Mexican Food!!! Woo hoo! Rain greeted us at Auckland as we sailed into the port. They had not had rain in over a month. were celebrating!We have not had rain in California for a month either or so we hear. We have now been on the road – well really on the high seas for over a month now! The three of us could view Mexicali the restaurant from our deck so we donned rain coats and walked to burritos, keto bowls and quesadillas. The food quenched our hunger for Mexican. We have great margaritas on the ship so we didn’t bother with ‘rita’s!
A pano of our room in the beautiful hilltop Museum in Auckland. It was the setting for our World Cruisers special party as well as the museum’s first Lord of the Rings dinner in their gorgeous event center above the museum. We walked through incredible information and artifacts of WWI and WWII as we made our way by bus fulls to our party room. Wish we had time to enjoy the museum itself! About 200 people who are on the world cruise joined us for the celebration. The food and wine were delicious and all the characters made the evening especially magical!
Gimley won the biggest nose contest. Michael was a far second! Larkin is watching the makeup artist put makeup on a female dwarf for all to see!
It was amazing to see the costumed servers drop a plate at each place. You can see behind the captain there are tons of desserts and few people. What a hoot. We were on the last bus back to the ship and enjoyed the camaraderie. Captain Aivo will join us again in Barcelona for the end of our cruise! Tammy our social hostess is married to Andy our cruise director. He swore Tammy had 3 desserts!
I was going to try to add the next two days in the post…but these Lord of the Ring World Cruise memories were a weeks worth of memories. Next from Waiheke Island and its wineries to Hobbiton to friends in Napier. I will post them when I get the time. My biggest issue in blogging is how long it takes to send photos from the iphone to my computer. Iphone no longer lets you plug in and download. A pity – the extra time is like pulling teeth! Slow wifi makes it seem more like a root canal! By creating and sharing this blog with friends, I create a memory for the three of us too. Its worth it all! Enjoy your last week of February!
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What a fantastic experience! Enjoyed seeing the Lord of the Rings pix. You all look terrific!
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What fabulous fun! You are doing such a great blog! Worth the wait for the excellent photos.
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Patience Miz Zin…..your blog is fun and interesting……. Those lonely desserts were sad…… Keep on keeping on!!!!! Janie
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Just AMAZING. So glad you are having a wonderful travel and I can’t wait to hear all about New Zealand!!
Hugs to you all,
Love, Sandy and Glen :))
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