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Château Les Aulnois
Located in the heart of the village of Pierry opposite the Church, the Chateau Aulnois is a hidden beauty, nestled at the foot of the hills and vineyards of Pierry famous since the eighteenth century to the high quality of its wines.
The Aulnois, historical
The property, remarkable for its architectural qualities, its French garden and the tapestry of the great octagonal room, was included in the Inventory of Historic Buildings in 1986.
She also witnessed the birth of Champagne and its development. .
Guest House: A new destiny for the Aulnois
Five bedrooms: accommodation 12 people
Table dhôtes sur réservation
Seminars: 20 people
Languages spoken: French, English
Pets not allowed
Private parking Clos wall
Credit cards accepted except American Express
No smoking
Arrival desirable: between 16 and 19 am to allow time to settle down quietly and get acquainted with the places
(If you arrive later, thank you to let us know and we will wait)
It is desirable that the rooms are released at noon
Originally this area is a rich vineyard consists of 22 acres of vines, an fermenting, wine cellars, wine cellars and wine presses.
Andre DELAPLACE, Adviser to the King and Controller General of Finance, acquired it in 1771.
At the site of the old building, he built the Castle in 1778, and made a summer home, a "campaign".
The area is a living entity in its own right, including facilities for the production of wine and all the elements for a domestic life easier.
It has well, dovecote, laundry, bakery, vegetable garden, yard, orchard and a park
Andre DELAPLACE develops the field of wine business and the merchant.
During the last decade of the ancien regime, it becomes an important shipper of bottles of champagne
At the French Revolution, he was forced in 1791 to sell his estate to Sieur Drawing Flavigny, also a merchant, owner and producer in Aÿ.
Until today the castle Aulnois The changes hands several times, but he is lucky to be in every episode of his long life, friendly hands or who have the means to preserve the beauties which are and transmitted.
The beautiful decorations of the seventeenth century, gates, piers, slabs of stone, handles and locks, mirrors, windows of time, books are still there.
These cookies give the home charm, the atmosphere, through this very special places preserved.
The main building built from the basement to the tower around a central octagon in a harmonious symmetry.
On the ground floor, the large octagonal room is lined with a mural wallpaper depicting scenes and characters from Greek mythology, scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The forty openings, doors and windows are framed by brick shape and orange color slowly characteristics of the time.
The beautiful exhibition of the main building to the south-west, sheltered from wind by the dependencies wine allows the sun to flood the rooms and lounges.
From past vineyard property, still housed in an imposing press the beautiful frame of the west building.
Over time, the castle lost its function and wine becomes a place of residence.
The French garden
The fairways, punctuated by the majestic topiary draw lawns.
The massive pink-lined box provide the color variation of this green.
The symmetry and precision are queens and nature seem tame ... ..
The French garden inspires calm and breathe the balance and harmony.
It also inspires relaxation lounges with garden located on the terraces and sun loungers on the lawns. You can sit to read, write, work, chat, drink a glass of champagne or do nothing, lulled by the singing of birds ... ..
At night, this garden is conducive to confidence, declarations of love, and marriage proposals ... ...
The places which inspire a romantic champagne is perhaps not unrelated.
Guest House: A new destiny for the Aulnois
In 2005 work was undertaken to convert the premises into a guest house.
Four years will be needed to make to the building all the modern comforts in keeping the beautiful decorative elements of the eighteenth century.
Five rooms
Five bedrooms and bathroom and private toilets are provided.
The paved courtyard
The original cobblestones that have been sitting carts grapes in the eighteenth century were covered by gravel and grass. They were extracted, placed on the surface in a pattern showing the hexagonal pattern of the whole architecture.
The court is now a place of comfortable and secure parking for cars of visitors.
The garden
Created to compliment the host table in vegetables and fresh herbs
The reception areas of the castle
The lounges are available to guests.
Fires in the fireplace on winter evenings
Seminars up to 20 people
The garden:
Garden furniture to relax on the terraces, lawns, under the lime
In summer, appetizers, standing receptions, toasts
The press: fallback position of functions in case of bad weather
The kitchen is transformed into a kitchen to live. It became the heart of the house.
Guests come here freely and spontaneously, read, drink tea, play cards, talk about it.
The open fireplace and grill, the stove and heat radiating AGA continues make a place to live, dine or drink a glass of champagne.


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Slightly abstract, visually mesmerizing, easy to play, challenging to master. Waveform is just the sort of arcade experience you would expect from an indie developer. Eden Industries has created a captivating game using little more than a controllable waveform. As you weave through each level, your goal is to nab the highest score possible by manipulating a wave as it bounds through space, gathering light particles and growing stronger with each leg of the journey.
Feb 2012
Dear Esther is an interactive story told through a first person adventure setting. There's very little gameplay to speak of, just a deep mystery about the deserted island you're walking on, along with unanswered questions surrounding a horrific crash and a book written by a long-lost explorer. What happened in this dreary place? And, better yet, can you find a way out?
Feb 2012
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Dec 2011
Q.U.B.E.: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion is one of those special games you don't get to see as often as you would like. It's a first person puzzle game, which is rare enough in its own right, but then you combine that with a stark method of storytelling, creative use of environmental puzzles, and an interface that's as smooth as the shiny blocks that make up the levels. What you're left with is a thoroughly satisfying game with masterfully designed puzzles from beginning to end.
Oct 2011
You thought you had it bad when you were forced to trick-and-treat with your twin, but things only get worse when he (or she!) is mistaken for an actual piece of candy by the real monsters that are pillaging the town! None of the adults will believe you, but unless you want to be in a lot of trouble when you come home alone, you'll have to embark on a rescue mission in this charming, laugh-out-loud funny adventure RPG from DoubleFine. Create and unlock new costumes and do epic battle as you become the very thing you're dressed up as, and stop a candy conspiracy that could threaten the world!
