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Great photos of the sunset! The activity schedule just makes me laugh! The disembarkation questionnaire at this point is just ridiculous!
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Have been trying to comment for several days now, but I keep getting the error message. Anyway, QSine looked, um, interesting. And that plate Mark's filet was served on? At first glance I could have sworn it was a bedpan. (Sorry, Mark)
I am seriously in love with the solarium. Could spend an entire morning just lounging in there.
Can't wait for your next update!
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There's nothing like a sunset at sea. Gorgeous photos! Especially those where the sun appears to be shining down through a hole in the clouds. Awesome!
We were very lucky this cruise with some superb sunsets.
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The activity schedule is amusing! I see how you and Mark got a chuckle over it. But disembarkation already? Cripes.
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Have been trying to comment for several days now, but I keep getting the error message. Anyway, QSine looked, um, interesting. And that plate Mark's filet was served on? At first glance I could have sworn it was a bedpan. (Sorry, Mark)
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I am seriously in love with the solarium. Could spend an entire morning just lounging in there.
Hmm, QSine is definitely different. Personally, though, when looking at the pictures of the food I kept thinking "over the top". Like they're trying way too hard. I mean, they had some funny ideas like the silver bullet or putting the strawberries in fake grass. But honestly, it kind of takes away from the important part: The food and ease of eating it! Some of the main dishes looked like you had a lot of "assembling" (for lack of a better word) to do. Can you relate to this at all?
Hmm, QSine is definitely different. Personally, though, when looking at the pictures of the food I kept thinking "over the top". Like they're trying way too hard. I mean, they had some funny ideas like the silver bullet or putting the strawberries in fake grass. But honestly, it kind of takes away from the important part: The food and ease of eating it! Some of the main dishes looked like you had a lot of "assembling" (for lack of a better word) to do. Can you relate to this at all?
Oh completely - I hear you on everything you're saying and I thought they were trying too hard as well. They obviously use it as their unique selling point and they want to make a big deal of it...
Wednesday 8 June – part one: what a nice surprise in our room!
Well, staying up later last night worked – I didn’t even surface until 6:50am, which is definitely a step in the right direction! I actually went back to bed as well, and snoozed until 8:00am. Of course, this is just as we’re getting towards visiting places and shore excursions, but at least we don’t have to be up early tomorrow for Stockholm, as we don’t get there until 10:00am…
We were very pleased when we got back to the room last night to find this waiting for us in the room…
We’d heard some people talking about how they’d had a kettle in their room, and we were like and assumed maybe they were the Concierge or Aqua Class guests? However, one has finally appeared in our room, so I guess they’re just slow in distributing them this cruise. It meant we could enjoy a cup of tea in the room, which was a lovely start to the day.
We headed out to get breakfast around 8:30am, and I was expecting to find the Oceanview Café packed, but if anything, it was really quiet. Where was everyone?
Ok, so as promised yesterday, here are all the different types of eggs benedict you can get.
I kept it light this morning, and just got some fruit, as I wanted to go swimming, and I wanted it to be a serious swim, so I didn’t want to eat too much beforehand.
I got some photos of some of the other offerings we have…
We then headed along deck 14…
… and made our way down to the Solarium. It was already quite busy, but we managed to grab a couple of sun loungers, then we headed for the pool. I reckoned that it was about a 12 or 13 metre pool, so I did 60 lengths in total, which should equate to either 720 or 780 metres. Given I usually do 800 metres when I swim, I figured that was a decent result. I wanted to try and get some “proper” swims in during this cruise, otherwise I know that by the time I get home, my fitness levels will really have dropped through the floor.
Once I was done with that, I did some stretching, then we gathered our things up, and headed over to the hot tub. I assumed we could into one of the big seats next to it, but someone had left their things on it. Instead, we put our stuff by the hot tub, and headed into the tub. We soaked in there for a while, then gathered up our things and made our way over to the Persian Garden.
When we arrived, there was just one other couple in there, sitting on the hot stone chairs. We must’ve started something though, as more and more people came in, and eventually eight of the nine chairs were taken up. Wow, this is a busy morning!
I had asked when we arrived if the aromatic suite was working, and the receptionist had checked it, and confirmed it was. It was certainly very aromatic and a lot hotter than yesterday, although thankfully the seats weren’t too hot, so you could sit on them without needing a towel. I had about three sessions in there, and it certainly cleared my sinuses out.
I was going to go into the steam room, but I noticed there was no condensation on the door, so I knew something wasn’t right. I opened the door, and found two people in there, saying it wasn’t working. They weren’t doing much, so I headed back to reception to tell them. They tried all the basics, but nothing worked, and eventually called the engineers out. I didn’t see them, as I left before Mark did, but he told me later when he got back to the room, that they had eventually arrived and got it working.
It’s not a good score is it? I’ve used the Persian Garden three days on the run now, and on one day, the steam room’s not working, and on the other day, the aromatic suite wasn’t working. You’d then they’d check the thing properly before opening, but I can only assume they don’t do that.
Eventually, I went and showered, used the sauna for a bit, then changed, and headed back to the room. Mark joined me a few minutes later. He pointed out that there was a cruise ship on the horizon, and we seemed to be gaining on it, but then again, there’s no real way of telling, as the only way you could see it was from the front of the boat, or leaning out from our balcony, and we hadn’t done either of those things since last night when the search and rescue helicopter arrived.
We settled down to watch the first episode of the final series of Banshee. Trust me, this really isn’t for everyone, as it’s exceptionally violent (I just don’t watch those bits), but it also has some great characters in it, and some superb one liners.
We saw a ferry…
… and we saw a cruise ship up ahead. Mark was hoping that we were catching it up, but when we lost sight of it, we figured perhaps we weren’t…
It was certainly more cloudy than the last couple of days, and a bit murky out there – not really a day to be sitting on deck.
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.
Good job sticking with the exercise routine. Not always easy to do when on vacation--I admire your determination !
Mmmmm, crepes!
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The activity schedule just makes me laugh! 
The disembarkation questionnaire at this point is just ridiculous! 
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I'll admit, part of me wishes you did it, just so we could hear the descriptions.....
I actually went back to bed as well, and snoozed until 8:00am. Of course, this is just as we’re getting towards visiting places and shore excursions, but at least we don’t have to be up early tomorrow for Stockholm, as we don’t get there until 10:00am… 
and assumed maybe they were the Concierge or Aqua Class guests? However, one has finally appeared in our room, so I guess they’re just slow in distributing them this cruise. 
someone had left their things on it. Instead, we put our stuff by the hot tub, and headed into the tub. We soaked in there for a while, then gathered up our things and made our way over to the Persian Garden. 
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