When you take a cruise such as this you realise how vast the oceans are. We have been sailing now for four whole days and as of yet have not spotted any other ships. In fact there have been few signs of any other life, although a fellow passenger said he had seen both a whale and a submarine. I’ve been looking from our balcony and have sighted neither.
However there are plenty of activities on board to keep you occupied during the days ranging from Zumba first thing in the morning, craft classes, destination lectures, movies and of course trivia. We have teamed up with a couple from Canada and another from Indianapolis for the morning quizzes where in addition to the daily prize a cumulative grand prize is to be awarded. After three days our team has a five point lead.
With all these activities taking place we obviously need feeding and there are plenty of choices in which to indulge.On Sunday night, the first formal night of this cruise, we dined in the Italian speciality restaurant, Sabatini’s. For a small supplement we were treated to a delicious four course meal with some very attentive service. Sylvia had the lobster for her main course while I enjoyed the Osso Bucco.
The sweets were again of high quality but many were coffee based so Sylvia choose the citrus tart.
Of course most of the food is available at no extra charge including the special deck Hawaiian buffet that was laid on at lunch time today.
Ornate carved fruit decorated the tables as the food was slowly brought out.
By the time the display was complete queues had started to form to enjoy the freshly prepared food.
After a couple of overcast cool days the sun has really come out today and everyone was out by the pool topping up their tan.They say that there will more of this tomorrow before we arrive at our first stop on Thursday.
