Rare richwmn Posted August 6, 2023 #1 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Today is Hiroshima Day, International Blues Music Day, and Farmworker Appreciation Day Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. - Horace Meal Suggestion for today - Vegan Lasagna Drink of the Day - Haku Highball Wine of the Day - Biutiful - Cava Brut 0 Destination of the Day - Gozo Island, Malta, Mgarr Harbour Today in History: 258 Pope St Sixtus II beheaded in Rome under persecutions by Roman Emperor ValerianShip Locations Eurodam At Sea destination Juneau, Alaska eta 07 Aug Koningsdam at sea destination Tracy Arm/Endicott Arm/Juneau, Alaska eta 07 Aug Nieuw Amsterdam Whittier, Alaska 0700-2000 Nieuw Statendam Eidfjord, Norway 1000-1700 Noordam Vancouver, Canada d1600 Oosterdam Trieste, Italy 1300(+1 Rotterdam Reykjavik, Iceland Volendam Glacier Bay, Alaska 0700-1600 Westerdam Seattle, Washington d1500 Zaandam At Sea destination Isafjord, Iceland eta 08 Aug Zuiderdam Lerwick, Shetland Isles 0800-1700 20 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portofrome Posted August 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Thank you for the Fleet Report. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted August 6, 2023 https://youtu.be/MXaBNW3IbDY 7 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Thank you for today's daily reports Rich. Nice church service today. Father Davids sermon is on my previous post. 3 important days today. We have been to Malta several times but not to Gozo island. I hope everyone is safe and well. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfish Posted August 6, 2023 #5 Share Posted August 6, 2023 We are in Prince Christian Sound this morning. 28 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Crazy For Cats Posted August 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Good Morning, thanks for today’s daily fleet report. It’s a beautiful morning here in New England. In a bit I’ll go outside and continue cleaning up the back yard. Weeds are a never ending battle. I’ll pass on today’s meal suggestion and will roast a chicken that I got on sale. I hope everyone has a good day today. 21 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted August 6, 2023 #7 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Good morning friends! We are immersed in the fog here in Prince Christian Sound. The sun is bright though so perhaps it will burn off before the Captain decides we have to move on towards Iceland. I have nice photos taken the last time I was here but that doesn't make me feel any better about it. Fingers crossed the fog lifts very soon! We had an enjoyable dinner in Pinnacle Grill with Debbie and Sue last night. I have a photo on my phone and will try to post it as soon as I can from there. Our time at dinner flew by with lots of good discussion. DH made an appointment to see the Future Cruise Consultant first thing this morning so I don't have time to tarry. I was able to get the links to Mgarr, Malta listings in the past so here they are. Unfortunately there are too many people on the internet this morning and on both dates my photos are not showing up on my screen. So Lenda @Quartzsite Cruiser if you could, would you copy and paste my Mgarr commentary and pictures for me? That is, if they show up for you. Thank you! Mgarr, Gozo Island, Malta was our port on July 2, 2021 and Jan. 30, 2022. Thanks to all for posting here, to Rich @richwmn for starting us out, to Tina @0106 for the food report, to Dixie @summer slope for our cocktails, to Ann @cat shepard for the wine report, and to Vanessa @JazzyV for keeping up the lists each day. Prayers for all in need (so many), and congrats to those celebrating. Have a great day! 31 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted August 6, 2023 #8 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Thank you for today’s R & D, Rich! A lovely morning after a wild afternoon of T-storms, wind & rain. My friends and I did not get any pool time yesterday. But we had a great night of conversation, food & wine! Vanessa, thank you for all you do to keep up with our lives. Tina & Dixie, I love being in the F & B department with you both! Gym, Aldi, Bindi walks, more insurance research and, if lucky, pool time - should keep me busy. Prayers for all who need our support. Cheers to all who are celebrating! Get well & stay well everyone! ************ Biutiful - Cava Brut 0 This sparkling Catalonian Cava sounds lovely & refreshing! And the price is so reasonable it would be a great foundation for a mimosa-like drink with orange or cranberry juice, if you don’t like how it tastes by itself. Widely