Lovely to be back on the Navigator and we walked into some great surprises. ARNOLD (Suzannes favorite) is on board along with Mario and Paulo from the Song of Flower, Micky the Dining Room Manager and MIMI as Assistant Cruise Director, Sam as Cruise Director and then the handsome new Captain Jarle Jensen. What a great crew. Then to top it off we have the Australian singer Donald Cant who of course Fred and Pat will remember very well.

We have had calm seas and a great time. Enjoyed dinner the first night with John and Tonya and their friends Jay and Susan who REALLY need to become part of the LCT family. Great dinner.

We had dinner tonight with another couple who I did not even realise was LCT and posts. Cannot remember the "name" she uses (sorry little TOO much wine) but it was so much fun to meet her and I remember her posts. We had a lovely dinner.

I am a very happy Princess on the Navigator and it has been a long time since I have been here. I think since the "top of the world cruise" which was a really one of my favorite Regent cruises.

Those going on the Navigator 12/11 trip will have Arnold on board so you are in for a treat.

Be back later.

Ngaire, it's nice to see that you made it safely on the ship. It sounds like you are off to a terrific start!

ARNOLD's on board? Please give him a hearty "Well, why not?" from me. Please send our best to John & Tonya. Enjoy the rest of your trip! Cheers, Anne

Ngaire,
So glad you are having a great time. Thanks for taking the time to check in! Keep having fun and send us SeaMail when you can!!!!

Sounds like you're having such a great time! In my next life, I want YOUR ENERGY!! The Energizer Bunny doesn't have anything on you! Keep living it up and report in when you can...(love Arnold!)

So happy you are on board and have checked in! All sounds swell so far. Us landlubbers love that you keep us "posted". Enjoy and write when you can.

Wish I were there! Has my memory left me or wasn' Capt. Jensen with one of the other ships in another capacity? If you get a chance, say Hello to Mimi for me. She will remember since I stood in the lobby and sang "Le Marseilles" on Bastille Day!!!!
Have fun.
Lynn

Oh wowie wow!

Arnold, Mimi-frog, Sam, Mario, John, Tonya (E.T. too if you're lucky), and so, so many of my favorites on a ship that I'm NOT ON! WAAAAAA!


We need photos!!!!

Will work on the photos for you. Tonight is formal night maybe we can get Arnold and
Mario to pose for us during the after dinner show!!!

Had rack of lamb last night and then at lunch today they have giant prawns on the barbee they were fantastic. What great food it has been so far.

Well off to a wine tasting --- someone has to do it.

Great weather, calm seas life is pretty good onboard.

We sailed with Jarle when he was Staff Captain on the Voyager in 2004 and 2005. A terrific guy.

Peggy

Rack of lamb last night!! ... we had sloppy Joe's I am so ready for Mush!! Tired of eating my mush - :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Keep having fun! Joanna

LOL Joanna....Me Too! Can't wait to eat Mariner's MUSH!!!

Marcie: And won't Tom and Tony be happy??? Not much gourmet cooking goes on in this house

Joanna, I saw a sloppy Joe's commercial a few days ago. I hadn't had them in years. So yesterday, I bought some mix, hamburger and buns and made them for lunch today ..... YUM~YUM, they were good..... leftovers for Randy tomorrow!!!

Keep enjoying yourself, Ngaire. I can't wait to get back on board November 13th. Would you do me a favour and ask Maitre'd Miki if he's on the ship November 13th sailing? Wendy and I adore him, he makes our vacation!!

Charlene

Peggy, thank you for the info on Capt. Jensen. I knew I remembered him.
Lynn

Happy to hear you arrived safely and are having a wonderful time. Rack of lamb, prawns - you are in gastronomic heaven!

