• We Don't Talk About Colombia
    Reality A: a leisurely wakeup to the soft morning sunrise
    Reality B: joining this mob who were all wearing space blankets an hour agoElsa seemed to have her own heating mechanismSticking with the soft option we took the boat in today rather than walkingJonah was excited on the insideThe group obliged my need to do Living with the Land. We miss you, rice!The new Moana walkthrough was much better than expectedYou can control the water which forms instruments, spouts and all sorts of shapesThis brought out the Schadenfreude in Lara. "Soggy hands!🤣"And also in Chris. Sometimes it's tough being the youngestWe checked out Space 220 Lounge which just reinforced our status as Starcruiser snobs.Nothing like the Halcyon deck, but nice for a drink. "Moon rocks" was a hit with the kids.If you listen closely you can hear the popping. Close your eyes if you are eating.My happy place. So nice on a cold day with the sun on our backs.If you listen closely you can hear Lara's eyes rolling at Steve's instructions.Monsieur Paul: One of a handful of fine dining restaurants.Almost over the top French service. Meals would be plated simultaneously by one waiter per person.Pricey ++ but it lived up to the hype. Pro tip: 3 free drinks so 1 glass is plenty.My divine judgement: better than V&A, good to try once. See Bel's blog for food pics.

    Monsieur Marathon

    Jan 9–12 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 4 °C

    The original trigger for this trip was to run the Disney Marathon so that we would get medals and qualify to purchase special running shoes. We didn't make it into the virtual queue which was disappointing at the time but we now realised the sliding door realities for today:
    A) waking at 0300 to stand outside in 4 degree temperature in running gear whilst being herded into starting groups
    B) sleep past all that and have dinner at Monsieur Paul instead

    Option B suddenly didn't seem so bad after all! More on Monsieur Paul later.

    The day was another post-FOMO pleasant hybrid of rope drop, siesta and resort activity in the afternoon sun. This time Team Pickleball finally made an appearance. The middle children were kind enough to join us and accept their whooping with good grace. As a reward, Steve bought them ice cream!    Read more