available with online prices starting at $12.99 Wine Enthusiast - 86 For Brut Nature, this has body and weight to it. The nose delivers dry apple and pear aromas, while the palate is fairly full and round for the style, with apple and lime flavors. A finish with roundness and density confirms this Cava's good quality. Edited August 6, 2023 by cat shepard 27 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted August 6, 2023 #9 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Good morning. Thanks for the Report. A cool, clear morning here. An important day in history as we remember Hiroshima. I like the quote. Looking forward to seeing recipes for today's meal. I'm sure I'll like the drink and the wine. We haven't been to Malta, but someday I'd like to go. Prayers for everyone. I hope there are lots of celebrations. Have a wonderful day. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 6, 2023 #10 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Happy Sunday. Thank you Rich, Vanessa, Tina, Ann, Dixie, and Graham. I especially appreciate Farm Workers, like Blues music, and know Hiroshima had a lot of benefits but was still a tragedy. I have not been to Hiroshima but got to Nagasaki in 2004. This date 1765 years ago was a very sad day. I like the quote but have been to Malta only once, Valetta in 2010. The meal sounds nice. My alternative is Classic Caesar Salad, Chilled Carrot and Orange Soup with Cumin, and Braised Lamb Shank. as served on MS Prinsendam August 6, 2011. But for my January medical issues this morning I would be disembarking Nieuw Amsterdam and heading towards Denali. Instead, I am on AV duty at church. It will be interesting as we have a guest preacher today so we will see how it works. May not get in much of a walk today as I will not leave the house for walking and church until the dryer stops working. Roy 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted August 6, 2023 #11 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Here we are! Debbie, Sue, Dennis and me. Hope this posts properly. 36 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted August 6, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Vegan Lasagna, really? How many of you are actually going to skip the cheese in lasagna? Certainly not me. I quickly searched for today’s recipes. Best Vegan Lasagna uses a healthy red lentil marinara sauce to sub for meat, makes the ricotta out of cashews and tofu and mozzarella out of cashews and tapioca starch. I like it because it doesn’t use processed foods. I’d eat it if someone made it for me. It looks good. Lasagna made with Store Bought Vegan Ingredients would be easier to make but contains highly processed vegan ingredients for the “meat” and “cheese”. 15 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyV Posted August 6, 2023 #13 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Today’s Care list: Cruising sister’s great niece Murphy post-op, lung infection, on ECMO Mamaofami’s DH Sam back in the hospital for brain bleed 1Angelcat’s friend Barb post-surgery for pancreatic cancer NextOne’s friend Denny with a large stroke, and his DW Bonnie All Dailyites going through worries and stress, whether mentioned or not Ill pets – Heartgrove’s Sam. Cruising sister’s Molly Canadian/US/Greek wildfires, storms/flooding, dangerous heat conditions Shooting victims again and again Citizens of Ukraine From the rotation: Crusing-along’s niece Jeannine with MS recurrence RMLincoln’s DH with glaucoma and surgery x 2 Smitty34877’s DH Lou having side effects from chemo Lobsternight’s great nephew with bike crash, multiple fractures, surgery Celebrations and Shoutouts: Happy Birthday Tbay! Bon Voyage Copper10-8! Retirement of Mr. Boston Cruzn single’s move almost complete Catmando to start immunotherapy next week and ok to cruise Kochleffel getting accepted into graduate program and attending the Glimmerglass Opera Festival this weekend Kazu’s Ivan doing better The Daily Gardening Club posting wonderful flower pictures All the contributors to the Fleet Report/Daily Upcoming Cruises or At Sea: AV8rix (Nieuw Amsterdam to Aug 13), Copper10-8 (Nieuw Amsterdam to Aug 13), Dfish (Zaandam to Aug 23), StLouisCruisers (Zaandam to Aug 23) and NextOne (Zuiderdam to Aug 25) 26 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer slope Posted August 6, 2023 #14 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Haku Highball cocktail: Ingredients 1 part Suntory Haku® Vodka 3 parts Chilled Fever-Tree Club Soda Garnish: Lemon Peel Instructions Fill a highball glass to the brim with ice. Add Haku® Vodka and top with chilled soda water. Stir and garnish with a lemon peel. 16 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 6, 2023 #15 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Thanks for our Sunday Daily, Rich and thanks to our F & D department. Looks like I will be trying to follow the advice in today’s quote. I don’t know if I will succeed or not. At least Ivan is good. @Tbay a very happy birthday to you! @Copper10-8 Bon Voyage !! Prayers for everyone on the Care list, those suffering losses, health issues and worries and those that need them. Cheers to all those celebrating and cruising 🥂 have a good Sunday everyone! 