After a late night (for us) and many people having had a long day yesterday, it was very noticeable that people were glad of a relaxing couple of sea days. We slept well but were up relatively early. Many either had breakfast in the cabin (room service would have been flat out) and surfaced late and many just surfaced late, so the Horizon Court was busy with breakfasts right up until the 11:30am changeover for lunch.
After a light breakfast we followed our usual routine of losing at trivia before the welcome Atrium coffee. A tip here for those who like a LARGE coffee. Skip the glass mugs or cappuccino cups and go for a large takeaway instead. You get twice as much. You can always decant it into a glass mug if you wish, as the staff will happily provide one.
As is often the case, with a sea day, the internet was extremely slow and I couldn’t upload the blog or read the email messages on line.
A late lunch at 2:30 for a very tasty veal stew, rice and a nice piece of fish. On board, all stewed meats appear to be very lean, well cooked and very tender with a good variety offered over the course of several days.
After our afternoon quiz, we rushed to Jammers (night club) for another Dawn Nomads get together. For this one, Ros had devised a Travel Trivia Quiz, based on the various ports we had visited. A good quiz but the standard joke on board at trivia when people get a bit stroppy is “Hey guys, you are not playing for a sheep station!” So, in typical Ros fashion, the winning team each received the deeds to a sheep station…
Yet another formal night. That meant lobster and monkfish on the menu, so that was my starter, as the quantity isn’t exactly large for a main. In addition to the menu desserts, the head waiters prepared crepes Suzettes, which were small, but tasty.
Off then for yet another showing of “The British Invasion”. I think we have now seen it about five times. The rest of our table were still outside the Wheelhouse Bar, chatting, so we joined them, before retiring. Another sea day ahead so no alarm clock to be set.
Wednesday September 26th
Probably the best sleep in ages! (Please don’t tell me it was because I skipped the late night coffee…) Although I was awake 6:45am, I managed to go back to sleep again – but then we missed the early quiz...
Up to HC of course and ended up chatting with Terry and Sandra, who we know from a previous cruise and are originally from Nottinghamshire. We carried on our chat down in the atrium with a coffee.
That took care of the morning before retiring to the cabin. Once again, no luck uploading the blog, but I did managed to deal with one or two emails.
We didn’t win the quiz but then we dressed up for dinner. The guys wore their Arab gear and the ladies, Indian. We hadn’t realised it was going to be an Indian food night and had already booked a curry, so we ended up with another prawn curry for the table plus one beef jalfraizie per couple. Nice.
Back to an atrium coffee with M & M after a photo session (of course) where Mal made the most of being the big chief – though wearing long trousers and formal shoes could be classed as a wardrobe malfunction.
Two of our current atrium waiters are Allesandro (Alex - right) and Brazilian, Franchesco, and this was a good opportunity to show that there are other tall people around.
With the deciding race of the America’s Cup tonight, we are somewhat nervous, as the American boat seems to have gained a fair bit of speed recently and no doubt the English tactician they now have on board hasn’t done them any harm either.
With a day in port tomorrow (Columbo) and a Princess tour booked, the alarm clock has to be set.
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