The Happy Wanderer---Summertime Down South

[Tricia724]

Lots of details, please, and penguin sitings. :) We are doing that trip on the Amsterdam in December for the holidays.

[RuthC]

RuthC and the band of Spammed headed off to the first supper to find a lone gentleman waiting at the table. I'm betting he didn't have a clue what awaited him; I suspect he got a hint during the meal. :D That left two vacant seats. In short order a couple entered the room and was directed over and she stopped short, announced she was not sitting there, and proceeded to cause a scene at the Maitre d's podium. :eek:

Could we have a reputation already? :confused: Couldn't have. Could we?

Well, their loss.

I was planning on a 4-hour tour to Sugarloaf today; Adele wanted to do the 4-hour tour to Corcovado. So she made me switch to hers. Then she changed it to the 8-hour tour to both! :eek:

I'm beat. Some time I'll tell you about the guide, though.

Did escaping Germans hide in Brazil after WWII?

[DFD1]

Wow! This is gonna' be fun!

[hammybee]

 

Could we have a reputation already? :confused: Couldn't have. Could we?

 

Could they have "photophobophia"? :D

[NoNoNanette]

Could they have "photophobophia"? :D

 

Who could blame 'em? (Sounds logical to me, baby!) :)

[Sartorial Wit]

Greetings Ruth!

This is my first post in ages. I promised Greg I’d try harder.

So I hear your little group is already infamous on board. Love it, love it! Are the two seats still vacant at dinner? They won’t be for long. If I remember correctly, on the last cruise there was a waiting list to join our table. Ask Adele and Greg. Soon the dining room will be divided into two factions: those longing to join you, and those with their noses in the air who disapprove of anyone having so much fun (without them). Oh how I wish I were there! Can’t wait for more updates from you and Greg.

Hugs all around.

[jhannah]

... she stopped short, announced she was not sitting there ...

Did this person provide any clue as to why? That's incredible!

[tomc]

It was Ruth's chocolate steak, chocolate potatoes and chocolate vegetables that did it.

 

Ruth: Cats and bags. It's all over.

[hammybee]

It was Ruth's chocolate steak, chocolate potatoes and chocolate vegetables that did it.

 

 

Now this is precious. :)

[Tricia724]

.....In short order a couple entered the room and was directed over and she stopped short, announced she was not sitting there, and proceeded to cause a scene at the Maitre d's podium. :eek:

 

I'm sure it's not you, because the same thing happened to us on Oosterdam. We were sitting at the table with another couple having a nice conversation when the waiter escorted a woman to our table. She took one look at the four of us and said, "OH, NO" in a very loud and distressed tone and turned around and stormed out. We all just looked at each other and started to laugh. Obviously we had just dodged a bullet.

 

Even HAL gets a few classless passengers now and then.

[AlohaPride]

2 questions, my Ruthless:

 

1) Do the toilets REALLY flow the opposite way?

 

2) Is the chocolate as sweet?

 

Please give hugs to all, and ask Greg to give you a hug for me? ;)

[Love Cruises]

Ruth, Greg and Adele ... Have a wonderful cruise eventhough I am "GREEN WITH ENVY"

 

I so look forward to anytime any of you go on a cruise. I know all of us cruise critic friends are in for lots of great humor and fantastic summaries of your time on board one of our favorite "dam" ships. Thanks for taking the time away from your cruise to fill us all in.

 

Can't wait until your next update. SWEET DREAMS (with all those chocolate treats on your pillow each evening)!

[mamaofami]

Ruth, it sounds like you're off to a fun start for a great cruise. Can't wait to hear more.:)

[localady]

Ruth- I think it must be something in the Southern Hemisphere....we were being seated at breakfast one morning in the Amsterdam's Dining Room and this "Lady" let loose with some unlady-like words and said we were not welcome to sit at "her" table......:eek:

(like we'd want to sit at 'Her" table! :rolleyes: )

Continued smooth seas and sunny skies!:D

[RuthC]

At least I hope we're all happy together and our dinner table is set finally. Last night we were joined by two single women each sailing alone. Both were refugees from open sitting and had to fight to be switched. One woman was very unhappy with how much effort it took to get something she had requested a year ago.

