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What an absolutely perfect dinner!! I the photo of your guys as well!! You both clean up nicely!!
We try! In all seriousness, it's one of the reasons I love to cruise, it gives you a good excuse to dress up!
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An amazing start to your trip!!!
And that is another gorgeous stateroom door!!
So much work went into that one as well.... how the heck they got all the dimensions to do it and then how they got it on board... well I have no idea!
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Your dinner at Palo's looks so good. I hate it when the change the menu. I never know if I'll find something I like on the new one.
I don't mind if they change a menu that I don't get on with, but the Palo menu... well of course I like that one!
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Those doors are something else.
I got a little behind as we had a strong storm pass through yesterday and lost the internet. Luckily we still had electricity.
Liz
Glad you're back online now. I hope there was no damage in the storm?
Well, it's too bad you didn't like your scallops!
What a wonderful meal you had as everything from the courses, experience and service from Nikola was perfect from start to finish! Truly a quite memorable meal that you will not forget!
I love that stateroom door on your floor. That must have taken a bit of work to cut out bits of it for it to fit perfectly on the door!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Oh it was such a sufferance having to make my way through those!
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What a wonderful meal you had as everything from the courses, experience and service from Nikola was perfect from start to finish! Truly a quite memorable meal that you will not forget!
It really was. Palo is always a stand-out, but even more so that particularly night.
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I love that stateroom door on your floor. That must have taken a bit of work to cut out bits of it for it to fit perfectly on the door!
I almost wish they'd posted photos of how they created it, as I bet it was a fascinating process....
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Your scallop dish looks and sounds amazing! I love well-prepared scallops!! What great service from Nikola that he went to Cabanas to find you tea bags!
Well, I leave for two weeks and you get very busy on your TR. But I totally expected that. I'm hoping to catch up a little each day. Back to poor Mari and Raleigh and their extended time in the airport. Thank goodness they eventually got their luggage and I hope that poor girl finally got to her mom in Orlando.
Well, I leave for two weeks and you get very busy on your TR. But I totally expected that. I'm hoping to catch up a little each day.
Sorry about that! I like to get going as quickly as I can after we get back...
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Back to poor Mari and Raleigh and their extended time in the airport. Thank goodness they eventually got their luggage and I hope that poor girl finally got to her mom in Orlando.
Monday 10 September – part one: our first port of call…
It was an early start for us – I think Mark woke up at 3:00am with toothache and, although I managed a couple of hours more sleep, I was awake by 5:30am. I certainly heard us coming into port, although I don’t recall hearing any all ashore announcement.
We were port side, which would be good, as you’ll find out later, so I got some shots of the port…
… and the wider scenery. I was able to zoom in on Weymouth in the distance…
… and the marina…
We headed out for breakfast about 7:30am, as I figured that most people would have left the ship, as I figured that Stonehenge would be the main attraction here and I knew that those tours would be leaving early, given it’s an hour and a half to get there roughly.
When we got up to Cabanas, it was pretty quiet up there. I got some potatoes, scrambled eggs and an omelette with asparagus. I ended up going back for some French toast, but that wasn’t as nice as I was hoping.
Our refillable mugs from Aulani – they were one of the best things we took with us!
And they even have PG Tips in here!
Looks like a good weather day so far. I hope Mark's toothache doesn't last long!
I woudn't have even thought to bring the refillable mugs on the ship. So smart!
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the photo of your guys as well!! You both clean up nicely!! 
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Thank goodness they eventually got their luggage and I hope that poor girl finally got to her mom in Orlando.
Looks like a great start to the day, other than the early start!
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