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The new libraries are great! There are many books, mostly new and popular sorts of things. I think that picture was just to show the ONE book that was about Alaska. I will say that if you want a book, go to the library early. I saw people walking out with four and five books. It left the shelves sort of bare in some areas.

Why, oh why do people have conversations on their phone in the Crow's Nest with the speaker on, allowing total strangers to listen in? It is so annoying 🙄 😒 But, the cruise has been very nice overall!

I am on the Nieuw Amsterdam in Alaska right now and tonight, on the main stage, there was a group called, The Rhinestone Cowgirls. They were great and tonight they played a set called Legendary Ladies of Country Music. Lots of classic Country music and we really enjoyed them. It was 3 women singers and a 4 piece band playing with them.

Interesting to read through this since I am also on the NA! We are very much enjoying ourselves, but we never got an invite to the wine tasting yesterday even though we have 5 stars. Maybe they are dividing it up in several groups. We had a tough time with embarkation on Sunday. It was a lot of walking and standing in line. We did wait after the first check in to get a wheelchair for my mom. That helped, but it still made for a long check in process. Food has been good in the MDR, but breakfast took a long time yesterday. We enjoyed meeting new people though. I like the wildlife guy who gave a talk yesterday. I believe his name is Dominic. Happy to be on another cruise!

Have a wonderful time! I'm looking forward to following along!

I had no idea they had two tours! That makes it much more feasible for my mom and I.

1984 on Rotterdam V to Alaska!

We bought some last fall in Amsterdam from the flower market and we just looked for ones that have a sticker that says it's okay to bring into the US. We put them in our luggage when we disembarked in Ft. Lauderdale and the dogs found them so we got pulled aside. It wasn't a big deal - except we felt guilty! - but they just looked them up. I think I'd carry them off next time.

How horrible. Very sad for the crew members and their family.

I do the same thing - paste it into a Word document and then add a column for notes on the various ports.

We were in room 1024 on a 29 day crossing and never had an issue with noise. It's up near the front bank of stairs/elevators. We liked the quiet.

It was really fun to win today! Not sure if I have ever won at bingo on a cruise before!!

Yes, switch to Tamarind!

We were in Aarhus, Denmark today and it was a wonderful place to visit. We went on a ship excursion to Den Gamle By, which is a very cool museum that contains buildings from the last 700-800 years. It was fascinating to walk around and explore. The cobblestones are pretty tough to walk on though.

Oh, thanks for thinking of us. We figured out a way to mark it. I think she's pretty good now at finding it. See you soon 😊