Cruise Day #5 - At Sea
Sleep in day for us...... it was nice. We had coffee delivered to the stateroom and enjoyed it on our balcony. We lazed away the morning (got the blog updated) then went up to the specialty restaurant Giovanni's for our Indian Curry Cooking show. It was excellent as the chef explained the ingredients and how to prepare all the lunch courses served today. We had a healthy sample of each before being served several different deserts.
Next up was the Blackjack tournament at 3:00 pm. I bought in for $20 and managed to get the last seat at the final table! Whoot! Anyway the tournament raged on and I was lucky enough to come in second place and won 65 real bucks! I'll try my luck again on the next sea day when it is scheduled. Always fun and entertaining.
We attempted to sit up on deck but a rain shower drifted over and ended that thought. We stopped for a beverage and a little shopping then took in the 50's & 60's music trivia contest... we failed again but had fun failing! We did get Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis!
Off to see our dinner friends where our head waitress Andre served us a special Prime Rib dinner that she had promised the night before. She must have special pull with the chef because everyone else had something different for tonight's dinner.
After dinner we headed down to the Lyric Theater for the main show. It was Ben Mills from the British X-Factor show. He was excellent but I think the older crowd may have been left behind a little!
Couple of interesting things on this cruise originating in Southampton... the ship is not full but close to it with 3200 passengers. 2500 British, 344 Americans, 89 Canadians and a smattering of other nationalities. The average age is 66. So we are still pretty young!! LOL
With the British contingent not big on tipping, the cruise line modifies the bills so that the tip is included already in the cost of the drink. There is a space to add extra if the service is outstanding. Our previous cruises all showed the drink cost, the additional 15% gratuity and a space for additional tip if you so choose. It is the same in the end only the optics are different.
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| Some showers today although warm and humid at 27C. This is the Parc Natural del Montgo' and the Montgo' Massif from our balcony. It is along the Spanish coastline as we cruise towards Barcelona. |
Lots of British folks so the pub is always packed :-) and the telly in the sports bar has football 24/7 it seems :-)
Tomorrow it's Barcelona and the Las Ramblas where it's highly recommended to eat Iberico Ham, cheese, bread and some red wine of course!! That is the plan via the HOHO Bus... hop on, hop off.
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