It’s probably a dumb question, but I’m just curious how one books in another country’s currency. My bank has always handled that for me automatically.
Do you buy the target currency, then wire it to the vendor?
I’m so enjoying your blog and reminiscing about my travels in these areas. And your paintings- something I’ve been trying to dabble in.
Thank you for sharing your travels.
Last cruise DH reached 3 star ( no fanfare nor pin expected or received) and I hit copper medallion. DH answered a knock on our door and our steward handed him my medallion and told him it was for me.
DH is now looking forward to me reaching free laundry.🥴
We’ve noticed a trend in the past couple of years that the hotels are taking microwaves out of the rooms and offering one per floor or in a common area. That has occurred in several Marriots in the LA area, and we noticed it on a recent trip to Northern California and Arizona.
I attended the watercolor class on volendam last April. It was free. We watched a video ( I think it was a HAL video) on how to get pigment to flow off the brush. We got 2 dots of watercolor pigment to work with and the project was a jellyfish.
No color theory, nothing but a quick introduction to applying watercolor to paper.
We sailed to Mexico (Oosterdam 12 day) and had Ambassadors onboard for cultural activities during sea days and for sail away in 2022.
This past spring we did Panama Canal Volendam and had no special speakers. The CD ( or whatever the current title is) did do a lecture on the history of the canal that he wrote. He also did a presentation on where to be during the transit. But that was it for lectures.
It might depend somewhat on class of ship but that really has no baring on whether lecturers CAN be provided. R and S class ships previously had lecturers. Our cruise to Antarctica in 2013 had at least 3 lectures a day on pertinent topics by the 4 man team. That was on Veendam, a smaller ship. So size isn’t an excuse.
Precovid (2019) we stayed at Monet Gardens and loved it. We purchased the room with breakfast option and enjoyed a lovely breakfast in their garden room.
@oakridger brought up an important point- Vista Suites are different based on the class of ship. I don’t see where OP stated which ship(s) they are considering.