn't look too bad.  I might try it.  Thank you Eva @superoma for doing the Care and Celebration lists for us again today.  I'm hoping Vanessa @JazzyV was able to stay awake during her layover in Atlanta and got home safe and sound overnight.  Sleep away Vanessa!  We will see you on the Daily when you feel up to it.  And Welcome Home!!  Prayers for our Care list people.🙏  I'm praying for improvement in everyone's health and situation.  Congratulations to everyone celebrating cruises or happy events in their lives.  I think this will be our last day up here in Ann Arbor where it is now 55F, sunny and a high of 87 expected!  It really doesn't get that hot up here but today is going to be an exception.  By the way yesterday was sunny after all.  The weather man/woman was wrong.  This is the best stretch of weather we've seen up here in a long time.  Looks like a good week ahead for them as well, weatherwise.  That means Lenda @Quartzsite Cruiser we will be in the car tomorrow morning so could you find the link and photos for everyone?    Thank you!

 

Puerto Montt, Chile was a port on our Seabourn Antarctica cruise starting in December 2016 and our Princess Antarctica cruise in January 2020 just before Covid hit.  We had a CC tour on Seabourn so saw the sights, which I will share with you.  The port was last port of the day on March 9, 2022. Here's the link:

 

 

Here are my photos from 2016 on Seabourn Quest.

 

It was Dec. 21, 2016 when our ship approached Puerto Montt, Chile.  Our first sight, a church and cross up on a hill.

 

We had a private tour with a CC group so set off on our tender for shore.  Captain D.D. wanted to see some of the sights too apparently because there he was on our early tender.

 

We met our tour guide Patricia and then headed to a downtown spot where she began discussing the devastation caused by the 2015 eruption of a nearby volcano Calbuco.  Our stopping spot.

 

 

 

Photos of the eruption

 

Then we drove to an overlook to see the far reaches of the city.

 

 

The Seabourn Quest at anchor right offshore.

 

Some fuel prices per liter.  I hope our gallons don't see numbers starting in the 7 or 8's soon!  I'm sure this is Chilean pesos, thank goodness.

 

We headed out into the countryside and spotted another major volcano, Osorno with a beautiful snow capped peak.

 

 

We stopped at a llama ranch with a view of both volcanoes across the lake.

 

 

We admired the llamas a while then one last look at the volcano closest to us.

 

We entered Vicente Perez Rosales National Park which features the Petrohue Waterfall.

 

 

 

 

The park included some spots to shop for souvenirs but we didn't buy any.  On we drove by Llanquihue Lake and headed halfway up Orsono Volcano for our next stop.

 

 

This was halfway up the volcano.  We stopped and had lunch here.

 

Pretty desolate up here.  It's actually a ski lift here but all we could see this time of year was volcanic rock, not snow.

 

After lunch, we headed back down past the beautiful lake to the Green Lagoon.

 

 

 

We headed for the town of Puerto Varas with lots more viewings of the volcanic peaks.

 

Puerto Varas is very picturesque and is called "The City of Roses".  It is popular with the tourists.

 

 

 

The shoppers were excited to see tents with booths set up for them.

 

The town is located on the banks of Lake Llanquihue.

 

 

 

 

Heading back to Puerto Montt

 

Back on the tender, looks like our entertainment is riding back with us.

 

I'm sure we enjoyed that evening's entertainment!  It was a good tour in Puerto Montt and if you can book a private excursion you'll see a lot more of the area.

 

Have a great and meaningful Memorial Day my friends!

[cat shepard]

 

 

Thank you for today’s R &/D, Rich! An early post for me. Gathering for a service at my community clubhouse. We have several Gold Star families in my neighborhood. Then some of us will go eat breakfast.
 

 

 

 

Preferably with wine in it…

 

 

 

Prayers for all who need our support. Cheers to all who are celebrating!  Get well & stay well everyone!

 

********

Frescobaldi Nipozzano 2019 Chianti Rufina Riserva, Tuscany, Italy

I used the 2019 vintage info since it seems to be available EVERYWHERE! What a nice change. You might find it cheaper locally, but there are numerous online distributors with prices starting at $13.99.

 

Winemaker Notes

Nipozzano 2019 has a vibrant ruby-red colour. The nose presents fruity hints of berries and black cherry, as well as elegant floral notes. The fresh quality provided by the balsamic notes is simply wonderful. These are followed by roasted and spiced notes of pepper, nutmeg and coffee. On the palate, the wine is rich, characterised by the elegant density of the grapes and the mineral freshness of the finish that make it balanced and persistent. The tannins are dense but not abrasive. The taste and smell correspond beautifully.

JS92 James Suckling

A fruity and bright Nipozzano with currant and cherry aromas and flavors. Juicy and vivid, with some fine tannins. Linear and bright. Lovely energy.

