Rare 0106 Posted February 7 Author #151 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Just some quick comments about the food. We are enjoying our dinners in the MDR, table for two by the window. We usually have an appetizer and entree in under an hour. Wonderful servers knows our likes and dislikes and are very accommodating. Happy to see many server assistants are female including ours. She is delightful. Can’t remember ever seeing a female head server in the MDR It was so rough yesterday morning we decided to eat breakfast in the MDR. Seated at a table for two by the window. Juice and a pot of coffee were brought immediately, order was taken, hot food arrived quickly. As dishes crashed around us from the serving stations, we were glad we weren’t trying to maneuver in the Lido. When it was lunch time we walked through the Lido buffet looking for a table, none available. Around the Lido pool area, none available. Why? Because people had staked out seats for viewing the glaciers in the morning and Deception Island in the afternoon and weren’t giving them up so people could eat lunch. What to do? Try the MDR? We made the right decision. It is open every sea day with a different menu from the “fixed” one I have seen on previous ships. Seated immediately, nice variety, served quickly, hot food. What more could you want. As an example, here is today’s MDR lunch menu Edited February 7 by 0106 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted February 7 #152 Share Posted February 7 Deception Island from the Zaandam , on our previous visit Entrance inside the Caldera Volcanic Chinstrap beach Flying Chinstraps 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 7 #153 Share Posted February 7 I believe that's you approaching Esperanza Base. Please confirm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 7 Author #154 Share Posted February 7 Sailing into Hope Bay. Seas are like glass. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 7 Author #155 Share Posted February 7 Argentina village. There are Adele penguins on this iceberg. Captain’s talk this morning to prepare us for the next 2 days. I love all the information he presentsVery good in informative lecture in preparation for Brown Bluff this afternoon and the next two days in Antarctica. We look forward to seeing the whales🐳🐳🐳 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 7 Author #156 Share Posted February 7 4 hours ago, NorbertsNiece said: Esperanza Base Thank you for the maps! The Argentina village I mentioned is the Esperanza Base. Internet is sporadic. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 8 #157 Share Posted February 8 Oh gosh..... you're in for the most fabulous day today. Charlotte Bay is spectacular!! The Lemaire Channel..... portside is the place to be! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 8 Author #158 Share Posted February 8 (edited) Thank you @SeaMeKnot for sharing this wonderful picture of the Adélie penguins swimming yesterday. A picture of our ship taken by a friend on the Seaborne Quest. Look at all the people outside! Edited February 8 by 0106 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 8 Author #159 Share Posted February 8 Yesterday afternoon, Tim Nash presented Key Moments in the Scientific Discovery of Antarctica:Unlocking the Secrets of the Ice House. Very interesting lecture about boring into the ice and discovering the historical climate conditions. A cautious tale of global warming I was able to view the lecture I missed on my cabin TV last night. Georgia Sanson’s Structures in the Snow: A Historical Perspective on Antarctica Architecture I am very happy they have been recorded for later viewing in the cabin. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 8 Author #160 Share Posted February 8 We are slowly moving into Charlotte Bay. I have the bow camera on and can hear the commentary. Whales have been spotted. Time to suit up and go on deck. I’m glad I packed a bag of winter gear. Silk base layer, fleece sweatshirt, waterproof pack coat, scarf, hat, mittens, boots. You need all these layers if you are going to stay outside for any length of time in 34F degrees with a 20 knot wind. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted February 8 #161 Share Posted February 8 @0106 nice to hear the lectures are now available on the TV. I wish they would do that for all of them. Looks like you have a great day ahead; I hope many whales 🐋 come to check you out. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 8 Author #162 Share Posted February 8 Words cannot describes our day in Charlotte Bay, cruising the Lemarie Channel culminating at Cuverville Island. So many whales, now at the gentoo penguin colony and we are still seeing whales. If there is anyway possible for you to go on this cruise, do it! It has been exceeded my wildest dreams. In the words of my new British friend, “I am gobsmacked” 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted February 8 #163 Share Posted February 8 48 minutes ago, 0106 said: Words cannot describes our day in Charlotte Bay, cruising the Lemarie Channel culminating at Cuverville Island. So many whales, now at the gentoo penguin colony and we are still seeing whales. If there is anyway possible for you to go on this cruise, do it! It has been exceeded my wildest dreams. In the words of my new British friend, “I am gobsmacked” That is awesome to hear! So excited to see your pictures. