The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[ajrwdwgirl]

We have a very sunny morning today! However, when I let Kapono out it was -15 with a real feel (with windchill) of -35. Now it is -11 but feels like -32. I do not plan to go outside at all today.

 

[donaldtoo]

@donaldtoo , my favorite picture was the one of the Lido deck with those gorgeous huge windows, and the bright yellow chairs on the deck--really nice place to chill and watch the ocean and sky . . .

Thanks, Minnie!
Yep, one of my favorite spots on the ship, too, and sooooo beautiful...!!!
And, it was directly above our deck 6 cabin on deck 9...if you got close enough to the angled windows you could see our veranda below...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

I've had the cheese plate and shrimp
Nice cake.

Thanks about the cake, MOXO!
The cheese plate became a kind of running joke with us...I would have gotten it every night, but, I wanted to try some other stuff too...so I only had it 4 nights for dessert...!!!!!
But, I may have also had more than one dessert a few times, too...

 

[donaldtoo]

Our sailaway party experience is sitting in a lounger with a drink and waving good-bye to the shore.

Hahaaa...!!!
Yep, probably for us next time, too!
It was our first, so we wanted to see it all up close...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone's Christmas has been as wonderful as mine.
It is still very busy with my niece and nephews visiting but a lot of fun. I haven't had time to read how everyone else's Christmas has been but I will try to catch up once my brother and his family leave.
Since we have kids staying there is no sleeping in so I got this picture of the sunrise in Breda yesterday.View attachment 253069

Beautiful!!!
Glad y'all all had a wonderful Christmas, and, thank you, we did as well...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Our Christmas dinner of gourmetten was a success. The kids loved it and it was fun for the adults as well.
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Oh my!!!
All that deliciousness...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

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[Go.Nijntje]

Our stay in the Efteling was great. The house had 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms so plenty of space for all. Our house was the left half of this building.


A bench near our house, it says The Big Bad Wolf was here.


Some of the other houses you can rent at Bosrijk.


The entrance to Bosrijk.

Some topiaries at the lobby.

 

[donaldtoo]

When I checked the weather this morning, it said snow will stop in 29 minutes. I have been up for close to 2 hours now. It is still snowing, so I checked the infallible weather website again and now it says, snow will continue for 120 minutes. What the heck??? We will end up with 3 inches out of this. It was supposed to be a dusting. Well that is why those forecasters get paid the big bucks, huh!

Sympathy like.
Our record high for this date was 83 back in 1951, and our record low was 16 back in 1983.
54 and sunny here right now...

 

[Go.Nijntje]

Thanks about the cake, MOXO!
The cheese plate became a kind of running joke with us...I would have gotten it every night, but, I wanted to try some other stuff too...so I only had it 4 nights for dessert...!!!!!
But, I may have also had more than one dessert a few times, too...

One of the reasons I like to cruise is all the delicious desserts you can try. I am greedy and usually first have the cheese plate and than a sweet dessert.

 

[Go.Nijntje]

In the Efteling itself you have the nicest ATM' s I have ever seen.

 

[Go.Nijntje]

There are also interactive trash cans. They say Give me Paper and Thank you when you feed them. My 5 year old nephew thought they were amazing. Here he is putting something in the mouth of one.


This one makes the sound of a cannon ball being fired when you put paper in it.


Regular paper one that says Thank you .

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I think the forecasters in Ohio just throw darts and "predict" whatever weather they land on

"Everyone will see lake effect snow, some more than others." Really.

 

[Go.Nijntje]

My sister in law made me ears and I wore them to the Efteling and was told several times that I was in the wrong park.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Our stay in the Efteling was great. The house had 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms so plenty of space for all. Our house was the left half of this building.
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A bench near our house, it says The Big Bad Wolf was here.
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Some of the other houses you can rent at Bosrijk.
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The entrance to Bosrijk.View attachment 253079

Some topiaries at the lobby.View attachment 253080

That area looks really cool.

 

[donaldtoo]

Good grief, it's been a busy end of the year...!!! I forgot to mention that youngest DD flew out to Colorado yesterday morning for a ski trip with a family from her school that she also babysits for. They're paying all her expenses, and she just sent us a pic of them heading to the slopes for her first time skiing...I'm all and at the same time...!!!!!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Our stay in the Efteling was great. The house had 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms so plenty of space for all. Our house was the left half of this building.
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A bench near our house, it says The Big Bad Wolf was here.
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Some of the other houses you can rent at Bosrijk.
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The entrance to Bosrijk.View attachment 253079

Some topiaries at the lobby.View attachment 253080

I want the dragon topiary!

 

[donaldtoo]

OK, continuing...

I was not up before the sun on Sunday morning...



Oldest DD waving from their veranda, and then both DDs...!!!!!




Then, off to Sunday brunch...

Flamin' Tomato Soup to start...!!!!!



This was ridiculously good soup!!!!!
And, I forgot to say how good the previous night's meal was, as well...alllllll such great food the whole trip...!!!!!!!

Anyhoo, my filet and eggs, and about 15 sides...!!!!!
You could order all the sides you wanted, but, after about the first few days l quit doing that because it was just tooooo darn much food and everything already came with sides...!!!!!



A few shots of the main area of the ship...





Towel animal...!!!



Guy's for lunch...I already ate a bunch of the fries...all sooo good...!!!

 

[Cesar R M]

I thought the sun was yellow

Funfact about the sun.. the Sun is very rare. Of all the stars detected. the Sun is an almost perfect white cadence (center temp) star.
Most stars either lean to blue (very hot) or red (not so hot and dim). The sun is right in the middle.

If I remember correctly..It looks yellow to us because the entire atmosphere reflects the blue light (oxygen) and thus makes it look blueish. If we had no atmosphere it would look pitch dark and the sun completely white.

 

[donaldtoo]

Continuing with Sunday, Dec. 17th...

Some light veranda reading before dinner...!



Sunset...



Then, off to formal dinner...!!!

My lovely DWifey...!!!!!!!



The table...





Thus, another "Strong" Island Iced Tea...!!!!!!!



Fried oyster appetizer...!!!



And yes, that is 2 plates of lobster tail (with shrimp ) you see before me...I didn't ask, I didn't hint...Alejandro just brought them both to me and said with a big smile on his face "Because, I know you like lobster, my friend!" !!!!!



Silly dinner dancing fun...!!!



And, creme brûlée for dessert...!!!!!