31 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Hudson Posted August 6, 2023 #16 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Good morning to everyone. Prayers for all in need. Praying that the needs list will decrease and for positive news about baby Murphy. Weather continues to be somewhat moderate here in PA and I can get more walking in. There was a few weeks there that little walking was done by me — I am not a hot weather person! DH continues with his therapy with mixed results. But he keeps chugging along. We would like to see him a bit more mobile for our next two cruises coming up - 8/17 to Bermuda and Bahamas and 9/14 to Canada and Greenland. Fingers crossed. Off to church and then home to watch baseball (Roy — Baltimore’s Orioles are killing us!). DS making marinated pork chops and stuffing for dinner. I’ve probably mentioned that DS (twin) lives across the street (30 second or less walk). She (Karen) likes cooking a lot more than I do and sometimes I feel like I have a personal chef! Have a great day and stay safe. Katherine 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean sounds Posted August 6, 2023 #17 Share Posted August 6, 2023 40 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said: Here we are! Debbie, Sue, Dennis and me. Hope this posts properly. Wonderful picture! 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted August 6, 2023 #18 Share Posted August 6, 2023 An early good morning from central Texas where it will be hot again today. It is currently 82F and feels like 85F with a 7 mph wind. The wind will help when I take my walk after I finish here. The humidity is 61% with a dew point of 67F, and that should make it more comfortable outside. Our high is predicted to be106F and I don't even want to think what the heat index will be. At least, we'll be comfortable inside. I would not mind having some of the rain that Florida is getting. It is extremely dry in Texas. Hiroshima Day is a good day to remember the horrors of war and how WWII ended. Blues music is another type of music I enjoy in small doses. I appreciate all that farmworkers do for us. The Horace quote is good and one I'll try to remember. No thanks to vegan lasagna. Vegetarian lasagna is okay, but adding meat is good too. We'll skip the drink and the wine. We have been to Gozo twice in 2017 by ferry from Malta, and 2019 when we were able to tender. I'll look for my pictures and Sandi's @StLouisCruisers in a few minutes. The day in history is a sad one of religious intolerance which continues to this day. 1 hour ago, dfish said: We are in Prince Christian Sound this morning. Debbie, I hope the fog lifts so you can enjoy Prince Christian Sound today. 29 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said: Here we are! Debbie, Sue, Dennis and me. Hope this posts properly. Sandi, great picture of the four of you. 16 minutes ago, kazu said: Thanks for our Sunday Daily, Rich and thanks to our F & D department. Looks like I will be trying to follow the advice in today’s quote. I don’t know if I will succeed or not. At least Ivan is good. @Tbay a very happy birthday to you! @Copper10-8 Bon Voyage !! Prayers for everyone on the Care list, those suffering losses, health issues and worries and those that need them. Cheers to all those celebrating and cruising 🥂 have a good Sunday everyone! Jacqui, I'm glad Ivan is good. It looks like his fur is growing back nicely. 