Woke up to fog again this morning, but decided to do my walk around deck for 30 min. The humidity was 102% (I didn’t know it could be above 100%!) and I was wet when I finished. But it felt good to walk!
Had breakfast with the Catholic priest on the ship. It was a very interesting conversation about his duties and how he came to be on this cruise. Then off to bridge which was really good today. Was reassigned to a different table, and I really like the other 3 in this group. And I learned (or re-learned) some things as well.
Had hands-on cooking class after that. I really like Chef Ray Bear from Canada. He is helpful and really down to earth. Today we made Cornish game hens with an Asian twist (all in the sauce he puts on it before cooking) that were stuffed with pears, celery, and onions. He taught us to make a very simple salad dressing – Lyonnais – that is one of his favorites. He put this over a simple lettuce, onion, bacon, tomato salad. The crowning touch was his egg yolk which was a totally different texture than a regular hard boiled egg yolk. You cook the eggs for 2 hours over VERY LOW heat and then remove the slimy egg white leaving this wonderful yolk. It was the best salad I’ve had on this ship! For dessert, we made green apple and balsamic tart tatan. It basically is a sliced apple in a muffin pan with a pastry on top – and the sauce on the bottom (which makes the dessert), baked and then flipped over. Served with ice cream, this is excellent.
After enjoying this wonderful meal, went back to the cabin to check on Doug. After dinner last night, he was not feeling at all well and was up a lot during the night. He only got up for one lecture this morning, and spent the rest of the time sleeping. So, ordered room service for him and then went to my creative writing course, followed by book club. I really like the book we are reading and it is so appropriate for getting ready to go to S. Africa.
Decided to skip dinner since Doug was not ready to eat and went to the 5:30 movie – Duplicity. It was ok. When that was over, Doug was ready to get some dinner in the Lido before going to the 8 p.m. magic show. The magician was from the United Kingdom (Jamie Allan) and started his performance with several really weak tricks. Then he began his sleight of hand with cards mainly, which was a bit better. However, we had seen most of them performed by Ted – and executed much better than this guy. Don’t know why we bother to watch other magicians when we have the best right in our family!
After a very active day, I was ready to read and do my Blog. But Doug was feeling better so he decided to go see Duplicity at the late show. I hope he can explain it to me! It was a busy, activity packed day today – and a fun one. And Doug seems to be back to normal now.
This is a sloth we saw in Costa Rica. It only comes down from the tree once a week to “poop!”
It was fun to see how bananas are processed from the tree to the export boxes. Costa Rica
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