by The Inside Cabin | Mar 5, 2020 | Sea Day, Gala Night, 2020 Grand World Voyage
Day 61, Captains Gala Dinner, March 5th I will be picking up my blog where I left off, back on March 5th. My last regular post was over a month ago on March 4th with a report of our visit to The Bay of Islands. After I finish the missing days, between March 5th and...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 29, 2020 | Gala Night, 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
This is post 60 of 74 in the series “2020 World Cruise” 2020 World Cruise on the ms Amsterdam – 128 Days Happy Days Are Here Again! Day 1, Bon Voyage! Day 2, The Endless Cruise Day 3, Black and Gold Day 4, Earthquake at Sea Day 5, Roseau, Dominica...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 25, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
Day 53, Mardi Gras at sea! Making Poi! The Maori Cultural Ambassadors were leading a class on “How to make Poi” at 9 AM by the Lido Pool. Having been on cruises with the Maori Cultural Ambassadors before I knew that when they said “Poi” they meant the balls, attached...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 23, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
Day 51 – Tropical Paradise COFFEE CHAT The featured guests for Coffee Chat this morning were the three Sea Cadets: Jelle, Stephan and Thorald. They are all going to college in the Netherlands and spend time at sea as part of their education. This also allows...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 20, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
Day 48, Joie de Vivre – Joy of Living BRACELET CLASS The Polynesian Cultural Ambassadors led the assembled guests in weaving a bracelet called a “Lau Fala”. Lau Fala is the type of plant used to make the band while the thread we used is called Raffia. You can...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 14, 2020 | 2020 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Gala Night
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART As I headed out of my room towards the staircase down to Deck 5 for Coffee Chat, I came across a group of men (and one woman) in the elevator lobby practicing a Barber Shop Quartet sounding tune – “Let me Call you Sweetheart”. They were...