Oct 2011
Can't decide if you want to play a rhythm game or a good old fashioned dungeon crawling RPG? Now you can have both, with Iridium Studios' hybrid gem, Sequence. Originally released on the Xbox Live Arcade platform, Sequence takes a little bit of music, adds in combat, spells, weapons and items, shuffles them around in a sort of time management kind of manner, and sets it before you with a side of humor and a dose of "what the heck was that I just fought and why did it insult my mother?".
Aug 2011
Owners of iOS devices have been enjoying Mobigame's isometric arcade/puzzle game EDGE for over two years now. The game survived legal battles and multiple removals from the iTunes App Store to win a number of awards for mobile gaming excellence. Now, Mac and PC can come to the party! EDGE has arrived on Steam, carrying with it all the content of the mobile release with updated visuals and a new interface.
Aug 2011
A great Calamity rocks the world, wiping out all of civlization in an instant and leaving behind only a handful of floating islands in a vast void. As the Kid, along with your ever-present Narrator as a guide, search the remnants of the world for something that might rebuild it, uncovering the truth about the Calamity (and human nature) as you do. Featuring stunning visuals, an engrossing story related in a unique, immersive fashion, and fast-paced combat with upgradeable weapons, Bastion is a top-notch indie action RPG players looking for another realm and a good story will definitely want to investigate.
Jul 2011
After the end of the world, we're all dead... but that doesn't mean we aren't still leading productive unlives! Dem, grumpy skeleton hero extraordinaire, doesn't have much interest in the past, but that all changes when bouncy, just-a-little-bit-crazy magical ghost Sara forcibly ropes him into an adventure to explore the ruins of days gone by. Breath of Death VII is a short but sweet classic RPG parody chock full of strategic combat, gaming references, technologically hip vampires, usurpers and more, it's a great funny treat for anyone who remembers what it was like to be a magically animated skeleton with barely contained loathing for his party members.
May 2011
Terraria, a new action/adventure/creativity game from Re-Logic, is perfect for a sand emperor like myself. It offers the thrill of discovery mixed with the chance to meticulously construct your own little village, city or empire. And before you think it: yes, it's a lot like Minecraft, only in 2D!
May 2011
A space ship. An explosion. An escape pod. A crash. It's just you and an alien planet replete with jungle creatures who aggressively attack you, lone guy in a well-equipped spacesuit. Capsized drops you in an unfamiliar world and gives you just a few tools to survive. Fortunately, a grappling hook and a number of guns happens to be amongst these tools, the former of which is handy not only for swinging around and pulling yourself up ledges, but for grabbing and moving obstacles. Other than that, you really have to rely on your wits in this gorgeously-illustrated but challenging physics/action game.
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You Don't Know Jack, the "irreverent party trivia game", features hundreds of hilarious questions in a fast-paced game show format, complete with cash and prizes, a wise-cracking host, and ample carpentry hardware. While released on multiple platforms last week, we're taking a look at the Steam release.
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Puzzle Dimension is a great-looking and extremely well-made 3D puzzle game from Doctor Entertainment. Your goal is to collect the sunflowers on each level. Roll the satisfyingly-solid stone block across the floating tiles, leaping over single-spaced gaps when necessary, and touch each flower to nab it. Now, factor in ice, vanishing blocks, and loads of other ingenious puzzle contraptions and you've got a satisfying and challenging game that never seems to get old!

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Stockpile Challenge – Update #4
Okay. I admit it. I really really really REALLY want to go to the grocery store. If I could go to the store right now, I would bring home a big pile of broccoli, red peppers, bok choy and carrots. Then I would steam it all, drizzle it with homemade honey garlic sauce and eat until I couldn't stuff any more in. *drool* This picture of a "salad harvest" from my garden last summer has had me salivating for 2 days straight.
I was talking to a dear friend who is on a fitness forum with me. (See, I warned you – all my friends make their way in here eventually!) We were discussing a "serving" of vegetables. According to all the prepper food storage charts, for most veggies a half cup is considered a serving. In our version of the world, a serving of veggies is at LEAST a cup. I regularly roast a pound of Brussels sprouts and a pound of carrots and share this dish only grudgingly. I love veggies! And fruit – we eat a lot of fruit in our house. Sometimes I make a big platter of fruit and we snack on that while watching TV and playing games. It's really not the same with apple sauce and canned peaches.
Of course this doesn't mean that I can't survive, and healthfully, on what we have, but it does bring me to a few conclusions.
- I can't base my produce storage on the charts that are available if I'm not going to be happy with those serving sizes. I need to re-inventory our stored produce and base it on serving sizes to us. This could really hold true to any type of food. The point is, I don't have nearly as long-lasting of a supply as I thought I did, based on the servings we prefer.
- I need to reconsider the way I've been stockpiling and work on getting a much higher percentage of produce stored away.
- I can't say "root cellar" enough times to stress the fact that I will have one this coming year and will plan my 2013 garden quite differently than 2012. Root cellar, root cellar, root cellar…..Root cellar.
This, of course, is the point of the Stockpile Challenge – to test out how well we'll do if we rely solely on our stockpiles.
I used the last of the eggs this week, but in brighter news, I unearthed a brick of cheddar in the freezer, much to my delight – this will be an awesome treat this week! I'm plotting our cheesy meal!
We've run out of ketchup, so I'm going to make homemade ketchup this weekend with a recipe from a friend – more about that tomorrow during Project Ketchup! I had let my stock of ketchup dwindle down because I'd planned to make it myself next time – looks like "next time" is here!
