tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47049279856266117262024-03-05T13:23:52.138-08:00Mick & Pam Up The Fjords.Iceland and the Fjords Cruise... A small glimpse of an epic holiday. We thought that you would like to share our excitement and our photo's...!!!Micky Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973896022589568568noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704927985626611726.post-44415427326388744722013-11-07T06:36:00.000-08:002013-11-14T05:33:31.628-08:00Day One... Saturday, August 3rd <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Royalty creeping over me... come along Lady Pamela, our ship awaits!</i></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Here she is... This is the Beauty that will be our 5-Star Floating Hotel for the next two weeks, as we sail to Iceland, Norway and the Fjords...</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Plus several other Intriguing ports of call...!!!</span><strong></strong></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em><strong></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Saturday August 3rd 2013... We have waited a full 12 months for this day to come round; and it's finally here! Some mind blowing facts about this ship... </span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well they blow my mind anyway.</span><strong>..</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>1. First sailed on April 29th 2010</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>So Cruise On Captain... Lets get this boat on the Ocean Baby...!!!</i></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We have found our room {Only took 15 minutes} and checked it out... It's wicked man!!! Now</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> it's time to explore... this could take some time, we will definitely need a drink; or maybe two during this exercise...!!!</span></em></div>
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<strong></strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is the Mast Bar Lounge... Deck 14.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Very nice... Very Plush... Very comfortable.</span></em><br />
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<strong></strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Oh <span style="background-color: white;">Yeah</span>" Look at this... The Queen Mary 2 was docked in Southampton opposite our ship... for all that's been said about how luxurious she is supposed to be... it does not show from the outside. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lets put it this way... put these two ships next to each other, and given the choice to pick one on looks alone... I would choose The Celebrity Eclipse...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">{Just by Looks alone you Understand} It was still a privilege to see the Q M.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and me following with the camera. We are finding hard to take it all in...!!!</span></em><br />
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<strong></strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Deck 14, outdoor swimming pool for the kids... Saying that there was only a few children on-board... or the ship is that massive it just swallowed them up...??? In the background the Dancing Water Fountain. </span></em><br />
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<strong></strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Deck 6 The Library...!!! At first I wondered why there would be a Library on a ship like this... Then all became clear when Pam explained that... During the days of sailing between ports of call a lot of people like to relax and read... as you can be sailing for 2 to 3 days at a time... Depending where it is you are <span style="background-color: white;">travelling</span>. {Got Ya Babe}</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">Reykjavik-Iceland</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;">"Formal Night" on Sunday 4th. </span></em><em style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">But before all the Glamour and Glitz of Sunday's Formalities... we can relax and look forward to meeting our 6 other dinner guests that we will be sharing a table with and enjoying there company and previous Cruise stories... for the next two weeks</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Introducing... Connie & Howard from Cardiff...Wales. Turns out that this is there first cruise... We know that feeling very well as last year was the first cruise that we had ever did, We felt for them as it can be a bit scary your first time! Lovely couple though... </span></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Howard is a High School Teacher, and Connie is a P.A. to a solicitor. So as Pam is a Learning Mentor and Child Protection Officer in our local school, they had lots to talk about.</span></em></span><br />
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Here is... Carol & Ernie, This</span></em> <em>Nice couple originate from the North of England, if my memory serves me correctly I believe it was...Tyne side. {Geordie-Land} Love the Geordie accent I do! Both Carol & Ernie are retired... Ernie was employed by the Government and his job took him to all parts of the country. Sorry but I don.t remember what job it was that Carol did. They have a number of cruises under there belts and were quite happy to share there stories with us.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>I would like to mention our most excellent waiters who served us exceptionally from day one... </em><em>Thanks to, Morislav form Russia, our assistant waiter was called Silva... and he originates from India.</em></span></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: small;">So Intros over with... as I said we are now sailing to Reykjavik, Iceland. E T A, 1 pm Tuesday afternoon. That's OK with us... gives us time to chill and prepare for some serious sight-seeing, and hopefully get up close and personal with the Mountains the Hills and the Waterfalls... which is the main reason why we have come to this part of the world. </span></em></div>
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