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Originally Posted by Hank
Believe it or not but we were very familiar with the Marco Polo having taken a long 18 day Asian cruise on the ship as well as a shorter voyage between Civitavecchia and Istanbul. We were aware she was originally a Russian ship (with a thick hull to handle icy waters) but did not know she was formally the Alexandr Pushkin. When she was operated by Orient Lines we do not recall any borscht on the menu 
Hank |
When she was the Puskin she was not operated by Orient lines so maybe no Russian crew left behind 
We did have some interesting dishes on the Pushkin including Borscht
Those days they gave you the menus to keep ...I still have them
Anyway we are FAR off topic now LOL
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Lyn
FORMER CRUISES:
Alexandr Pushkin, Carnival-Holiday, HAL-(old)Westerdam, Orient lines-Marco Polo, Royal Olympic-Olympic, NCL-Dream, Dawn-Princess, ACCL-Grande Caribe, Oceania-Insignia (3), Regatta(4) Marina (1) St Lawrence Cruise Lines-Canadian Empress
FUTURE CRUISES:
Scenic River cruise June 11,2012
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