2 minutes ago, Lady Hudson said: Good morning to everyone. Prayers for all in need. Praying that the needs list will decrease and for positive news about baby Murphy. Weather continues to be somewhat moderate here in PA and I can get more walking in. There was a few weeks there that little walking was done by me — I am not a hot weather person! DH continues with his therapy with mixed results. But he keeps chugging along. We would like to see him a bit more mobile for our next two cruises coming up - 8/17 to Bermuda and Bahamas and 9/14 to Canada and Greenland. Fingers crossed. Off to church and then home to watch baseball (Roy — Baltimore’s Orioles are killing us!). DS making marinated pork chops and stuffing for dinner. I’ve probably mentioned that DS (twin) lives across the street (30 second or less walk). She (Karen) likes cooking a lot more than I do and sometimes I feel like I have a personal chef! Have a great day and stay safe. Katherine Katherine, I'm glad your DH is making some progress with the physical therapy. @Copper10-8 Bon Voyage and have a great Alaskan cruise. Lenda 16 1 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted August 6, 2023 #19 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) In 2017 we overnighted in Valletta, Malta on Prinsendam, because Captain DD learned it would be too rough to tender in Gozo the next day. In 2019 on Veendam, we were able to tender in Gozo. These first ones are from our visit in 2017. Since we were going to be there overnight, we rented a car and took the ferry to Gozo the first day. The ferry from Malta. A couple of street scenes and our drive around the island. We stopped at the Gran Castello, and spent some time wandering through it. One of the views overlooking the island from the fortress. We were in Gozo in October 2017, after the Azur Window collapsed. This is the after picture. In 2019, the Veendam was able to anchor. That day, we took the Ho-Ho, and saw some different parts ot the island. And I'll leave your with a picture of the Veendam at anchor, ugly stern and all. @StLouisCruisers Sandi, I checked both links to the pictures and your pictures did not load on my computer. I clicked on the enhance link on your post, and I got the message the Shutterfly page was not accessible. Lenda Edited August 6, 2023 by Quartzsite Cruiser 27 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedneckBob Posted August 6, 2023 #20 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, StLouisCruisers said: Here we are! Debbie, Sue, Dennis and me. Hope this posts properly. Also very nice photo. PG looks very elegant. Forgot that I believe there are no windows in the PG on this ship. Was it originally the Italian restaurant, the Marco Polo, and no charge! Edited August 6, 2023 by RedneckBob 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedneckBob Posted August 6, 2023 #21 Share Posted August 6, 2023 1 hour ago, dfish said: We are in Prince Christian Sound this morning. Hope the fog clears in Prince Christian Sund. Stunning views ! 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedneckBob Posted August 6, 2023 #22 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Thanks for the Fleet Update and General Indo from all the contributors. Farmworker Appreciation Day! Shoutout to me! 😀 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 6, 2023 #23 Share Posted August 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, Lady Hudson said: Good morning to everyone. Prayers for all in need. Praying that the needs list will decrease and for positive news about baby Murphy. Weather continues to be somewhat moderate here in PA and I can get more walking in. There was a few weeks there that little walking was done by me — I am not a hot weather person! DH continues with his therapy with mixed results. But he keeps chugging along. We would like to see him a bit more mobile for our next two cruises coming up - 8/17 to Bermuda and Bahamas and 9/14 to Canada and Greenland. Fingers crossed. Off to church and then home to watch baseball (Roy — Baltimore’s Orioles are killing us!). DS making marinated pork chops and stuffing for dinner. I’ve probably mentioned that DS (twin) lives across the street (30 second or less walk). She (Karen) likes cooking a lot more than I do and sometimes I feel like I have a personal chef! Have a great day and stay safe. Katherine Are you a Mets fan? I would have guessed either Orioles or Phillies. Roy 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbay Posted August 6, 2023 #24 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Thank you for the birthday wishes. But my birthday is the 10th. Today is youngest DGS birthday. Big 4 year old. 18 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANGELCAT Posted August 6, 2023 #25 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Good sunny morning. It’s currently 76 and humid, going up to 87 with strong storms this evening and tomorrow. I have not heard anything further on Barb , so I guess no news is good news 🤞🙏 I was a bad pet parent last night, Tux accidentally spent the night locked in the vestibule. Brother heard him crying this morning and opened the door and he ran out. Blessings and prayers to all on our lists. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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