Flossbolna
Sea days are just so relaxing!
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- Sep 8, 2006
That is just Captain Tom. He is a bit on the stiff side. Not my favourite captain of all the ones we have had so far.
Michael claims that he was very personable on a previous cruise... Was he the one that did not want to use the whistle on one of your cruises? I remember a trip report title... And we will see Tom again in Norway. He is taking over the Magic to sail her to his home country (Norway) for the first time in forever!
Isn't that the reason we travel with a gentleman - to bring us more drinks when we feel like them?
See, you would agree that it would be really odd if a German server would just introduce himself by name!
Magdalene, I am clueless as well.
Ok, I did my research. It is a 1960s comedy TV series about a fictional prisoner of war camp in Germany during WWII. I think the Wikipedia entry says that it depicts the prisoners as very smart and the Germans all as very stupid. Herr Schultz (see the difference from my Herr Schulz who was missing the T!) was a Bavarian guard who was very easy to be bribed with food (I am starting to understand why me picking a random very common name for a server was rather funny in that context). It was shown on German TV in the mid-90s under the title "Ein Käfig voller Helden" (a cage full of heroes).
As much as we loved Remy (and Mathieu, our oh so amazing server - who is married to an Austrian girl ) we really love lunch/brunch or whatever they call it even more. A little less food and still great service! And the Champagne pairing is just perfect with it.
I can see the appeal of brunch there. But it seems to be only one set menu and with Michael's preferences that would make things a bit difficult... Maybe we need to sign him up as a vegetarian...
And champagne pairings sound like something I need to do with my sister one day!!
To come back to the wine pairing you denied - we did it when it was still more or less full servings with each course - it was nice but WAY too much alcohol and we won't do it again.
I can see that! We have a local restaurant that has excellent food in a similar style and they offer 0.1l wine pairings. I had that for a four course meal and found that getting to the limit of what I want to have with one meal. But I loved the experience of having wines selected to go with my courses!
I am glad you enjoyed the Konk Kooler as the last one we had in April was just WAY too sweet and ended in the trash.
Oh, that is a shame! It was sweet, but I enjoy it that way.
Glad to say that I am now officially all caught up again. Sorry it took me so long to come back to the DIS, but it took me forever to get over my bronchitis, and back to work was really hard. Took me a while to get into the groove again. Then we headed to Italy and had to celebrate a birthday. But I am determined to get back to the DIS on a very regular basis.
Great to have you back!! Sorry that you were so sick!
Loved your day at CC and the idea of the salad wrapped burger patty sounds awesome. I need to keep that in mind.
And YES, that last day on board is always a hard one and having to pack up is a pain even without the door getting stuck several times. Could not agree with you more on that last dinner - not a fan of it either.
I guess that is one reason why you enjoy your back to back cruises!