Fellow LCT'ers -

We, too, have found Ngaire and B&K to be extraordinary. We used a large all-cruise Seattle agency for our first RSSC cruise and were quite disappointed that no one there seemed to have any direct knowledge of anything about the RSSC ships. Then, (thanks to my secretary) we discovered the boards (Cruise Critic, etc.) and started learning more about the Baltic trip upon which we were soon to be embarking. Ngaire's posts and responses were terrifically useful and so superior to anything our TA knew that we decided to book any later cruises, such as the Norwegian fjords trip from which we just returned, through B&K. On board Voyager, when we booked the cruise and told Gudrun that we wanted to use Ngaire, she told us that we had made a truly excellent choice of TA.

We have had the great pleasure of spending some time with Ngaire and Ken on our last cruise. They are, quite simply, marvelous people and about the best traveling companions one could want. They are flexible, adventuresome, and have apparently unlimited senses of humor. (Speaking of "unlimited", Ngaire has the capacity to put down more lamb chops than any person this side of a Barnum and Bailey side show and still be her annoyingly slim self. She ate all of us under the table one night, yet she still managed to have room for the creme brule!!) It simply ain't fittin"!!, as someone, I forget who, would say in "Gone With the Wind".

So, Ngaire and Ken, have fun in the Black Sea. We look forward enormously to seeing you again on PIP in May.

Cheers, Fred & Pat