So….how is YOUR stockpile challenge working out? What have you learned? Are you going to change anything about the way you stockpile?
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I know how you feel about the suggested serving size of vegetables. My weight gain came not from lack of vegetables, but from love of them as well as bread, butter, cheese, juicy cuts of meat, and potatoes all in copious amounts, lol.
I routinely toss a pound of brussel sprouts in a little olive oil, kosher salt and pepper then roast them off in the oven eating every one.
The same goes for when I make mustard, collard, or turnip greens or any vegetable for that matter. I generally eat most of what I cook. My stockpile of vegetables would have to be huge.
If you are going to really build a root cellar, not just a small place to store a few things, you may want to consider a few of the following tips. I have had a root cellar for awhile now. It took my husband and me, along with a builder, to come up with this plan for our Wyoming area where the usual winter Temperature gets to -15 degrees F. and often much colder. When the cement was pored for the foundations the builder used the newer style styrafoam form material. This was lift in place so that the cold in the ground can't come into the root cellar area. We left the floor without cement and later covered it with gravel which allows a little moisture to come into the root cellar and keep the vegetables from drying out. We have two thermostats wired in series to bring cold air in during the fall and spring which extends the length of time that I can keep the temperature at 40 degrees F. During the winter I plug up the vent holes and while the temperatures are below zero I put a small electric heater with a thermostat in the root cellar so that the food doesn't freeze. The book Root Cellaring by Mike and Nancy Bubel has given me a lot of ideas along this line.
At this time my winter squash is just starting to get some spoiled spots I am looking for better storage varieties that will grow in my short growing season. I grow Lutz Green Leaf Beets which are a red table beet that gets much larger than usual beets. The leaves are good to eat during the summer and the beets store almost until spring. Sometimes the seed is hard to find. I also store carrots, potatoes, winter storage varieties of both red and green cabbage, onions, garlic cellery which was dug up roots and all and kept moist in a bucket. I also have a few apples and some of my home made wine in the root cellar.
I hope that this gives you a few ideas for your root cellar.
Wow, I love your site. You've really built something nice here. Bookmarked now & will be my bedtime reading on my tablet. A lot to catch up on – you've really built something nice.
So far we are fairing very well! We "forgot" about wanting grapes and bananas after a few days. Having fresh eggs and milk from the chickens and goats has been a life saver, I think. The unheated greenhouse has also been a big help, since I'm overwintering spinach, kale and mâché. My big fail was that I did have to pick up dog food. Oops! How could I forget the dog?!?!
fairing well as well here.funny how the kids choose the home canned peaches over "fresh" apples that need to be eaten! Who couldn't resist that summer sweetness?
Jill what zone are you using an unheated greenhouse? our heated gh is doing well, but the unheated one, the kale has had VERY slow growth, but tatsoi and mustard greens look happy! Nothing like fresh greens in January!
Hi beth. We live in upstate NY, zone 5 or 6a. I follow Eliot Coleman's recommendations from his his book "Four Season Harvest" and also rely on the wisdom of Charles Dowding in "How to Grow Winter Vegetables". I'm not really growing anything this time of year, more like overwintering. The idea is to plant very hardy veggies in late summer/early fall and grow them to a decent size so that when winter hits and growth stops, you just harvest what you've already grown. Kind of like keeping them in suspended animation until spring and longer days when they start growing again. Maybe I shouldn't have called it a greenhouse — its more like a hoop house and then you also cover the veggies with floating row covers to give them a double layer of protection.
How blessed you are to have a heated greenhouse! Good luck with the challenge!
Still doing well. Left Fri & returned Tues. 1 meal on road each way. Ate rest of meals with kids. To compensate for that time away took a 3 gal pail of carrots & potatoes, 2 containers soup base 1-10 kg bag oatmeal & 1 doz. eggs. 7 eggs were donated by neighbour & 5 from my stock. Today I have to buy some jello as my colonoscopy has been changed to Jan from Mar. & my previous day fast does include jello. apple juice & broth. Got the juice & broth. Neighbour & us are going together on a beef. So 1/2 a beef will arrive towards end of Feb. Since my meat supply is getting low this is something to look forward too but won't interfere with this "challenge." Hot choc.mix Only 2 cups left but have lots of Ovaltine & cocoa left. Eggs getting low but will make it.


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Car show registration: 9-noon; Voting: noon-1 pm; Trophy awards-approx.2 pm
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so, how much wine exactly does mommy drink?
FE game is fun. until someone sticks a red Br@ FE on your cabin door like on our cruise!!
enjoying the updates. i'll have to catch up later as we leave for WDW tomorrow.
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that reminds me of the time we were at MGM during star wars weekend.
chics dressed up like Princess Leia everywhere.
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Day 3 - Castaway Cay - Part 2
Today I am home from work tending to a sick DS7. Normally I've been writing these TR updates on my lunch break, but here I am now sitting at the kitchen of my very quiet (DS7 is asleep) home, with a cup of coffee and plugging this out on my laptop. I kind of feel like a writer, except I know that I would never have the patience to actually write more than a TR. And MS Word is telling me that the previous sentence is fragmented and I have no idea what that means. OK – let's get back to the TR before my coffee gets cold or DS7 wakes up?
Now back on board, DS7 and I get washed up and I take him to the Lab. I toyed with the idea of joining DW and DS11 at the theater to see Alice in Wonderland, but it was already 3:45 and the movie started at 3:30; although I later found out that they show previews. Since I was all alone, I was determined to actually read at least a page or two in my book. I grabbed my book, but not my ODCLDOTDPC – I left it ON PURPOSE this time – take THAT Disney. We had brought a small bottle of coconut rum on board and were given some very nice aluminum water bottles for being part of the Castaway Club. I filled one about a quarter (or maybe it was half) full with the rum and headed for the drink station. There I poured in ice and coke, making sure to use the paper cups provided so I did not contaminate the drinking station, but most importantly so that I did not get dirty looks from anyone due to my contaminating the drinking station and have to read about my inappropriate behavior on the DIS.