Okay, I am won over by the Navigator again. Been a while since I have been on but having a wonderful time. The new Navigator Italian restaurant with Gerry and Alex at the helm is SO much fun. We had a blast tonight. We got a picture of Arnold last night and then one of Gerry with his "girls" tonight. Gerry did a set in stars tonight and he is SUCH a talent. Karen and friends booked for December 11th he said he will be on board for that cruise. What a difference a great entertainer like that makes. The duo upstairs are excellent also and we danced the night away last night. During Liar club we broke into Girls versus Boys. The boys won not sure if we will ever live that down.

Last night was probably the best meal I have ever had on board a Regent ship. They had lobster tails from St. Malo they were big and fantastic along with Beef Wellington that was a melt in your mouth variety. Of course I had BOTH.

Ken and I have slept in each day until 11.00 am or so and stayed up at night. Tomorrow we do a Regent tour but what is so wonderful is that we do not arrive until 11.00 am. A perfect itinerary. Most of the arrival times are 10.00 am so it makes it so much easier to enjoy the nights.

We have a lovely group on board with some new wonderful people to spend time with and really enjoying John and Tonya and their friends Sue and Jay. Also Dave and Judy (Chilean Fjords) are on also with family and had a great dinner with them last night.

All is well aboard, be back with pictures when Ken can download them.

Micki, the Dining Room Manager is not supposed to be on for your cruise on November 13th but he said things are always changing so he is not sure.

Njaire,
Is LCT loading any faster on board with the new changes?

It's funny, that was the only question a computer geek like me has about the Baltics.

Yes, John I believe it is loading faster now. Either that or we have a great connection because it loads so fast. John and Tonya were showing us some pictures from PIP tonight and we were all wishing you and Kim were here. I think we need to smuggle Gerry on board MUSH so you two can play together again. Gerry does "Time to say Goodbye" so well we are going to call him Gerry Bochelli. I was telling the group tonight I only have two CDS in my car, Andrea Bochelli CD(spelling?) and Johns Birkenheurs CD.

Ngaire, tell Gerry that I can't wait! Your seamails are making me really excited to sail the Navigator for the first time!

Im glad,
Tell John and Tonya (Or is it TONE) that Kim and I said Hi. I wish they were going on MUSH. We will meet them in the UK one day.

If you (Ngaire) can arrange it on MUSH I have some good slide shows I made from DDD and PIP. I also have the new digitally enhanced version of "The Family Feud" starring the Matassa family.
See you all soon

I could watch "The Family Feud" over and over and over again - laugh every time -

A few photos from the Navigator:


Mont Saint Michel

Winners of LIARS CLUB (The Guys)

Tonya, Ngaire, & Sue

Jerry and the Jerrettes

Ngaire & Arnold

Thanks Ken - everyone looks happy and why not?? Just one question - why hasn't Ngaire aged in 3 years??? Living with a good man no doubt -

And did you see those handsuit men all dressed up! What great pictures!!

I did Karen - BUT the men won at Liar's Club so don't want any big heads - but yes they look FINE

Lovely snaps - everybody looks like they're having so much fun!!! And why wouldn't they.....

It was also nice to see Jerry and Arnold, Ngaire, thanks for that photo. Now send a snap of my Miki - LOL.

Keep having fun, and seamailing us. It makes me more excited about my November Navigator cruise!

Charlene

Great report and pictures. Getting us all excited for MUSH!!

Helloooo from the Navigator. We are sailing into Lisbon as I type. What a beautiful morning. The weather has been perfect the whole trip. (knock on wood!!)

The cruise has really been incredible. Our friends are in 7th Heaven. This is their 1st cruise, and we have really spoiled them much like we were spoiled last year on PIP. We had such great role models in how to entertain and bring out the fun on board. We miss all the "evil posse" from PIP, but we are managing quite well with E.T., Sue & Ngaire tearing up the dancefloor. Last night was British Pub night with Gerry singing a long set of Beatles songs.

I'm being summoned to breakfast. I think Lamb Chops are the breakfast special this morning. The Tonester loves her some Lamb chops & a fried egg in the morning. It sure does beat the Denny's $1.99 Steak & Eggs special!!!

