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Buenas Dias desde Arrecife, Lanzarote. Currently 18°c and a bit breezy.

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View of the Orange party at Lido pool. The roof was mostly open and the atmosphere was raucus. There was so, so much food being offered.

Today's menus on Nieuw Statendam and some suitably dresses servers in lido

Viewers of Port Evergades Sailaways will understand the significance of this feeling of Deja vu! MSC Virtuoso was docked at the adjacent pier when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a familiar sight.........white trucks! There were similar trucks yesterday in Teneriffe.

King's day decoration

Staff in Lido all dressed up for Kings day/Orange night...

Chocolates on the bed tonight! Our room steward Dedi said they were a special gift from the King 🤣🤣

I am originally from Belfast! But long time ago.

Here is today's Daily

Location of ship in Las Palmas, Also in port today are AIDA Cosma and MSC Virtuoso

Here are the menus in pdf format dutchdinner_insert_menu_2024_v.2.pdf m4-day4-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf dutch_theme_dinner.pdf day_4_lido_late_snack.pdf

Saturday 7th April, King's Day, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Here are today's menus.... MDR Dinner Lido Lunch Lido Dinner Lido Late Snack

Yes, agree. English language can be so open to misinterpretation. E.g. what is the opposite of 'easy'? Well it is 'difficult' or 'hard'. So, what is the opposite of ' egg over easy'? Is it 'egg over hard' (which is the way DW asks for them)? Eggs 'hard' could be fried or boiled. However if I had to order eggs in Dutch, I would probably end up a vegan.🙄

I love a good 'Drossing' 😉😁 Have a great cruise.

It is Orange Party night on Nieuw Statendam. That is a bit of joined up thinking from hal.....orange party on king's day.....who would have thought!

Good morning from Nieuw Statendam docked in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Have a great Saturday everone!

Oops I nearly forgot the menu pdf files north_europe_dr_menu_05_reformat.pdf m7-day7-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf m7-day7-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf day_7_lido_late_snack.pdf

Today's Daily

Today's menus MDR Dinner Lido Lunch Lido Dinner Lido Late Snack

Nieuw Statendam moored at the terminal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The terminal building was spotlessly clean and bright. Security was within the terminal building and there was a shop selling alcohol after the security check. There was no further check when boarding the ship. And here is the location of the docked NSDM relative to the city.

I will do the 'housekeeping' of menus etc later, but we had a great day touring part of Tenerife arranged by @sailingdutchy Tony . We had a great day, a fine lunch and wonderful conversation. The guide whom Tony picked was absolutely top class. We visited Icod de los vinos and Garachico along the north coast. Our guide selected various plates for our lunch which we all shared, including bean soup, grilled cheese with sauces, berenjenas con miel ( deep fried sliced egg plant drizzled in local palm honey), and goat stew with canarias potatoes. The onboard entertainment tonight was a Flamenco group, who gave an above average, though unatmospheric, performance. Flamenco is not local to las Canarias but the tourists expect it! We have a late sailaway tonight at 11pm for the short trip to Gran Canaria.

Good morning fron Nieuw Statendam which has just docked in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Currently 20°C and blue skies. Wishing everone a great day...

Just a heads up to those who use small wheeled scooters/walkers.......Funchal's pavement/sidewalks are not smooth pavement.