With my coke and rum, and my book, I looked forward to at least an hour and a half of relaxation. I've had enough sun for the year, so the adult pool was out. However, I knew just where to go – Outlook Café – or just right outside of there where they had these really comfortable looking lounge chairs with ottomans. How did those little seats for your feet become known as ottomans? I bet it has something to do with the empire, but I don't remember seeing them in any of the Star Wars movies. As I was walking I looked over the railing and saw the continuous stream of people coming back to the ship. I'd better hurry since there are not many of those chairs. I found one and it was wonderful. I had a great view of the unoccupied part of CC, and if I sat just right, no construction equipment was in sight.
Here is MY chair and ottoman outside of Cove Cafe. The end table is MINE too.
I enjoyed two entire chapters of my book – Naked Came the Manatee. Normally I do most of my reading at home and can get a lot read, usually the same paragraph over and over. I already know better than to try and read when the kids are awake, so I routinely wait until they go to sleep. The problem is, my DW is still awake and that is when she likes to "talk". And she expects me to respond to her like she thinks normal husbands do. So I can't just sit there and pretend to listen. I've never mastered the technique some husbands use where they can nod or shake their head at appropriate times to feign that they are listening. I usually nod when I should have shaken, and this always leads to a much longer conversation at much higher volume levels. So whenever there is a short break, I quickly read a paragraph before being interrupted again. But then, when I go back, I have to re-read that paragraph to get myself caught back up.
Yes, I'll get back to my TR at some point. Stop complaining – I could go and take a nap right now instead of writing.
My official aluminum Castaway Club water (coke and rum) bottle is now empty and needs a refill. The wait staff are no help to me, nor are the kids or DW. So I have to make a quick run back down to the room to get the rum and then back up to the drink station to get the coke and ice. I take my book with me because I'm not one of those scum balls you read about here on the DIS that put a towel or book on a chair to reserve it. Instead, I flip it over on its side.
Our aft room is very convenient. You normally don't have long waits for the aft elevators except when everyone is boarding (like they were doing now). But I just took the stairs since I needed some exercise, and the dink station is straight up from our room. I got back to Cove Café and mentioned the free bingo game on deck 15 to the lady who had rudely taken MY chair. So I sat down and began chapter 3. Soon along came Stitch with his cast member handler. They were hamming it up even though no one was really around to see. He bounded in front of the automatic doors for Cove Café and started to go in, but the CM said "No stitch, I don't think having espresso is a very good idea." I laughed. Then Stitch noticed me. I was not sure what was going to happen, but he came over and gave me a mini shoulder massage. It made my day as long as I imagined a good looking female inside the costume. Yeah, that was my "encounter" with Stitch. Kind of lame, huh? But that does not happen on Carnival. On Carnival the good looking lady is not wearing a stitch (costume).
Notice how the jokes are getting less and less funny the further I get into this TR? What do you mean they were never funny?
Back to my book, at least for a few minutes until my pager went off. That's odd I thought, because DS7 wanted so bad to go back to the club. Maybe he'd found his way to the bridge and was pushing buttons, or he blew up the lab making flubber. But the pager said "Your child is participating in the Friendship Rocks show. Meet us at the Walt Disney Theater." Now that is NOT what I was expecting. See, we talked to our kids about this show earlier in the planning stages for the cruise and they said they would rather skip it since they had done it twice before when it was called something else.
Because I am here at home instead of work, I have access to my old Navigators from the past cruises and can look up the name of the old show before it was changed to Friendship Rocks. But you know, it would be a heck of a lot easier to just ask someone on the DIS. OK OK, I'll get off my lazy butt since I need more coffee anyway. Anyone know what it costs to have a live in butler? I mean butleress? Before it was Friendship Rocks, the show was called "Celebrate the Journey". Do I get bonus points for that?
So I ran down to the room to put my book away and write DW a note on the magnetic post it notes that I brought and stuck to the door – which she never used. I kept the "water" bottle with me and found a seat right near the front of the stage. Soon the kids began streaming in. Hmmmm – where is DS7? He's not there. I know where he is – back in the Lab playing the ship simulator now that everyone has cleared out and is here in the theater. Well, I tried to be a good parent, but my kid just did not cooperate. I kind of felt like a "you know what predator" being there watching all the kids when mine was not even there. And I did not want to walk out and have people think I was a bad parent leaving the show early – plus they present a slideshow of photos taken over the past couple days and I thought I might see my kids, but nope they were not in any of the photos either. Thankfully it was only a 15 minute show. I was a bit annoyed at the staff for paging me, but it was not worth complaining because I felt overall things had improved since the last cruise.
It was now around 4:45 – 5:00 (?) – early enough that I thought maybe I could get 15 more minutes out by Cove Café. As I was headed to the room to get my book I hear DW and the kids call out to me. The movie was over and DW picked up DS7 from the club. While DW got ready for the show, I brought both boys upstairs to eat. We ran into our friends DS11 who was getting pizza, so the 3 boys and I sat out by the pool and ate. I could not just sit there and watch them eat, so I had chicken tenders (of course). They all got ice cream and then it was time to get them ready for the show.
Tonight's show was Disney Dreams. I love this show. I hope they don't get rid of it. Maybe they could just move it to 7 night cruises. It was amazing, as always. We arrived only about 5 minutes early for each of the shows and never had a problem getting a good row of 4 seats. And I was told the ship was filled. Maybe it was due to the later dinner seating, as most people try to get the early dinner and then see the show later.