John & "evil" Tonya (E.T.)

I do hope that I get a chance to cruise with you and ET at some point, John! Thanks for the seamail!

Masaki

Another perfect weather day in Lisbon. It was very hot for the last week and today it was a pleasant 75 degrees or so with a nice breeze could not have been better. It was a religious holiday to day and that caused us some problems touring. The crowds at Pena Castle were huge - a two hour wait so we had to just give it up. However, we had a great guide and a wonderful day with a quick snack of some pastry famous in this area at a very local restaurant. Great excuse to eat the bad stuff! Back on board about 20 minutes before the all aboard and now time to get a quick cup of tea and get ready for the evening meal.

We had booked to go to Seville tomorrow but then decided to stay on board and just wander Cadiz instead. Last time we were here we did the same thing. I think the early start, long bus ride, and the thought of 90 - 100 degree temperatures just made us change our mind. One of these days we must go there as I do understand it is a wonderful place to visit.

Last night was a lot of fun they had a tribute to the Beatles and the music was fabulous. We put on our dancing shoes and Jay (John and Tonia's friend) was dancing up a storm. We had a lot of fun it was a great night. Tonight they are doing a martini night with a few surprises and you must have a password to enter. We still do not know the password must have missed that somehow but figure they will let us in with enough begging and pleading. Sam is doing a great job as cruise director and is very innovative.

This is a very youthful crowd on this itinerary. More people in their 30's and 40s than normal. These events are all well attended.

Be back later

Oh I'll bet you had Pastéis de Belém!! Were they small "custard" tarts that had cinnamon sprinkled on the top?? Did the shop have the famous Portuguese blue tiles on the walls?? If so, you hit the mother lode of tasty Portuguese pastries. YUMMY!!!

Love the photos! We are clamoring for more!

Love the reports. Keep them coming!

Wow, what a great preview for those of us going on SAND. Thanks Ngaire!

We had a great day in Cadiz today. Did the hop a bus thing and we were surprised with Cadiz some nice things to see here.

John,Tonya and the troops went to Seville and I have not seen them since they got back.

Tomorrow a day at sea and I am sure a great lunch and dinner are in store for us tomorrow. Then a day in Barcelona. Marcie, we are having Hans come on board for lunch in Barcelona. So looking forward to seeing him again.

Then we have to get off --- no I am not ready. REally fallen in love with the Navigator all over again. A Great Crew!!! So many ex Song of Flower staff and it has been a delightful cruise.

However, MUSH is just around the corner so we have that to look forward to.

Thanks for all the seamails Ngaire, we're all enjoying them! It's so easy to fall in love with the Navigator crew, isn't it? They're all ex "Song" or "Diamond". Did you manage to find out if Miki is on board in November? I'm dying to know.

Don't get off, you're clearly having too good a time.

Love, Charlene

ngaire,

Glad you are having such a wonderful time! We really enjoy the Navigatotr as well and are on it for the third time in a row in October.

We are really looking forward to Italy, et al and your reports only wish it were sooner.

Anthony

Ngaire, great to hear from you! Anthony, you and Paige MUST get on another group cruise with Ngaire and gang. When are you going to Italy? I, too, love the Navigator. My first 2 cruises on her, and then Norway last year.

Seville was the best. We did the half-day tour with half-day independent exploration. Had a wonderful guide that was really into art. We were really impressed with the Moorish/Christian/Jewish influences on all the architecture. Dave, Jay, Sue, Tonya and I toured the old Jewish neighborhood and found a nice Tapas bar to have lunch (great Sangria, by the way!!) We got back to the ship at 7pm, just in time for a quick change and a quick cocktail, then off to another superb dinner.

Today we are at sea. Tonight we get to play dress up one last time. Tomorrow is Barcelona, then the suitcases come out before heading off to Monte Carlo. I'm going to have to go through Fred's 7 step program for the end of the cruise!!

Til later.
John and E.T.