Wednesday, March 27th
Our position at noon (yellow arrow in red circle)
Larger scale map
Today we are continuing off the east coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea cruising towards our next port, Siagon (Ho Chi Minh City). We are scheduled to arrive there tomorrow at 8am. It is a mostly sunny day out here with high temperature forecast to be in mid 80's. The ocean is smooth today so great day.
Today I want to talk about our "social" life on board the Voyager. We have been reunited with old friends from our 2010 world cruise and last year's circle South America cruise, plus we are making new friends on this cruise. Having dinner is good way to catch up with old friends and develop new ones. Prior to Hong Kong we were suppose to have dinner with John & Hee Ann Fitzgerald (world cruise friends) but Rebecca had a 24 hour bug so had to cancel. They left ship in Hong Kong. I mention names as there are several of our Regent friends following my blog who know these folks. On Sunday we were invited to dine at the General Managers's table in Compass Rose restaurant. Franck also invited Joe & Allison Trum and Harry & Abby Traub. Both couples were also on our South America cruise last year.
The Fitzgeralds
From right to left: Harry & Abby, Allison, Franck, Joe, and us.
Last night we had dinner with Rob & Janette Pedersen from Dallas who we met last year on our South America cruise. They were just on for a segment of it however. They are also good friends of our neighbors back in Dallas, Genny & Don Herzog. We had a nice dinner up in Sette Mari, Italian restaurant.
Tonight we are meeting our friend, Goren, the Food & Beverage Manager, for dinner in Compass Rose. He is arranging a veal Parmesan entree for dinner. I had a problem getting the veal parm prepared correctly when on our SA cruise last year. It is a long story but I brought a photo of what MY veal parm looks like when I prepare it at home. Goren has given it to the chef so will see if they can do it as good as mine. He has also invited us to join a table he will be hosting on our next formal night, this coming Saturday. We have several more couples with which we need to schedule dinner.
Our friend, Goren
We had another life boat drill for ALL passengers and crew this morning. Seems that there is change to the International Maritime Law that requires a refresher drill every 14 days now. That sucks as we will be having many more before our cruise ends in June. After all the drills we have taken part in for our 72 cruises, I think we have it by now. If not, we deserve to go down with the ship!! Right after the drill we hit the gym for our hour workout. It's not a big gym so you have to time your visit just right to get on the treadmills or bikes.
Theme for pool deck lunch today is "burger heaven".
multiple flavors of ice cream
Lunch time pool entertainment
Vietnam coast line in distance
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Today we are continuing off the east coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea cruising towards our next port, Siagon (Ho Chi Minh City). We are scheduled to arrive there tomorrow at 8am. It is a mostly sunny day out here with high temperature forecast to be in mid 80's. The ocean is smooth today so great day.
Today I want to talk about our "social" life on board the Voyager. We have been reunited with old friends from our 2010 world cruise and last year's circle South America cruise, plus we are making new friends on this cruise. Having dinner is good way to catch up with old friends and develop new ones. Prior to Hong Kong we were suppose to have dinner with John & Hee Ann Fitzgerald (world cruise friends) but Rebecca had a 24 hour bug so had to cancel. They left ship in Hong Kong. I mention names as there are several of our Regent friends following my blog who know these folks. On Sunday we were invited to dine at the General Managers's table in Compass Rose restaurant. Franck also invited Joe & Allison Trum and Harry & Abby Traub. Both couples were also on our South America cruise last year.
Last night we had dinner with Rob & Janette Pedersen from Dallas who we met last year on our South America cruise. They were just on for a segment of it however. They are also good friends of our neighbors back in Dallas, Genny & Don Herzog. We had a nice dinner up in Sette Mari, Italian restaurant.
We had another life boat drill for ALL passengers and crew this morning. Seems that there is change to the International Maritime Law that requires a refresher drill every 14 days now. That sucks as we will be having many more before our cruise ends in June. After all the drills we have taken part in for our 72 cruises, I think we have it by now. If not, we deserve to go down with the ship!! Right after the drill we hit the gym for our hour workout. It's not a big gym so you have to time your visit just right to get on the treadmills or bikes.
Theme for pool deck lunch today is "burger heaven".
One side of La Veranda-casual dining for breakfast & lunch
DON'T FORGET THAT CLICKING ON PHOTOS WILL ENLARGE THEM!
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