The show let out right at 7:15 and our Palo reservations were for 7:00 – 7:30. DW checked DS7 into the lab and DS11 just checked himself in. I can see in a few years that it's going to be really nice when they can both check themselves in and out. I headed back to the room to get some wine, but had to stop at the Promenade lounge to get some glasses first. It was slow going as the path from the theater to the Promenade lounge took me through Shutters (the area where they display the photos), and this being the last night and the theater just letting out, it was very crowded. Pretty frustrating actually because naturally people just kind of stand still in Shutters to admire how great their photos look. Shutters is really just in the wrong location, but I suppose it is like that on purpose to make sure everyone is going to pass through at least a couple dozen times.
I pick up the glasses, refill them from the room, and then head to Palo. It's about 7:25 now and our friends and DW are sitting in the lounge area waiting for me to check us in. When I originally asked to reschedule our 8:30 reservation, they offered 8:00, but I said if possible, we would really like to eat right after the show – 7:30 ish. They were so accommodating and just wrote 7:00 – 7:30 on my reservation card and said to come anytime between then and they would seat us. As it turned out I am glad I had that signed reservation card because my new time did not make it to the master list. They had me down for 8:30 and I had to show them my card. There was a bit of confusion now. There were 3 other couples waiting to be seated and they said they could seat us right after they seated the other 3 couples. But we did not know how long of a wait that would mean, if any, and we were not told. However, we were promptly seated BEFORE any of the other couples – odd.
I realize I did not get any good photos of the inside of Palos.
This was the first time our friends (who were on their 4th Disney cruise as well) had been to Palo. If they had not been cruising with us, I don't think they would have bothered to try it. We were seated in a very nice table right by a window so we could look out over the water. The past 2 times we've sailed were in November, so by 8:00 at night it was dark and we never realized what a nice view Palo's offers. Another thing we noticed about sailing this time was that we never felt the ship rock at all. Not even a little. It felt like we were docked the entire cruise. Normally I don't mind a bit of rocking. It tends to clear out the restaurants and then I get better service.
This is our 4th visit to Palo's and we've come to have very high expectations. That is usually a bad thing because seldom can something live up to high expectations time and time again. Palo did. Service was remarkable. With fewer tables to wait on, we got lots of attention. The great Palo experiences could also be attributed to the fact that we've always dined with family (the members we like) or friends. But be warned, the meals here linger and you can easily be there 3 hours unless you mention before hand that you'd like to be done at a certain time. Just mention to the waiter that you want speedy service like you get at Taco Bell. You are sure to get noticed. Our friends had not brought their own glasses of wine, but they had a glass at Tritons that they really liked, so ordered a bottle of that even though it was not on the Palo menu.
TIP: The wines listed in Palo's menu are more expensive than those available at the other restaurants. However, you can order bottles from other restaurant menus if you remember. Probably, even if they had not remembered, the waiter could have gotten them the wine list from the other restaurant.
First off, you will get a selection of freshly baked breads and 3 different dipping sauces. Your waiter will also bring out the Antipasto - Prosciutto, Bresaola, Parmesan Reggiano, Marinated Olives and Sun-dried Tomatoes. Next we ordered a pizza for the table. There are several kinds listed on the menu, but we asked for it to be made with mushroom and prosciutto as our topping. It was perfect as there were 4 slices. I had the Tuna Carpaccio and Lemon Oil Dressing which was Thin Slices of Ahi Grade Tuna brushed with our Chef's Special Lemon Oil. And I also had the fried calamari. I have had both of these here before and knew they were excellent. For my main course I had the Grilled Monkfish with Braised Radicchio and Prosciutto, Served with creamy Mascarpone Polenta. I also had a half order of the Lobster and Mascarpone Ravioli
Freshly prepared served with a light Truffle Beurre Blanc.
TIP: You can get half size orders of practically anything which is nice if you can't decide what to get.
DW and one of our friends got the Beef Tenderloin, and everyone in our party on the past 2 cruises (excepting me) has gotten it for their main course. Everyone felt it was excellent and I never saw one that had to go back.
For dessert we got a sweet pizza for the table. The description on the menu is not complete. It was a pizza with vanilla olive oil sauce, but it also had tons of cut strawberries and some type of sweet creamed cheese on it. We were all stuffed from dinner but the pizza was completely gone in a minute. But we still wanted more dessert. I've had the amazingly famous chocolate soufflé before. In fact, last time we were at Palo, they brought me two. So I wanted to try something different. I had the Pineapple and Almond Ravioli which is Lightly Poached Pineapple filled with an Almond Mousse. DW had a bite and did not like it, but she did not think she'd like it based on the description. I thought it was really good and different and I'd get it again. DW got the Chocolate Amaretto Indulgence - Silky Milk Chocolate, fresh Raspberries on Almond and Biscotti base, with extra Dark Chocolate sauce. She liked it so much that by the time I asked for a bite, it was gone. We had coffee with our dessert which is real brewed coffee and not the typical Nescafe sludge. So now, after 4 meals at Palo, we'd not hesitate to do it again and again.
The cost for Palo is $15 per person and then you are expected to tip on top of that. We figured that we'd just eaten a $150 meal per couple (without the wine), so we tipped based on that.
Hey - how come my friend gets to be in the middle of the women?
After dinner it was getting late. We figured we would not see our friends the next morning as disembarkation mornings can be hectic and the friendly Disney staff throw you off the ship. It was about 10:50 and DW still had to pack a suitcase to put outside by 11:00. We did not worry too much because….
TIP: You don't have to put your luggage outside the night before, but you will then have to lug it yourself off the ship. A good plan is to leave all luggage in your room while eating breakfast (which your wait staff will appreciate), and then grab it when you are done.
