Monarch Countess - 1st night

Welcome get together at 6. Safety procedures etc. a bit of champagne and some little tasties Entertainment director from Tunisia. He promises to be a hoot. A lot of the crew is from Romania. Executive Chef is from the UK. KATE, our cruise director went around and had everyone introduce themselves and say where they were from and how many Gate1 trips they've been on. One lady had been on 43 Gate1 trips.

Later went to dinner with 2 easy going couples. Jessica and John from Springfield, Ill and Marlo and Angela from Washington st. It was like we had been friends for years. Later spent time talking to Brenda and John from Fort Worth Tx. Beautiful night on the river - sunset - the works - nice breeze.

Dinner was excellent. I had the lamb loin dinner and Janet had the Baramundi. (See menu in previous post). Some red wine with my lamb was perfect. Janet had the creme brulee and I had the fruit for dessert. Could get used to this. Mushroom soup was excellent as were the escargot. I failed in my attempt to take pictures of all of those.

I've included a pic of tomorrow's schedule (Sat, the 21st). Our anniversary - Van Gogh and Versailles - that's the way to celebrate!Read more