Well the last thing to do was to edit the video I took and create a couple of short compilations of the trip. The first was the stunning sail out of New York. I've been lucky enough to do it twice now and been very lucky with the weather both times.
Sail out of New York on Queen Victoria
To get the view from someone not on the ship, there is a really good video taken from across the river. I subscribe to his/her channel on youtube and love the backdrop of the New York skyline as ships sail in and out of port.
Queen Victoria departing Manhattan
Finally, here is the video of the crossing. Hope you like watching the ocean! Also a bit of a ship tour.
Crossing Video
Enjoy. Until the next crossing!
Rob
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Pictures
Uploaded my pictures from the trip. The sail out of new york was as amazing as it looks. The rest of the pictures give a pretty good sense of the ship and the different weather through the journey.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Saturday - nearly there
It ended up being a mainly cloudy day, but was still able to spend time outside enjoying the sea air. I also went to Terry Waite's second lecture. We talked more about his time in captivity and some of the different challenges he faced. Now he spends much of his time lecturing and writing. He just finished a novel that he was signing on board.
It was the final formal night last night. I met up with the usual crowd at the commodore club bar before dinner. Funny how you get to know a group of people during a voyage like this. But most likely, will never see them again. Many people go to this bar because or the piano player I mentioned earlier. He's a young man named Carlo Nuschi and is a seriously talented musician and singer. He goes from Sinatra to billy Joel to Gershwin. After dinner i went to the show but didn't stay as I realized I would much rather go listen to Carlo.
It's Saturday morning and as we get close to our destination, the weather is providing a preview of what we can expect . Cooler and rain.
We have just moved clocks forward for the last time. In the noon update, the commodore took the time to announce the new royal baby and say he had sent a note of congratulations to the royal family. I was in the lobby and there were sounds of delight around this news. I guess it is good news these days with all the bad news we are hearing and seeing on TV.
It is packing day. Hoping it isn't too somber around the ship tonight. I bumped into one lady from our table who said she wouldn't be coming to dinner be as she thought it was too late for the last night. Personally I think it's better to stretch out the day as much as possible.
Here is the busy coffee shop. A great place to get a good cup of coffee and watch the seas.
It was the final formal night last night. I met up with the usual crowd at the commodore club bar before dinner. Funny how you get to know a group of people during a voyage like this. But most likely, will never see them again. Many people go to this bar because or the piano player I mentioned earlier. He's a young man named Carlo Nuschi and is a seriously talented musician and singer. He goes from Sinatra to billy Joel to Gershwin. After dinner i went to the show but didn't stay as I realized I would much rather go listen to Carlo.
It's Saturday morning and as we get close to our destination, the weather is providing a preview of what we can expect . Cooler and rain.
We have just moved clocks forward for the last time. In the noon update, the commodore took the time to announce the new royal baby and say he had sent a note of congratulations to the royal family. I was in the lobby and there were sounds of delight around this news. I guess it is good news these days with all the bad news we are hearing and seeing on TV.
It is packing day. Hoping it isn't too somber around the ship tonight. I bumped into one lady from our table who said she wouldn't be coming to dinner be as she thought it was too late for the last night. Personally I think it's better to stretch out the day as much as possible.
Here is the busy coffee shop. A great place to get a good cup of coffee and watch the seas.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Friday -sea day 6
It was a great day At sea yesterday. I went to two lectures, the first was about hostage taking given by the special operations inspector which included a description of one incident at Stansted airport. Th next talk was really a q&a with the commodore. There were good questions from the audience too. He did let us know what the issue was that caused us to stop a few days ago. It was a burst hose for coolant. We definitely wouldn't want to overheat!
Most of the afternoon was spent out poolside. It was warm and sunny for the most part.
There was a magician who performed before dinner. He did mainly slight of hand tricks that were ok but nothing too dazzling. Then I went to the Verandah for dinner as I had a free dinner there as part of the promotion when I booked. The food was very good. I had a gnocchi dish that rivalled the gnocchi I had in nyc. In fact, it was probably better as it wasn't over salted. The strangest thing was that the staff kept telling me how slow the service was because everything was made to order, yet I was out in one hour 15 mins. Odd.
It's Friday morning, 15 degrees with a bit of sun. Seas are calmest they have been for a few days. It is a really nice day at sea. I was able to east breakfast outside with views of the ocean. So relaxing.
I'm thinking of this as my extra day. On qm2, the crossings have all been 7 nights but this one is 8. So on qm2 I would have to start thinking about packing today, but I can relax at least for another 24 hours.
Most of the afternoon was spent out poolside. It was warm and sunny for the most part.
There was a magician who performed before dinner. He did mainly slight of hand tricks that were ok but nothing too dazzling. Then I went to the Verandah for dinner as I had a free dinner there as part of the promotion when I booked. The food was very good. I had a gnocchi dish that rivalled the gnocchi I had in nyc. In fact, it was probably better as it wasn't over salted. The strangest thing was that the staff kept telling me how slow the service was because everything was made to order, yet I was out in one hour 15 mins. Odd.
It's Friday morning, 15 degrees with a bit of sun. Seas are calmest they have been for a few days. It is a really nice day at sea. I was able to east breakfast outside with views of the ocean. So relaxing.
I'm thinking of this as my extra day. On qm2, the crossings have all been 7 nights but this one is 8. So on qm2 I would have to start thinking about packing today, but I can relax at least for another 24 hours.
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