However, we really did not want to have to lug our big suitcase. So while DW packed, I checked the kids out of the lab and turned in our pagers and their wrist bands. This was one of the longer lines we had to wait in. But I did not mind spending time waiting in the line because I knew a tired, packing at the last minute wife, is better left alone. I learned that lesson the hard way when last time I made the suggestion that she should not have packed so much in the first place. But eventually the fractures healed.
Once back at the room I got DS7 tucked into bed. DW was just finishing packing and it was 11:10. Again – I knew better than to call out the time every minute. I put the suitcase outside and it was gone the next morning, so evidently 10 minutes late is still OK. DS11 wanted to go to the arcade since he had never been yet. So I took him with the intention of getting the least amount of money on the arcade card as possible. But luckily, the one game he wanted to play still had credits on it, so he got to play for free. We then took one last walk around the ship. We finally got back to the room around midnight and went to sleep.
Check back next week for the last and saddest day of the cruise. I might get time to up finish this TR up over the weekend, but don't count on it.
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I have to agree about Palo...definitely worth it to go back over and over and over again! Did you finish "Naked Came the Manatee" ever? Such a fun book. I took a class at Miami with Evelyn Mayerson (one of the writers) around the time that book came out. She had us break off into groups and write a short story in the same manner as the book was written...what a hoot that was!
Looking forward to your final installment on what has been a fun report!
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More photots can be found here at my photo site. I think I used most in the TR, but you can find more from previous Disney cruises. And some of you Disney fanatics might find the old photos from the 1970s interesting - last folder in the list.
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Thanks a million for the laughs! Great TR.
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Day 4 - Back at Port Canaveral
We woke this morning bright and early to the sounds of us docking in Port Canaveral. We are now officially considered stow-a-ways, and Disney was going to give us our one last, very quick, meal before tossing us to the cheerful US customs officials for processing.
One of the best tips I learned here on the DIS is that you do not have to go to breakfast at your assigned time and restaurant as Beach Blanket Buffet will be open. This was especially useful information when we had early seating because the assigned breakfast times were 6:30, 6:45 or 7:00, which even though I am usually up early, the rest of the family is still sleeping and trying to get everyone ready and out of the room by 6:30 is not going to be fun. I feel especially bad for the wait staff that have to deal with us depressed zombies when they only have that Nescafe sludge to offer.
TIP: Cove Café is open the last morning where you can get real coffee.
But since this cruise we booked late seating, our assigned dining time was 8 am. That we could do. We finished packing our small bags and carried them to Parrot Cay. We left them outside along the wall where many other people had left their bags. Our servers were there and took us to our table. We had a nice breakfast, but to be honest, I dont remember exactly what I had because I was sulking. DS7 wanted a Mickey bar, and normally we dont let our kids eat ice cream for breakfast, but we were still on vacation and let him ask the server for one. Unfortunately, the stockpiles of Mickey bars are in a portion of the ship that is now locked and off limits. Give me back those tip envelopes.
Outside of Parrot Cay before our last chance to pig out.
Sad that the cruise is over and he can't even get a Mickey Bar for breakfast.
Now they are happy because we said maybe we'd have to do another Disney cruise next year.
Sebastian is looking over us. Don't have the crab.
After eating we say goodbye to our wait staff. I really feel for these guys who work so hard and get paid so little. Can you imagine having to serve all those people 3+ meals a day, and just when they finally leave, an entire new group arrives act like the entire Disney ship was built just for them? No, I would not last long waiting on people on a cruise ship - espeically my wife.
We get in line to disembark the ship. Holy cow is THAT the line? It was longer than the line for any of the characters. Now normally, we would have waited in that line because we would have thought that the rest of the ship is now off limits to us. Im not sure where we got the notion that Disney wants you to leave right after breakfast, but thats always what we have done, no matter how long the lines. But now we were thinking clearly and decided we did not really want to wait in line to leave the ship*.
*Legal disclaimer If the ship is sinking, it is a good idea to disembark in an orderly fashion and follow all crowd control cattle fences that Disney will erect, and that will mean waiting in line. Unless you have a fastpass in which case you can enjoy other attractions such as the buffet and then enter the fastpass evacuation line at the designated time on your fastpass but not a minute earlier.
Maybe they will let me stay if I play When You Wish Upon a Star every night.
It felt a little odd going off on our own, and I was half expecting the elevators to only take us to the disembarkation deck. The other half (of my brain??) was expecting crew members to sound an alarm when they saw us and nicely ask us to get off the ship. But neither happened. We went up to Deck 9 and hung out by the pool. Playhouse Disney was playing on the Aerial view TV and the boys played foosball and ping pong. There was one other family lounging out by the pool and crew members who walked by only said good morning. I did not even get asked if I wanted a DOTD, which this morning is called the Back To Reality Cocktail which consists of whatever you have at home that will help you get over the depression that the cruise is OVER.
Trying to get every last bit of value from the cruise.
It was nearing 10 am and we were finally starting to feel like maybe we should leave. I could not find a good place for us all to hide, no bars were open, there was no deck party, and my boys are too old for Playhouse Disney and we could not find the giant remote to change the channel. So we made our way back down to where we disembark and there was no line. They swipe our KTTW cards for the last time and we head to the warehouse where they keep the luggage. Another nice benefit to waiting till almost last to leave the ship was that there was hardly any luggage left, so finding ours was easy.
TIP: Remember your luggage tag color. Last cruise I could not remember if we were red or purple it was blue and took us a while to find it.
Now that we had our luggage, we were accosted by unionized luggage handlers wanting to sell us the DOTD or carry our bags, assuming wed tip them in 10s and 20s. DW is cheap, so we always, and I mean ALWAYS, carry our own luggage. Sometimes you cant even see the kids because weve got so much baggage piled on them and it looks like the luggage is moving by itself.
