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Your meals all looked good and especially the smoked salmon appetizer, which looked absolutely delicious! Glad they were able to correct the situation with your tuna! That was quite bizarre and scary with the tannoy announcements! Obviously, it was a pretty serious situation and glad it worked out!
Some great views from the ship of the beginning of the inside passage as well as the amazing scenery within Tracey Arm Fjord as well as those "ice cubes!"
Your meal at Palo looked incredibly good with so much to chose from! With so many great options, I think it would be tough on the first plateful and would have to keep going back!
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That lemon meringue dessert was one of my favorites, too!
And glad Laurie could concur with me about the sticky buns being a starter. Whenever they're meant to be eaten, glad to hear you did try one!
Whenever I read an Alaskan TR, I am so amazed by how stunning the scenery here is. I can't wait to sail there one day. Bummer that you keep missing the whales, but , Mark!
Oh you would love Alaska and it's probably the most beautiful scenery we've seen anywhere in the world that we've travelled to....
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Your meals all looked good and especially the smoked salmon appetizer, which looked absolutely delicious! Glad they were able to correct the situation with your tuna! That was quite bizarre and scary with the tannoy announcements! Obviously, it was a pretty serious situation and glad it worked out!
So were we!
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Some great views from the ship of the beginning of the inside passage as well as the amazing scenery within Tracey Arm Fjord as well as those "ice cubes!"
Your meal at Palo looked incredibly good with so much to chose from! With so many great options, I think it would be tough on the first plateful and would have to keep going back!
It is tough to choose there, as you're right, there are just so many great things to try.
That lemon meringue dessert was one of my favorites, too!
And glad Laurie could concur with me about the sticky buns being a starter. Whenever they're meant to be eaten, glad to hear you did try one!
Wednesday 2 September – part five: a perfect viewing day
Eventually we decided to head up to deck 10 to see what the view was like from up there. The answer? Pretty darned spectacular!
We did make our way right to the front of the ship, but as you can imagine, this was absolutely mobbed. The wind had dropped right off now, and it was a perfect day, with the narrator explaining that we were seeing some of the mountains for the first time this season, the viewing conditions were so perfect. He also explained it was the first time he’d come down it and there was fresh snow on the mountains, which he called “terminating” if I remember right, as it marks the termination of summer.
He also explained about the native whales, and much to Mark’s disappointment, apparently they don’t go that far up the fjord. Mark thought that, with so many seals at the end of the fjord, they’d go up there to get lunch, but apparently not.
I have to say deck 10 was a mob scene, although we still managed to get some pretty neat photos…
We also got some shots with the official photographer up there, although at that point, there wasn’t much to see, scenery wise anyway…
However, there is no way I can stand for long periods of time, and I told Mark that I’d head back to the room and see him there. I have to confess I didn’t get very far, as I was taking various photos…
Then I came up with an idea, and figured I’d head back to see him to tell him. As I headed back to the front of deck 10, I smelt something familiar, and it turned out to be mulled wine, available in Alaska souvenir cups. Well, surprise, surprise, we ended up getting one each, although we both thought it tasted very different to what we get at home – not as sweet, and more of a taste of cloves and cinnamon, and sadly not as nice. However, we managed to put most of it away, and there was a lot of mulled wine in the souvenir cup – they certainly didn’t skimp on their portions!
My idea had been to head down to deck four, as I figured there would be more places to seat, and it would give us a different perspective, so we headed that way. Although it was busy, it was nowhere near as crazy as deck 10, and although many seats were taken, we found one easily enough. It was remarkably warm down here, and I ended up just sitting out in a T-shirt, as the sun was quite strong. It was all very different to our last visit here when we’d had sleet! It worked perfectly for me, as I could watch the scenery while sitting down, and then just get up whenever I wanted to get a photo.
Next: why is it constantly giving me an error message?
Ok W-O-W. You must've have the PERFECT day weather-wise for Tracy Arm Fjord! Those photos are absolutely stunning Now I know we HAVE to go on that cruise eventually!
Ok W-O-W. You must've have the PERFECT day weather-wise for Tracy Arm Fjord! Those photos are absolutely stunning Now I know we HAVE to go on that cruise eventually!
It was perfect weather and 100 times better than the last time we did it. I cannot recommend an Alaskan cruise enough to you - it is such an amazing experience.
I have to say that the food looked delicious at Palo and what beautiful views from the restaurant! The dessert looked so scrumptious and such a wonderful variety to choose from Your pictures from Deck 10 and 4 are simply breathtaking and how great that the weather was so beautiful I'm really enjoying all your pictures!
I have to say that the food looked delicious at Palo and what beautiful views from the restaurant! The dessert looked so scrumptious and such a wonderful variety to choose from Your pictures from Deck 10 and 4 are simply breathtaking and how great that the weather was so beautiful I'm really enjoying all your pictures!
I am in awe of how great your weather was going through Tracy Arm! I also think we have some of the same waterfall pictures, just with a lot more sun and blue sky in yours.
Interesting about the difference in American and British mulled wine. I always think of cloves and cinnamon when I think mulled wine. Wonder what mulling spices they use by you?
I am in awe of how great your weather was going through Tracy Arm!
We were so lucky that day!
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I also think we have some of the same waterfall pictures, just with a lot more sun and blue sky in yours.
Aw, sorry about that.
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Interesting about the difference in American and British mulled wine. I always think of cloves and cinnamon when I think mulled wine. Wonder what mulling spices they use by you?
They use cinnamon, but I don't think they use cloves at all or if they do, they use a lot less than in the mulled wine we had on board this cruise....
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Glad they were able to correct the situation with your tuna! 
Obviously, it was a pretty serious situation and glad it worked out! 
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However, we managed to put most of it away, and there was a lot of mulled wine in the souvenir cup – they certainly didn’t skimp on their portions! 
It worked perfectly for me, as I could watch the scenery while sitting down, and then just get up whenever I wanted to get a photo. 
Now I know we HAVE to go on that cruise eventually! 
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