Rouen

Greetings from Crystal Symphony 
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Today, we will change things up by posting very early. This is because we have a full day planned to get to and from and visiting Normandy.  Tomorrow we will share with you our experience as we revisit Normandy for the second time.

Yesterday afternoon we saileda river as we made our way to Rouen.

Another special venue on-board Crystal Symphony and Harmony is the library.  It's a place where you can sit and read a book, or take out books to read and/or board games to play, pick up a word game, or on selected sailings pick up tickets to see a show performed by a magician.

Making it very special is that it is staffed with a librarian who can help you find an item or put you on a waiting list for a book and who is very knowledgeable and helpful.  

In our early days of cruising Crystal we can remember booking a cruise on board or considering a cruise and stopping by the library to look through travel books to start reading about the places on the itinerary.

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Dinner menu from last evening at Waterside where we dined.

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Dinner was amazing. Outstanding cuisine, service, and dining venue.  We thank our wonderful waitstaff team for being so warm, kind, and professional. This includes Head Waiter Eva, Senior Waiter Hannah, Waiter Abhishek, and Sommelier Sanella along with a big thank you to Restaurant Manager Remi, Senior Head Waiter Bojan, and Head Sommelier Goran.  
 
We also want to thank recognize the many members of Food & Beverage and Housekeeping who work behind the scenes. This includes members from galley who work tirelessly preparing delicious meals from prepping to cooking, those who clean all the dishes, utensils, and glassware and those involved from Housekeeping keeping the dining venues looking spotless and washing and pressing the tablecloths. This takes a team effort across multiple departments, and you all are simply the best.
 
As to dinner, we each enjoyed Wienerschnitzel for our entrees. Keith had his with a fried egg on top.  Each entrée was accompanied with traditional sides.
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As for today, one of the major reasons for booking this cruise was a return to Normandy on the 80th anniversary year of Operation Overlord to pay our respects and to remember each person who made the ultimate sacrifice.

We have a tour starting this morning (September 23 ships time) and will post about it on Tuesday, September 24.

Cheers,

Anne Marie & Keith