Now that we have all our luggage, we wait in line for US Customs. The crack team of highly trained professionals were using all the tools at their disposal to keep drugs, nuclear weapons and bananas from illegally entering the US, including having Pluto sniff us. Hey watch it, there are no bananas THERE Pluto. In reality, all you do is hand the agent your customs form and passports. The keep the form and you are free to go. I wonder what they do with all those customs forms. Do you think there is some giant government warehouse where they file them? There must be billions of these forms. And what do they do with them? Mine all show the same thing, that I bought 2 bottles of rum.
TIP: If the US customs agent asks if you have any drugs or weapons, you should tell him Meet me in the parking lot and we can make a deal. You dont want to conduct business there in the terminal and hold up the line.
Once out of the terminal, we walk to our car and take the sad 1 hr drive home. Driving to the port is much more enjoyable than leaving. At home the feeling that the vacation is really over sinks in when we start the first load of laundry and we have to make the kids something to eat rather than sending them to Plutos Doghouse.
The best cure for PCB Post Cruise Blues is to watch the episodes with Steve, (no wait, thats Post Blues Clues Blues).... is to book another cruise - but not on Carnival.
Thanks for reading even if it did cause your productivity at work to plummet, and I hope at least one tip will prove valuable.
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I thoroughly enjoyed your trip report from beginning to end. All of your tips have been duly noted
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Official Disney Cruise Line Drink Of The Day Platic Glass
Here it is in all its amazing plastic glory. The Official Disney Cruise Line Drink Of The Day Plastic Glass or ODCLDOTDPG, filled with unofficial margarita. Its sort of feminine looking and at first I felt a little odd when carrying it, especially when they add the little cherry or fruit piece and umbrella. Its kind of like when my DW asks me to get her purse from the car. I've never figured out a masculine way to carry her purse except to run with it and look like I've just stolen it, but that means smashing the car window. But after 3 or 4 DOTDs, I did not really care what anyone thought. Plus DW told me to not let it out of my sight as it was like cash because of all the potential money it could save us and I fear her more than being called a sissy.
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It's hot. It's sticky outside. It is July, after all, so we can pretty much expect the uncomfortable feeling that comes with summer weather. But it's a great excuse to cool off with some frozen treats – and what better way to celebrate National Ice Cream Month? Downtown Doylestown has lots of establishments that serve up frozen yogurt, ice cream or water ice – many within walking distance of HH. We've put together a sampling to help you get started.
Just up the street is HandleBar, a new frozen yogurt emporium at 12 S. Main St. Visit the shops at Main Street Marketplace, 22 S. Main St., and you'll find a stand selling Goodnoe Farm ice cream fresh from Newtown.
Turn either way on State Street and you've got more options. Sweet Pea Ice Cream shares space with A Taste of Philly at 18 W. State St., offering some tasty, homemade ice cream and frozen treats. Head the opposite direction and you can find wonderful Italian gelato at Nonno's Italian Coffee Parlor, 6 E. State St. Off of State Street on Market way, you'll find Nuts Plus, an old-fashioned candy shop that sells locally-made Tanner Brothers' ice cream. Sweet Spot at North Main and Court streets has a frozen yogurt bar and frozen drinks. And let's not forget Annie's Water Ice just down the hill from the train station at 187 S. Clinton St.
Whew! Now we're hungry. Anybody want to grab a cone?
A recent guest at Hargrave House Bed & Breakfast had quite a "small world" experience. Julie is from a small town in southern Australia where she helps make lunch for a children's day school, and she was staying with us while her husband was in business meetings.
One morning after breakfast she was walking up Main Street doing some shopping when she heard her name called out, "Julie, oh Julie". She assumed they meant someone else, as the only two people in Doylestown that she supposed knew her name were either at a meeting (her husband) or cleaning up after breakfast (Lorna, our Innkeeper). She kept walking, but she heard "Julie" again rather breathlessly and heard running footsteps approach. She turned around to see an unexpected but familiar face. It was a woman from her home town in Australia!
Over a pleasant lunch at the Pennsylvania Soup & Seafood House, they compared notes. The woman was one of the Moms whose child Julie had been preparing lunch for only a week or so prior in Australia!
Enjoy the arts in the heart of Doylestown PA. Stay at the Hargrave House Bed and Breakfast, 50 South Main Street, in the center of Doylestown. They don't make small towns like this anymore! Almost everything you want to do is within two blocks of Hargrave House. There's the Annual Art Festival taking place in the streets of Doylestown on Saturday, September 12/13, just 1 block from Hargrave House. And, there's the James A. Michener Art Museum which opens the doors to the premier exhibit of Jim Henson's Fantastic World on Saturday, September 12th through November 29th. This exhibit is the inaugural show in the Della Penna-Fernberger | Paton | Smith Galleries, the new exhibition space that is the center-piece of the Museum's $12 million expansion. Then Sunday the Univest Grand Prix international Bicycle Race will circle downtown between 10AM and 1:30PM Sunday the 13th.
Have fun walking through the art exhibits and galleries in the streets of downtown on Saturday. Shop and dine at your choice of great restaurants. Attend a movie at our wonderful restored Art Deco County Theater (2 tickets on us!) which features smaller and independent films. Enjoy the night life, and then walk (don't drive) back to your luxurious jacuzzi and featherbed at the Hargrave House. Have a hearty breakfast cooked in-house especially for you in the mornings. Many of the streets may be closed for events like the Art Festival and bicycle race, but you won't worry because you are parked (for free) in our private lot. Walk over to the Jim Henson exhibit and enter Jim's world of Muppets and Sesame characters. (Again 2 tickets on us – And these are untimed tickets, not the timed tickets the Museum sells at the door.)
