SEA DAY I

Today is a Sea Day with no excursions so this will be a short post, but first, let’s finish yesterday’s dinner and whatevah.

We last saw our Wacky tourists, Templeshifs included, headed to a warm cabin to refresh for dinner which was scheduled for Giovanni’s, the Italian specialty restaurant.

They had been hustled by one of the waiters while exploring the ship after embarkation and thought it was a great change of pace, especially at a 2-4-1 price.

Cocktails first with Super-Waiter XXX in the Schooner bar with some hors d’oeuvres from the Diamond club and we were ready to tackle Giovanni’s.

Ali the super hustle guy met us at the door and ushered us to a lovely table and took a wine and appetizer order.

The antipasti of cured meats and cheeses was delightful and presented on a plank.

Donna had the Lamb chops that were cooked to perfection as were DL’s grilled Langostinos.  Lenny’s Osso Bucco was a melt in your mouth adventure of flavors and silky texture.  Chucky tried the Gnocchi which were a bit overworked and under cooked so Ali immediately substituted it for a gorgeous Fillet Mignon cooked perfectly with a great crusty sear and just past mooooo in the center.

Desserts were not on Ali’s list of favorites and at the mention of Soggy Cannoli’s we passed and just had some great espresso and a cappuccino for Chucky.

With waaaayyyyy too much food under their belts, they needed to walk it off a bit and then head to the casino for a night cap, a little slots action and off to nonny-nonny. Chucky attempted a NOWAT post and after nodding into the laptop keyboard several times gave up and crashed.

Now, back to the first sea day where we took advantage of not having to rush off the boat and slept in till almost 9AM when the room service roused us with hot coffee and croissants.

It was a lazy day of roaming around the ship with Chucky trying to finish last nights NOWAT post, and then meeting TE10 for lunch in the Aquarius dining room for a mediocre lunch, although some reported the Barramundi, an Asian Sea Bass, was delicious.  The cream filled crepes with strawberries, was not… one end was as hard as a rock, the other like a sponge… Yuckh.  And the cheese cake substitute was not much better. 

We’re beginning to wonder how the quality of RCL has slipped so much. Perhaps it’s just this ship, or this trip or whatevah… it is just not there.

More wandering around the ship and it was time for happy hour in the schooner and another unremarkable dinner with the ever alert STM and Julius making substitutions for under cooked orecchiette, over cooked this, and just plain yucky that.  But Lenny's Short-rib was so good, he had another... and the wine was Fine.

A little casino action and after dinner cocktails and for some reason We4 were all fading fast so off our respective cabins to fill out the room service cards for a leisurely morning nosh before heading into Edinburgh in the morning.

Ciao 4 Now

Uncle Chuck & The overstuffed at Giovanni’s,

Dragon Lady