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| Phillipine cuisine |
I think today is Thursday….lol. The sun came out this morning and we sat on the balcony in the
sunshine…it was warm and felt great.
But just a bit later, we went through a rain shower and the temp
dropped…it’s been like this all morning.
We have slowed down considerably and the ocean is calm…nice change.
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| Ronnie's favorite spot...burger grill |
We decided to do laundry….a laundromat is on our deck…quite
a trek, but for what they charged for one pair of socks and one pair of pants,
we did a whole load….spent the majority of the day reading and trying to catch
up on the news. The library on this
ship is any bigger than our bedroom with one big, over-sized table…no
comfortable chairs, no retreat type area at all.
Food in the dining room has become a disappointment…actually,
only the beef portion. The seafood,
fish, chicken are good, but steaks are very over-cooked and tough. Dinner mate sent his back twice before he
could eat it. The first one honestly
looked like a burned piece of leather.
Maitre de looked a little upset.
Tonight is lobster night… I
think we’ve about decided to forego the dining room and do the Horizon Court on
the second leg of the trip (May 2-13).
Our tours end late and on the “off-tour” days, we will eat earlier than
dining room hours. We will be busy and
tired…would rather follow our own schedule without taking two hours for
dinner.
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| Klaus and Sigrid, the epitome of Been There, Done That |
Had a nice visit with our German dinner mates last
night…very interesting couple. He buys
and collects classic cars….not the ’65 Mustangs….the Lamborginis and
Mazzeratis..I have probably not spelled
those correctly, but you get the idea.
While they were in Key West, he ordered one from Prestige Motors in
Springdale and had it shipped to him…then shipped to his home in Germany. Another lifestyle. Their condo in Florida is actually in the middle Keys…she said
further down towards Key West is where the rednecks live…lol.
After dinner, we went to a show…magician…He was okay…did
lots of small tricks and, sitting in the back, we weren’t able to see clearly,
but it was okay.
We have one more sea day on Friday and then we’ll be fully
across the Atlantic and ready to see places!
First stop will be Cobh (pronounced Cove), Ireland. We plan to take the train into Cork..bigger
city..and take the Hop On, Hop Off bus.
Temps have been very pleasant but are expected to get cooler
in Ireland…high 50’s.
Friday: Lost another
hour last night…now, we are 6 hours ahead of home. My body’s timetable hasn’t adjusted yet. Neither have our dinner-mates. They were up doing their laundry at 4
a.m. -- but they had the laundromat to themselves. Lol
This morning, the seas were calm and the sun was shining on
our balcony….temps were extremely warm.
Felt great. But it’s gotten a
bit cooler by afternoon….partly cloudy..sun peeks out occasionally.
Will definitely be our last night in the dining room. We waited 30 minutes between salad and
lobster….and when mine came, my plate looked almost empty. I had ordered the night before (gluten free menu) so I thought I was getting
lobster and crab cake. Just had a
scrawny lobster half the size of my palm, two potato wedges twice the size of
my thumb, and two asparagus spears twice the size of a pencil lead. No crab cake…I guess they decided it wasn’t
gluten free, so I didn’t get it.
However, I had something very
similar a few nights ago as an appetizer that was GF. Dunno.
But I was hungry by bedtime.
Ready to be in Ireland!!
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