[grapau27]

3 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said:

Good morning friends and Happy Memorial Day!   Let us never forget those who gave their lives to serve our country.  Thank you Rich @richwmn for this edition of the Fleet Report and Daily.  I'm sure composting is important but we have no need to do that nor many scraps to put into it.  I have definitely heard of 529 accounts and am sure that is helping to pay for college expenses in this household.  And a salute to the Day of United Nations Peacekeepers!  🤝  What a feat and honor to be the first British expedition to top Mt. Everest. 🏔️

 

I'll have to have a look at the chicken dish, margarita and chianti.  Maybe then I would try them.  Well except the red wine.🍷  Thanks to Tina @0106, Dixie @summer slope and Ann @cat shepard for checking into them.  Actually the chicken doesn't look too bad.  I might try it.  Thank you Eva @superoma for doing the Care and Celebration lists for us again today.  I'm hoping Vanessa @JazzyV was able to stay awake during her layover in Atlanta and got home safe and sound overnight.  Sleep away Vanessa!  We will see you on the Daily when you feel up to it.  And Welcome Home!!  Prayers for our Care list people.🙏  I'm praying for improvement in everyone's health and situation.  Congratulations to everyone celebrating cruises or happy events in their lives.  I think this will be our last day up here in Ann Arbor where it is now 55F, sunny and a high of 87 expected!  It really doesn't get that hot up here but today is going to be an exception.  By the way yesterday was sunny after all.  The weather man/woman was wrong.  This is the best stretch of weather we've seen up here in a long time.  Looks like a good week ahead for them as well, weatherwise.  That means Lenda @Quartzsite Cruiser we will be in the car tomorrow morning so could you find the link and photos for everyone?    Thank you!

 

Puerto Montt, Chile was a port on our Seabourn Antarctica cruise starting in December 2016 and our Princess Antarctica cruise in January 2020 just before Covid hit.  We had a CC tour on Seabourn so saw the sights, which I will share with you.  The port was last port of the day on March 9, 2022. Here's the link:

 

 

Here are my photos from 2016 on Seabourn Quest.

 

It was Dec. 21, 2016 when our ship approached Puerto Montt, Chile.  Our first sight, a church and cross up on a hill.

 

We had a private tour with a CC group so set off on our tender for shore.  Captain D.D. wanted to see some of the sights too apparently because there he was on our early tender.

 

We met our tour guide Patricia and then headed to a downtown spot where she began discussing the devastation caused by the 2015 eruption of a nearby volcano Calbuco.  Our stopping spot.

 

 

 

Photos of the eruption

 

Then we drove to an overlook to see the far reaches of the city.

 

 

The Seabourn Quest at anchor right offshore.

 

Some fuel prices per liter.  I hope our gallons don't see numbers starting in the 7 or 8's soon!  I'm sure this is Chilean pesos, thank goodness.

 

We headed out into the countryside and spotted another major volcano, Osorno with a beautiful snow capped peak.

 

 

We stopped at a llama ranch with a view of both volcanoes across the lake.

 

 

We admired the llamas a while then one last look at the volcano closest to us.

 

We entered Vicente Perez Rosales National Park which features the Petrohue Waterfall.

 

 

 

 

The park included some spots to shop for souvenirs but we didn't buy any.  On we drove by Llanquihue Lake and headed halfway up Orsono Volcano for our next stop.

 

 

This was halfway up the volcano.  We stopped and had lunch here.

 

Pretty desolate up here.  It's actually a ski lift here but all we could see this time of year was volcanic rock, not snow.

 

After lunch, we headed back down past the beautiful lake to the Green Lagoon.

 

 

 

We headed for the town of Puerto Varas with lots more viewings of the volcanic peaks.

 

Puerto Varas is very picturesque and is called "The City of Roses".  It is popular with the tourists.

 

 

 

The shoppers were excited to see tents with booths set up for them.

 

The town is located on the banks of Lake Llanquihue.

 

 

 

 

Heading back to Puerto Montt

 

Back on the tender, looks like our entertainment is riding back with us.

 

I'm sure we enjoyed that evening's entertainment!  It was a good tour in Puerto Montt and if you can book a private excursion you'll see a lot more of the area.

 

Have a great and meaningful Memorial Day my friends!

Lovely photos Sandi @StLouisCruisers.

I hope you have a great day today and safe journey home tomorrow.

[StLouisCruisers]

4 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Lovely photos Sandi @StLouisCruisers.

I hope you have a great day today and safe journey home tomorrow.

 

Thank you Graham!  And I hope you and Pauline have a wonderful and safe week as well!

[cat shepard]

13 minutes ago, dfish said:

Good morning, everyone!

 

We have a chilly start to a beautiful day here in mid-Michigan.  Currently, it is 49F with an expected high of 82F accompanied by abundant sunshine.  We do need rain and there really aren't any good possibilities in the foreseeable future.  

 

I dreamt last night of choosing colors for painting our house.  We are set with dark green for the body of the house and a rich, chocolate brown for the trim and some accent.  We are thinking of a burnt orange for the front door and the trim around the roof.  Or maybe fuschia.  Or maybe a butter yellow.  Or maybe teal.  It was a busy dream, testing out the colors and having the neighbors over to give their opinions. 

 

We have nothing on the agenda today.  I'm going to try a little longer walk.  Yesterday's did me a world of good.  Wishing you all a wonderful day.

