Today we were awaken at 5.00am in our rooms by el Capitain on the loudspeaker directly in our room, startled awake I thought oh my goodness it’s lunchtime we’ve slept in ….. but alas, captain was apologizing for the weather conditions, the Tasman had shown us its teeth through the night, rockn and a swayn all night long and now we were unable to have the Milford Sound pilot board the ship due to the size of the waves and we would not be entering Milford Sound today……(aww)…as everyone had their alarms set for 6.00 el capitain was wanting to warn us we may as well stay in bed, and on top of that he was about to do some fancy ship maneouvers to take us further out to sea and the ship would be turning sharply and everyone should remain in bed. Whilst disappointing I said to Sir Ken that now means we will have to do this trip all over again some other time just to see Milford Sound……..
So instead of awe inspiring fiords and mountains we had magnificent entertainment in the coffee lounge with Steve and Allen who had been to the upmarket Pinnacle Restaurant the night before, all ears we were as Sir Ken and I had reservations for this evening – we too wanted to be dining off Bvylgari dinner plates with 6 star formal service……. It appears Steve’s soup was luke warm and the meat was not cooked as requested and maitre d took umbrage, who then in turn advised the chef who was most upset, which ended in Steve being given a dressing down by the Head Waiter for not informing him sooner – I understand they slunk out of the restaurant refusing dessert and the offer of another dining experience another time…… excommunicated from the Pinnacle Restaurant Steve has given us some good advice – don’t mess with the matire d’ if you want to eat your dessert….
By afternoon el capitain had us rounding the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand and the seas somewhat smoother and calmer for happy hour….. the pictures below show the difference from morning to afternoon in the sea conditions…….
Must go and dress up for dinner – I don’t want the matre d refusing us entry for dinner ….. Sheree make mental note Sir Ken is not to wear anything from his Lowes special wardrobe…..
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