I mentioned this to the Hotel Manager at the CC meet & greet this morning. His reply was that there's a singles/solo lunch and efforts would be made there to place people at the same dinner tables, too.

OK---so I could someday have to go to a lunch I don't want to go to, at a time I don't want to eat, to get the dinner I do want? :confused:

Nope. Not me. I didn't go to "The tail wags the Dog School of Business".

Apparently the couple who didn't want to eat with us wanted a table for two or four. She had the most sour look on her face---we truly dodged a bullet with her.

Robert---our single gentleman from the first night---returned. Greg and Adele have decided he's perfect for me and are going to play matchmaker. :eek:

We've been meeting for cocktails every night and making a toast to a different CC'er each time.

Tonight it could be your turn to be remembered! ;)

[jhannah]

Thanks for your report on the AYW experiment. I'm sure that is going to happen more often.

 

Thanks for remembering us landlubbers holding down the fort back up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Winds are gusting in excess of 50 mph here in North Texas this afternoon!

[jhannah]

G-r-r-r-r !

[LAFFNVEGAS]

We've been meeting for cocktails every night and making a toast to a different CC'er each time.

Tonight it could be your turn to be remembered! ;)

Oh Ruth I have done this, that is how I got to enjoy my first Wang Wang and there were several CCer's we toasted to then:D ;)

[BCEagle78]

Ruth,

 

With all the talk about chocolate, I did not see any reports about whether this cruise has any of the "good nuts" available...

 

Inquiring minds want to know!

 

Paul & Debbi

[kryos]

Ruth- I think it must be something in the Southern Hemisphere....we were being seated at breakfast one morning in the Amsterdam's Dining Room and this "Lady" let loose with some unlady-like words and said we were not welcome to sit at "her" table......:eek:

(like we'd want to sit at 'Her" table! :rolleyes: )

Continued smooth seas and sunny skies!:D

Her table? Breakfast and lunch is open seating in HAL's dining room, isn't it?

 

I have seen this sort of thing before at dinner, though. On my last cruise, we didn't go to the dining room the first night because we were too tired. On the second night, we decided to appear. We found we were assigned to a table for four. A short while after we were seated, another couple arrived at the table. The woman took one look at me sitting there, and said "who the h*ll are you?" Here she thought just she and her husband were going to get that nice table for four. Surprise! After they were seated and we broke the ice, we did manage to have a fairly pleasant dinner, but the guy (who was sitting next to me, and thus I couldn't really see what he was doing) apparently had a nose-picking problem. After the dinner, my friend said no way was she sitting with them again. We finally wound up moving to a table for ten with a bunch of other Cruise Critic friends. The rest of our dinners were a blast!

 

I guess it is because of people like this that HAL started the AYW Dining. I guess a couple like that could insist on a table for two even if it meant waiting for it. Obviously they are not interested in sharing.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[AlohaPride]

Ruth, have you visited Antarctica before? I vaguely remember you talking about it one October day. How many trips is this of yours?

 

Because of you, Antarctica is the #1 place I want to visit before I die.

 

Is Greg taking a lot of pictures?? I can't wait to see them.

[jhannah]

Is Greg taking a lot of pictures??

I think you can safely lay money on that one, Mary! :cool:

[AlohaPride]

I think you can safely lay money on that one, Mary! :cool:

 

Here's my sign. . . :p doh!

[RevNeal]

Hello, my dear Cruise Critic Friends! It's a joy to be aboard the lovely ms Rotterdam cruising the South Atlantic. I haven't yet had time to read this thread (I'm going to download it and read it once I'm done with this post). However, I wanted to post a few photos of our sail away from Rio. What a beautiful sail away it was ... the cloud formations were quite remarkable, and it was a thrill each time the statue of Jesus appeared in the clouds!

 

To view the photos, click HERE.

 

Here are a few samples:

 

 

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I never tire of these images of Jesus in the clouds. It was as if we were being blessed on our way out of the harbor. :)

[cruz chic]

Wow as usual you take the most awesome pictures RevNeal. Thank you.