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THE JOYS OF CRUISING
By Margaret A Look Back at Midnight Buff ets
Hammond
You wondered where they found
While cruising such talented artists among the
remains crew members to produce these
suspended amazing decorations.
awaiting the end
of the Corona The buffet also featured main
virus, there is time to look back course dishes in case you had
over voyages of past years when enjoyed an early dinner and
things were a bit different. The needed something more by
midnight buffet comes to mind midnight. Anything from a
as one of the most anticipated decorated whole roast pig to
shipboard delights many years lobster and pasta dishes was
ago. apt to be presented. There was
always a wide display of cheeses
Each ship tried to offer something and crackers, and cold meats
so special that you would of all varieties. Now was the ships offered a selection of a book. All this has disappeared
remember it and return for your perfect time to sample those thousand or more books. There now, and a small rack of books
next cruise. There was always bits of blue cheese, goat cheese, were travel books and maps, as has been demoted to a seldom
a huge selection of fancy cakes, creamy brie or camembert with well as a number of best selling used corner on their upper
and often a watermelon carved so a few varieties of salami, ham or novels and old classics. Holland deck. Celebrity ships still have
that it was the face of a person or prosciutto and some crackers. America had the largest library, a designated library area with
a fantastic flower. There were ice with soft leather lounge chairs comfortable chairs and lines
carvings of exceptional beauty. The other most missed feature of that invited you to sit and enjoy
past cruises is the library. Many Continued on page 21
un & Games
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Fun & Games What’s a bamboozable you ask? A bamboozable is a saying/phrase Mumbo Jumbo
Bamboozable
that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The object What’s a mumbo jumbo you ask? A mumbo jumbo is a list of words/
hints for you to unscramble. You then take designated letters from
is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing each word/hint to come up with the final message that is associated
that each bamboozable is meant to represent.
with each hint you have unscrambled.
SUDOKU
Phrase Scramble Hink Pinks
What’s a phrase scramble you ask? A phrase scramble is a group of words, all What’s a Hink Pink you ask? Hink Pinks are fun rhyming word riddles. The
cut up and mixed up and you need to put the phrase blocks in order to create a answer to the riddle is a pair of words that rhyme with each other. For example:
saying. We use famous quotes and famous lines from famous songs/books etc. Large Feline would be Fat Cat.
1. Machinery gas 7. Large toupee
2. Metal cot 8. Loaf cover
3. Mistaken melody 9. Lodge light
4. Metal Needle 10. Large person
5. Lime body organ who doesn’t
6. Lawn protector enjoy Christmas
Hint: Famous Quote Answers on page 23
