Mealtimes varied from day to day, but we were made aware of this by the daily agenda posted to our sleeping compartment each night. As I said earlier, I'm an early riser, so if it was up to me, breakfast should be available at 6:00AM. Most often breakfast was a 7:00AM, and sometimes later, depending on how late an agenda we had the previous day, or how late today's agenda might begin. Anyway, I survived.
The dining car serving staff was up early (I should have asked to have breakfast with them), and they had all the dining tables set with fresh linens and tableware. If the day's menu called for rolls of some kind, those were usually out and available at each table.
Cereal and milk was available at a separate self serve table, and the table often included bananas and yogurt. I didn't care for any of the cereals because they were too much like "trail mix". Right or wrong, I'm a Frosted Flakes kind of guy.
One of major plusses of breakfast was that you could order eggs "your way". Fried, scrambled, omelet, whatever. Most passengers took advantage of this. A variety of bread was available, as well as toasters. Coffee was served in the ornate pewter/glass mugs shown in this photo. Orange juice was availabe each morning and readily available at your table.
There were no table assignments. You sat where you wished. One of my disappointments was that a number of couples always ate together, every meal, making it difficult for a single like me to socialize over a meal and get to know others a bit better. Oh, well, they missed out on an opportunity. I could have told them my CIA story or about my travels with Tank (see my web site for the See the USA trip).
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