What’s happened to La Terraza?

La Terraza is the Italian-style restaurant on Silver Cloud. They take bookings and TSH and Diva like the peaceful atmosphere in there for the first and last nights of a cruise – it’s become a custom. But on the penultimate night it was full of large noisy groups, the tables were too close together and it was impossible to carry on a normal conversation. So the last night booking has been cancelled and the ear of the head maître d’ bent.

Today’s trip was to St Marie Eglise and Utah Beach, both important to the part the US played in the Normandy landings of 1944. But the British contribution was suitably included, unlike on the ship where the (Welsh) cruise director has used the phrase ‘here in the US’, implying that he thinks Silver Cloud is US soil. Last night, the entertainment was ‘The British invasion’, meaning the way British pop music has become so popular in the US. But we are in France right now, so he’s a bit confused.

TSH and Diva want to come back to Normandy and spend a bit more time looking at the monuments and museums concerning very recent history. But it would be good if it was warmer and less windy.