 

Also consider a cranberry red door. My neighbors actually did their house in a deep green with a cranberry door and it is striking.

[kazu]

Thanks for our Monday Daily, Rich 🙂 

 

Happy Memorial Day to all our American Daily - ites.  Lest we forget.

 

 

Nice collection of days.  Thank you Roy @rafinmdfor the explanation on 529.  Sounds similar to our RESP (Education Savings Plan), Cheers to our U.N. Peacekeepers. 👍. It’s compost day tomorrow here (every 2 weeks) and my big bin is full along with 4 of the mandatory compostable bags.

 

 

LOL on Lily Tomlin’s quote.  The meal looks good @0106

 

Today is one month from Ivan’s “Gotcha” Day 🙂 

 

 

Horrible wildfire out of control in Nova Scotia.  Evacuations ordered and homes being lost 😔. Prayers for all those affected there and in Alberta and for those who are fighting the fires 🙏🏻 

 

Not sure about the agenda today - hopefully more planting and weeding (need to pack that compost bin LOL) It will be cooler today which should help.  And a call to HAL’s shore excursions to see if I can have any luck booking the Palm Oasis without HMC shore excursions listed.  (We sail in just over 4 months - where’s the excursions?.)

 

 

Poor @cruising sister  is having challenges flying home as well as @JazzyV  Hopefully they can both get home safely and can catch up on their sleep 🤞 

 

Prayers for everyone on the Care list & for those that need them and cheers 🥂 to those celebrating.

 

 

Have a great Monday everyone !!!!

[summer slope]

Happy Memorial Day to the US.  Thank you present and past service people,

Sauza Peach Margarita cocktail:

 

Ingredients
2 parts DeKuyper® Peachtree® Schnapps Liqueur
1 part DeKuyper® Triple Sec Liqueur
3 parts Sauza® Silver Tequila
3 parts Sour Mix

Instructions
By the glass: Add ingredients to an ice-filled shaker. Shake and strain into a ice-filled margarita glass. Optional: Garnish with lime wedge &/or salt. By the pitcher: Stir gently in a pitcher and serve in an ice-filled margarita glass. Optional: Garnish with lime wedge &/or salt.

 

[ottahand7]

Good morning.  We recognize those who lost their lives to keep our country free.   🇺🇸.  I think today's wine would be great and also the chicken dishes look wonderful.  I think I will pass on the fruity cocktail.   Thanks for the Daily and Fleet Reports each day Rich.  Eva thank you for keeping pure cares and celebrations list.  Prayers for all needing them and the people of Ukraine.   

John and I were in Puerto Montt in January on the Volendam.  We did a HA tour that was one of our best on the long voyage.  We did a culinary trip with a former Michelin starred chef who left Santiago and opened a restaurant in the Lake District.   We started out at a Farmer's Market choosing the food and the heading to his restaurant for our group to prepare the meal.  There was also almost unlimited tasty wine from the chef's vineyards.  It was also a great way to meet some shipmates early in our long voyage. 

[Heartgrove]

Thank you Rich, thank you Tina, thank you Eva, thank you Ann, and thank you Dixie for all your work. And thank you everyone for being here!

 

Stay Safe!

 

- Jack

[RedneckBob]

1 hour ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said:

Thanks for the info ..

Always short and concise!

[RedneckBob]

1 hour ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said:

Thanks for the info ..

Always short and concise! 👍

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today rather than a sunrise, exactly 1 year ago today.  At the time I was on Adventure of the Seas, just having departed Halifax:

 

 

Roy

[RedneckBob]

Thanks for the Fleet Update and General Info.

 

I thought a few days ago it was limerick day. Now I got to compost another song.

And this 529 day; save for college. Back when I attended a school of higher learning collecting old coke bottles daily and returning for refunds could get your school paid for. Well, maybe the books.

[Mr. Boston]

Good morning everyone, happy Memorial Day. Thank you to everyone that given the supreme sacrifice for our freedom.  I’d like to learn about composting.  529s and UN peacekeepers serve noble purposes.  The quote is so Lily Tomlin.  I’ll pass on the meal as we are going to a Mexican restaurant with DBIL for dinner so maybe the drink?  I haven’t been to today’s port but am enjoying the photos very much.  Prayers for everyone on our list.  Cheers to everyone celebrating happy events, like barbecues.  @dfish I vote for the burnt orange. 

[smitty34877]

Good morning. We have another nice day here with sunny skies and 60 degrees going up to 75.

I am happy to report that we were able to eat outside last night with the whole family.We enjoyed the beautiful  weather,good food and each other until smoke from several firepits in the neighborhood  started to bother Tana. We invited our neighbors  for dessert and coffee.It was the least we could do to thank them for all of their help.

 

I hope @marshhawk,Annie is doing a little better today.

I also hope @JazzyV,  Vanessa got home alright.

DH and I remember  arriving in Atlanta in a stupor and then dealing with immigration  and the airport subway after a flight from Amsterdam.We had left our car at the NY Airport and eventually  made it home. We were younger then!