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TravelBluebird Posted February 8 #164 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, 0106 said: If there is anyway possible for you to go on this cruise, do it! It has been exceeded my wildest dreams. In the words of my new British friend, “I am gobsmacked” This is exactly how I felt about the cruise! Someone asked me yesterday if I’d take the same cruise again, and I said ABSOLUTELY! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Btimmer Posted February 8 #165 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, TravelBluebird said: This is exactly how I felt about the cruise! Someone asked me yesterday if I’d take the same cruise again, and I said ABSOLUTELY! Make it three!! Oh, wait, we've done it three times. A fourth might be necessary. . . 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TravelBluebird Posted February 8 #166 Share Posted February 8 Just now, Btimmer said: Make it three!! Oh, wait, we've done it three times. A fourth might be necessary. . . It’s such a unique experience—I’v been on many wonderful cruises, but very few that I’d want to repeat again, like this one! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 9 Author #167 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 3 hours ago, Haljo1935 said: So excited to see your pictures I am only using my cell phone to take pictures so they do not compare with the other traordinary pictures of the previous Oosterdam live threads. I shot a lot of video of the whales; when I get home I will edit it to take out individual photos. I tried to post a 5 second video of a whale breaching but it will not upload. I will leave you this evening with a picture of the sun setting at 9:30. Edited February 9 by 0106 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted February 9 #168 Share Posted February 9 I know some people say the big ship is missing the point of actually being on Antarctica, I am thankful that I went on an expedition ship once when I was younger, but have been back twice for "drive by's" (Crystal Symphony in 2016 and Prinsendam) and felt like I got about 95% of the experience for perhaps half the price, and would love to go again. Roy 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durango Sandy Posted February 9 #169 Share Posted February 9 Roy, I agree. We were fortunate to be on Veendam in 2015/16? and Amsterdam 2020 sail by’s and Viking Expedition Octantis in 2023. We were early in the 2023 season, also went to South Georgia Island ( a “must” for us if doing a boots on the ground expedition). If I had one choice only, one time only, would do sail by. For us on the Veendam, standing on the veranda, snowing on us, Antarctica touched us! Hope to do another sail by someday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NorbertsNiece Posted February 9 #170 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 10 hours ago, TravelBluebird said: This is exactly how I felt about the cruise! Someone asked me yesterday if I’d take the same cruise again, and I said ABSOLUTELY! Me too. Again and again. @0106 I am soooo glad you echo my experience. I find it so difficult to put into words that day. To describe the view, the wildlife, Antarctica. So beautiful and unrivalled. Let me know if you want me to throw up here my video of the penguin colony on the Lemaire channel x Edited February 9 by NorbertsNiece 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted February 9 #171 Share Posted February 9 (edited) This map shows where the Oosterdam is and where they have been in Antarctica just zoom in or out . https://www.cruisemapper.com/?imo=9221281 Edited February 9 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted February 9 Author #172 Share Posted February 9 Good Morning!Maps that have been posted are useful for tracking our progress 😊 If you have photos of penguins or whales from where we were yesterday or will be today, please post. Videos seem to slow down the ability to access CC while in Antartica. We are currently traveling through brash ice. What a unique sound. A humpback has just been spotted in the channel. Time to get out on the bow.🐳 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted February 9 #173 Share Posted February 9 6 minutes ago, 0106 said: Good Morning!Maps that have been posted are useful for tracking our progress 😊 If you have photos of penguins or whales from where we were yesterday or will be today, please post. Videos seem to slow down the ability to access CC while in Antartica. We are currently traveling through brash ice. What a unique sound. A humpback has just been spotted in the channel. Time to get out on the bow.🐳 Wow! Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted February 9 #174 Share Posted February 9 17 minutes ago, 0106 said: Good Morning!Maps that have been posted are useful for tracking our progress 😊 If you have photos of penguins or whales from where we were yesterday or will be today, please post. Videos seem to slow down the ability to access CC while in Antartica. We are currently traveling through brash ice. What a unique sound. A humpback has just been spotted in the channel. Time to get out on the bow.🐳 What a beautiful photo! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted February 9 #175 Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, 0106 said: Good Morning! Stunning! Thanks again for bringing us along - you showing us some amazing sites. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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