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Good for you, getting in a swim. I know what you mean about losing ground if you only take it easy on a trip.
Does seem it would make sense to check the functionality of the various parts of the Persian Garden before opening.
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Look at all those benedicts! I would have never guessed. Very cool.
Good for you getting your swimming in. It's so very difficult to keep up with exercising on vacations. I'm truly terrible at it - and then pay for it upon returning. So, great job!
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Glad you were able to get a kettle for your morning tea. I always feel a bit more "civilized" if I've had a cup of coffee before I have to face the world, vacation or no vacation.
It's the same with us and tea!
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Good job sticking with the exercise routine. Not always easy to do when on vacation--I admire your determination !
Gosh... if only... I don't think I've done my proper exercise regime since then and now we're six weeks on. When we got home, I thought I had sinus, got treated for that and it cleared up, then came back. Now they think it's neuralgia. I reacted badly to the meds they put me on to deal with that and coupled with extremely hot weather, which wears me out and leaves it hard to sleep (neither good for my chronic fatigue). I am getting better, but nowhere near enough to get back to exercise yet...
Does seem it would make sense to check the functionality of the various parts of the Persian Garden before opening.
It does make sense, but sadly it seemed as if they didn't stick to that, as we had a few examples of going in there in the morning and things not working.
Gosh... if only... I don't think I've done my proper exercise regime since then and now we're six weeks on. When we got home, I thought I had sinus, got treated for that and it cleared up, then came back. Now they think it's neuralgia. I reacted badly to the meds they put me on to deal with that and coupled with extremely hot weather, which wears me out and leaves it hard to sleep (neither good for my chronic fatigue). I am getting better, but nowhere near enough to get back to exercise yet...
Taking some time off to treat an underlying medical issue is the sensible thing to do, imo. Pushing yourself when you aren't well isn't smart (yes'm, that IS personal experience I'm speaking from.) And the weather has been too beastly hot to do much anyway. Just concentrate on getting better, as the pool will be there when you're ready!
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Taking some time off to treat an underlying medical issue is the sensible thing to do, imo. Pushing yourself when you aren't well isn't smart (yes'm, that IS personal experience I'm speaking from.) And the weather has been too beastly hot to do much anyway. Just concentrate on getting better, as the pool will be there when you're ready!
I know it will and I am getting better - having temperatures more in the 70s (we were in the mid 90s last week ) is a huge improvement and thankfully it's cooler at night. Trying to sleep in the heat has been a nightmare the last week or so.
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Nice surprise in your room with the tea kettle! Too funny at breakfast with all those variations of Eggs Benedict! Seems like the entire European Union was represented plus Mexico! Too bad with the continued problems at the Persian Garden! At least you still got to enjoy a lot in the Solarium!
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Nice surprise in your room with the tea kettle! Too funny at breakfast with all those variations of Eggs Benedict! Seems like the entire European Union was represented plus Mexico!
The breakfast buffet looks delicious and extensive. Persian Garden isn't really impressing at this point. Too bad!
It was a very nice place, but you're right, it didn't overly impress with all the various problems they had in there during the course of the cruise, which was a shame.
Wednesday 8 June – part two: we’re here for the crepes!
About 12:30pm, we headed down to deck 5 for lunch, and this is what we found – a keep fit class in the lobby:
There was absolutely no way that you would ever catch me doing something like this in public. I don’t mind people seeing me swimming, but I guess it’s no different. It certainly shattered the quiet and peaceful atmosphere, and I did say to Mark it’s almost like you have to check the daily schedule to see what’s happening where, as a lot of things impact on other areas, they’re so loud.
We were heading for this place…
It’s got a $10/person cover charge as it’s a creperie, and I fancied trying it for lunch. When we arrived, there were literally two other couples there, and that was it, but the longer we stayed, the more the place filled up. We got a waterside table, which was nice:
We had our Croatian server from the Tuscan Grille as our server, and he was lovely, and we were happily chatting away, but then it got really weird. Before we got our entrees, he disappeared, and we never saw him again the whole of the meal. It was such a shame, as he was lovely, and no-one said to us that he’d gone off shift or anything like that. It took the shine off the meal for us.
While we were sitting there, there was also a wedding. Last night, in the Sky Lounge, Mark had volunteered to take a photo of a group, and he realised it was them. So at least he can say he was part of the wedding party – sort of!
Although we were here for the crepes, there was plenty of other items on the menu, so we decided we might as well fill up, given that dinner probably wouldn’t be until later on, as we were going to try the Moonlight Sonata main restaurant this evening, and the note in our room talked about it being quieter to dine there after 8:15pm.
We both ordered burgers, after a very lengthy discussion about whether or not the veggie burger contained Quorn. Our server had never heard of it, but made a note of it, so he could Google it, and find out all about it later. He asked the chef, who said but as he said, the chef looked as blank as he did, when he heard the name. Fingers crossed it would be Ok.
We were warned the burgers are cooked from scratch, so it would be about 20 minutes, and we were asked if we wanted anything to start with. As the soup of the day was cream of corn (not Quorn, as our server joked! ), I went for that, and it was very good.
Mark asked for a Caesar salad, and ended up being presented with this monster:
Basically they just provided him with the main course version! What made me laugh was that he complained about how big it was, then proceeded to demolish the whole thing!
For main course, I got the mushroom burger “vegetarian”, with grilled Portobello mushroom, arugula (I disposed of most of it, as arugula doesn’t really agree with me ), goat cheese, and red pepper aioli. What they didn’t say was that there was a massive chunk of raw onion on the bottom with the arugula. Thank goodness I spotted that, otherwise that could’ve been unpleasant. I am no fan of that stuff!
Mark got the Bistro’s “signature” burger, which came with comte cheese, caramelised onion relish, tomato marmalade and a brioche bun.
Dessert though was what we’d come here for. We both went for the French crepe with Grand Marnier and candied orange. The crepe was beautifully cooked, although we both commented that we could’ve done with some more sugar, as it was a little tart, and my goodness, you could certainly taste the alcohol.
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I know it will and I am getting better - having temperatures more in the 70s (we were in the mid 90s last week 
) is a huge improvement and thankfully it's cooler at night. Trying to sleep in the heat has been a nightmare the last week or so. 
Too funny at breakfast with all those variations of Eggs Benedict! 
Seems like the entire European Union was represented plus Mexico! Too bad with the continued problems at the Persian Garden! 
Persian Garden isn't really impressing at this point. Too bad! 
I don’t mind people seeing me swimming, but I guess it’s no different. It certainly shattered the quiet and peaceful atmosphere, and I did say to Mark it’s almost like you have to check the daily schedule to see what’s happening where, as a lot of things impact on other areas, they’re so loud. 
What made me laugh was that he complained about how big it was, then proceeded to demolish the whole thing! 
We both went for the French crepe with Grand Marnier and candied orange. The crepe was beautifully cooked, although we both commented that we could’ve done with some more sugar, as it was a little tart, and my goodness, you could certainly taste the alcohol. 
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