Our price for this terrific art-filled weekend (Friday and Saturday nights) at the Hargrave House is only $350 to $400 for the weekend – depending on room availability. We are sorry, but only two-night reservations are being taken. If you want to stay over an additional night, add a mere $100 for either Thursday or Sunday nights to this offer. See you soon!
It's that time of year again–beautiful Saturdays spent at the Doylestown Farmers Market.
This is a great way to support the local economy as all the vendors live in the surrounding areas and produce whatever they sell. Other markets call themselves "Farmers Markets," but the Doylestown Farmers Market is the real deal. The market is located on Hamilton St., between State St and Oakland Ave.
While shopping at the market, stop by and check out or beautiful B & B. We are located at 50 South Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Take a step back in time and enjoy this home, built between1813 and 1815. Whether it is a business trip, vacation, honeymoon, anniversary or weekend get-a-way, make The Hargrave House your home away from home. Experience Doylestown – it is one of the "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" named by the National Trust for Historical Preservation.
Perfectly nestled in the heart of the Doylestown Borough Historical District, Hargrave House offers luxurious guest suites with personal service and the ambiance of home, including a delicious breakfast. Our B&B overlooks the Doylestown Borough Historic Society's pocket park.
Hargrave House B&B is conveniently located between New York City and Philadelphia. The B&B is mere steps away from the historic Bucks County Courthouse, a diverse selection of shops and boutiques, and an array of fabulous restaurants. Enjoy a short walk to many of Bucks County's most visited sites: The Mercer Museum, The Michener Art Museum, The Civil War Museum, Font Hill and The Moravian Tiles Works, and The County Theater. The Pearl S. Buck House, Peddler's Village Shopping Area, New Hope, Washington's Crossing Historical Park, Bowman's Hill, Czestachowa and other attractions are all within a short drive.
The Train and Bus Station is a short two block walk from our door, with connections to Philadelphia (1 Hour) and New York City (2 Hours). Free on-site parking is available to all of our guests for the duration of their stay.
Hey, September is not all that far away! So if you're coming to in for the Doylestown Art Festival 2009, start planning your lodging now.
Our B & B is located in the heart of Doylestown and is newly remodeled, beautiful and lavish. We have jacuzzis is most rooms and internet. And free on-site parking-which is a big plus for the busy weekend!
Here is some info about the Doylestown Art Festival:
Saturday, Sept 6 & Sunday Sept 7, 2008!
Doylestown's largest festival of the year, brought to you by the Doylestown Business and Community Alliance and The Thompson Organization, is scheduled for Saturday (10am-5pm) and Sunday (11am-5pm), September 6th and 7th. Like previous years, this festival offers wonderful artisans presenting their work for sale (crafts, photography, furniture, jewelry and more) plus great entertainment to fill the town's streets with beautiful tunes. The festival will take place in the center of town on State and Main Streets along with West Oakland and Hamilton Streets. There will be a food court in the Hamilton Street parking lot and live entertainment.
See other Bucks County events at http://buckscountyalive.com/events/index.cfm
Why come in and out of Doylestown for the Art festival when you can stay at our beautiful B & B? Make your reservations here. We are your place for doylestown lodging.
The next performer at this years jazz fest is Sean J. Kennedy.
Sean J. Kennedy is a Philadelphia based drum set artist and teacher, and is a proud Bosphorus Cymbals and Silver Fox Drumsticks Performing Artist.
Sean leads the critically acclaimed Philadelphia based jazz quartet, The Sean J. Kennedy Quartet. Their new CD, Queen Anne's Revenge, features Bob Mintzer (Yellow Jackets & Buddy Rich) and Liberty DeVitto (formerly with Billy Joel). The CD is already creating quite a buzz, jazz legend Dave Brubeck recently wrote the following about Kennedy's newest CD,
Check out the rest of Sean's bio here. See Sean's web site here. And, finally, here is a link to Bucks County Jazz Fest web page.
While enjoying the Bucks County Jazz Fest, why not stay at our beautiful B & B? We have newly renovated rooms-many with jacuzzis, free on-site parking. We are located in the heart of Doylestown and are one of Doylestowns premiere Bed and Breakfasts. We a favorite spot for Doylestown Lodging and Bucks County Lodging. Make your reservations here.
"Dr. William Edgar Geil (1865-1925) Doylestown's Evangelical World Explorer"
On Thursday, May 28, the Doylestown Historical Society will hold a private opening of an exhibition on the life and work of Dr. William Edgar Geil, a Doylestonian, who explored China, Africa, the Holy Land, and other far-off places. He wrote nine books about his travels and lectured widely in America, England, and Australia. In 1908 was the first person to traverse the Great Wall of China, an 82-day history-making event. In 1912 he and his wife built a large, 30-room concrete mansion about a mile south of Doylestown on Route 611 with a Chinese pagoda behind it. He visited China four times. In Africa he lived among pygmies and cannibals.
The exhibition will be open to the public beginning Saturday, May 30 – Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
The Opening will feature a keynote by William Lindesay, founder of "The Friends of the Great Wall," speaking from Beijing, and in person his staff member Piao, who will bring greetings to the Society.
Professor Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania, prominent China specialist, will also be a speaker.
The exhibition was curated over several months by Marilyn Gustafson Arbor, daughter of Walter R. Gustafson, a local rare book dealer, who preserved Geil's collection of papers and memorabilia for more than forty years. In 2008 Gustafson's heirs donated the collection to the Society.
The Society is located at 56 South Main Street, Doylestown. Telephone: (215) 345-9430. Soylestown Historical Society web site can be found here.
Coming to town for this amazing exhibit? Stay with us.