QUEEN MARY 2 - DAY 6

We wanted to mention that in a few days we will be posting a summary highlighting the wonderful time we had as we sailed the Crystal Serenity for 120+ days.

Once again we dined at the Queens Grill last evening.  On occasion during our posts, we have misstated  the name of the Restaurant by accidentally saying Princess Grill, when we should have said Queens Grill.  Sorry for any confusion.

Keith began his meal with Caviar which he had pre-ordered with the Maître d’ the night before.  Anne Marie had Shrimp Cocktail which is available each evening on the expanded dinner menu.

For our next course we each had Mixed Green Salad and Goat’s Cheese Toast, which was also accompanied with a Cucumber.

Similar to the Beef Wellington which we had the other evening as well as the Taste of India Entrée which Keith had the previous evening, there are four entrees which can be ordered in advance by lunch.  The night before when the Maître came by our table to see if we wanted anything special for this evening we ordered the Roast Duck a L’Orange for Keith (half duck for one person).  As Anne Marie can’t eat anything with Oranges and Duck is not something she likes, the Maître said he could make Anne Marie a Pasta and Lobster, Scallop and Clam dish and she said “sold”.  LOL, but she was very happy with this recommendation. Keith had some of the pasta as well and it was much more than the two of us could eat.

We also each had a low sugar Cheese Cake dessert.

Anne Marie's Shrimp Appetizer - Rather than putting the sauce on top or on the side they placed it below the shrimp which was a nice way to serve it.

After a nice meal like that, we know we need to do plenty of walking.

We slept very well last evening.  The seas looked and felt calmer and even at dinner the sun came out for a little while which it has rarely done on this sailing.   Of course, this is typical of the Atlantic Ocean.

Keith was up first and took the computer to the buffet area of the ship a couple of decks below our room where he had coffee while he read and wrote.  He also has the iPad so he continued reading one of his books that he has on the iPad with the Kindle App.

As we have done each morning, we walked the ship before breakfast for about an hour.  From time to time we stop to read some of the items that are on the walls in certain areas of the ship which tell the history of the QM2 and of Cunard.  We still have not walked outside because for us it seems much too cold although you will see people walking outside looking wind blown.

We enjoyed breakfast in the Queens Grill.  This morning was our treat as Anne Marie had her favorite which is Eggs Benedict and Keith had a Bagel with Cream Cheese and Lox (smoked salmon).  Other than oatmeal and or cereal this is the first time we had another type of food for breakfast.  We will go back to cereal for the final two mornings of the crossing.

Anne Marie walked for another hour while Keith worked out in the Fitness Center for an hour.  While Anne Marie was walking she had seen some shirts on sale so we took a look at them after we worked out and we each purchased a commemorative shirt from this crossing.

There were several activities on the schedule today, including three lectures.  The highlight for us was the one talk given by Dr. Stephen Payne who was the architect for the Queen Mary 2.  He explained many of the approaches to the design and why certain decisions were made.

We had lunch at the Queens Grill.  We each had a salad.  Anne Marie had the salad that was on the menu and added some meat to it that was featured on the sandwich of the day while Keith had a larger size of the salad entrée from the luncheon menu.

We went to the Planetarium for the second time of this voyage and saw the program titled Passport to the Universe.  Tom Hanks narrated this one and like the first one that was narrated by Harrison Ford we found both programs to be quite interesting.

We also walked again in the afternoon and packed the majority of items, other than those items we will need from now until the time we disembark the ship this Friday morning.

This evening is the third and final formal evening of the crossing.  In the past, there would be five formal nights and two informal nights and now that has changed with three formal nights and four informal night reflecting changes in dress on land. 

We will post all about this tomorrow.

Keith & Anne Marie