Lirio

7 minutes ago, Mr Luxury said:

Apparently there is also Turkey bacon.😀

Braziliam bacon available in every grocerie store. Is it american, english oy turkey type?

19 hours ago, Daveywavey70 said:

I’m not really sure Jazz as without wishing to be offensive I always believed that American bacon was just a picture printed onto A4 paper and blowtorched. The offcuts of back bacon are sold as belly pork. My local butcher cures the loins with salt and a little sugar. Most supermarket rubbish is cured in brine and halves in size as soon as it hits the pan when it ejaculates the brine. We have a few different cuts of bacon here but the main ones are:-  back bacon, that is the oyster of the loin with around 2” of the streaky belly. Middle bacon is the oyster and around 8 inches of the belly curled around. Streaky is purely the layered belly with no oyster and is closest to American bacon. I’ve been traumatised by many types of Bacon around the world before now. Only slightly ahead of American bacon in the worlds worst charts is Spanish bacon. I Suspect that might be made from the losing team of a bullfight that’s been left to dry out in the sun whilst they all go home for an afternoon sleep. 

Ohh...I didnt know there are so many types bacon!!!!

A photografer waited 3 years to take this picture:

https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2023/06/fotografo-viraliza-com-registro-do-cristo-redentor-abracando-lua-cheia-no-rio.ghtml

1 hour ago, Dolcevita Diva said:

On the other end of the spectrum, has anyone else noticed the widening gap between Vista and Classic Veranda suites?  
 

I’ve always booked verandas ( Classic, Superior or Deluxe depending on which suites are available).  But for several of the future voyages I’ve been looking at, the fare difference between Vista and the lowest Veranda fare has been around $3,000 (on a 7 or 10 day voyage) when it used to be closer to $1500 or so.  I’ve never considered a Vista, but this growing gap in fares has me questioning whether an extra $300-400 a day is worth it…

Vista can be an option in port intense cruise when one stays outside in tours must part of the day.

16 hours ago, mysty said:

 

What a beautiful,  courageous little trooper!  You go Bertie!!! 🥰

Is the small one limping at the back paw?

1 hour ago, Mr Luxury said:

That's a facinater 

It's what some women wear to a wedding 😀

In two weeks I am going to another concert and I will get more photos so we can have a better idea.

Sunday concert at Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro).

38 minutes ago, Lirio said:

Tough choise....

Translation:

Carioca are those that live in Rio de Janeiro......

19 hours ago, Emtbsam said:

Coolers - who is the singer whose songs mean the most to you?  For me it is Charles Aznavour.

Tough choise....

21 hours ago, highplanesdrifters said:

Daily Food Porn and Sunset

 

Lunch Buffet

 

 

Cherry Clafouti - dangerous 

 

Attempt at turkey and stuffing.

 

Tuna steak - not bad

 

Our favorite included wine

 

And another ever changing amazing sunset. The colors last for a good hour.  Even staff is out there taking pictures every night.

 

 

 

 

Great! It is in list!

34 minutes ago, Lirio said:

I got this picture below from internet so you can see inside.

1 hour ago, Lirio said:

Very busy work in Brasilia but I manage to take a photo of the cathedral. maybe next time I will take some more. 

 

this view is of the roof. the lower part is under the floor, but it is very clear due to the glass roof. around it there is a narrow ring of water

 inside there are scuptures of angels that seems to be flying. the architect , Oscar Niemeyer is the same of the church in my home town i showed some months ago.

Very busy work in Brasilia but I manage to take a photo of the cathedral. maybe next time I will take some more. 

While in the field visit....

20 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

I did a paper on Brasilia in a course called Cultural Geography back in the day – thankfully at a time when there were still high hopes for its success.  My understanding is that it never lived up to the promises, as the politicians spend as little time as possible there and consequently the general population never saw a reason to move there.  Kind of like creating a new Albany, NY [sorry JP, that's how we 'downstaters' see it...]

Currently Brasilia has 3 million inhabitants.

I will be on the Spirit on August 9 starting in Venice. We will stay at an Accor hotel - Hotel Papadopoli Venezia - MGallery.

In Brasilia for a business trip.

Brasilia is the federal capital, located in the middle of the country. It was built in the late 1950’s and inaugurated in 1960 when the capital moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia.

It was designed by two architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa.

Below two photos from the hotel roof top. The TV tower and the soccer stadium.

2 hours ago, drron29 said:

 

So in the main square there were not only Roman ruins and churches but that day an International Charity run day. So the old town was really crowded. Talking to other groups their guide used this as an excuse to cut short the tour saying there were road closures plus the promenade was being used for the run. Not our guide there was a lot more that he wanted to show us. Besides it was still 3 hours until the run started.

 

What´s your guide name? I will be in Zatar as well next August....

7 hours ago, drron29 said:

We will always book another excursion when our initial choice is waitlisted.

That said we have rarely had a waitlisted excursion when the waitlisted one hasn’t cleared. 
Simple excursions such as walking around an old town often have extra trips added. For example on my tour in Trieste initially there were 3 times to pick from. On the day there were 10 different times.

 

However when you know you are not going to take a tour please let them know. I have sat on too many buses waiting for booked passengers to arrive when they were aware they were not going.

Any suggestion for Trieste? 

3 minutes ago, drron29 said:

 

We are considering this tour for next August as well. Can you swim in the falls?

15 hours ago, QueSeraSera said:

We spent a long weekend in Atlanta for my 50th college reunion.  Wish I could take pictures like JP, Terry and many of you other coolers can.  But here are two.

 

Found this place as we were walking around Sunday morning.

 

Really wanted to stay until they opened, but my better half reminded me there were activities elsewhere to be attended.

 

One of the best meals I had there was Chicken Milanese.  I don't think I ever had it before, but now I will seek it out.  This version by the Atrium Restaurant at Ponce City Market.

 

Then, a third pic I hadn't really intended to post, at the very bottom, is me in front of the dormitory I lived in for two years.

 

 

Atlanta is a great city to visit - don't let these pictures deter you from visiting there someday 

Atlanta was my hub for several years (Delta used to fly from Rio directly to ATL) and I always had a couple of days there. Love the Botanical Garden, the Aquarium, the Zoo (where I could see Pandas) as well as Dr. King Center and many other historical buildings. Great city!

1 hour ago, drron29 said:

 

Every so often they have  little cafe for a rest and sustenance.

 

Thank you. I will be in The Spirit next August visiting Croatian ports and your report gives some insites. Any restaurant recomendation in Dubrovnik?

I was considering a holiday cruise on Odyssey. Now I am concerned about the ship. Anyone has cruise at her recently or is going to cruise soon?

Today I visited a conservation area a 1.5-hour drive from Rio de Janeiro to see the Golden Lion tamarin. This an endangered animal that lives only in the woods (Mata Atlantica) of Rio de Janeiro state.

By 1970´s, only 200 of them was found in the area. The population was driven to such low amount due to deforestation and hunting. A conservation program was established and now 2,500 individuals can be found in the wild. Due to such increase in the number of Golden Lion tamarin, we can visit the protected area on weekends since mid-2022 (only 60 people each day with guided visit, no free wandering around).

This is the first time I have such a lovely encounter.

6 hours ago, mysty said:

 

Thank you Turtle!  The menu looks amazing!  

https://ahirestaurant.co.nz/menu/

 

I went to Ahi last June when I was in Auckland. I liked it.