After the late Crew show last night, we didn’t get to bed until almost 1 a.m. – a little late for these geezers! So, it was a wee bit hard to get up this a.m.
Bridge as normal – only 3 more classes! After bridge I went to a culinary demo with the guest chef and Shawn (Pinnacle Grill chef) to learn how to “dress” a plate to make it look extra appetizing. It was fun and I took pics so I remember!
This was my favorite salad plate with veggies stuck in between the tomato slice and around it.
Then the ship had what they apparently always do on a world cruise – a huge lunch buffet, but the theme is how artistic they make it look. I can’t imagine the hours and hours of work that went into it. It tasted wonderful, but the appearance was beyond great! I took lots of pictures (not that I can duplicate this, but maybe one or two little things!
This bird cage made out of watermelon was one of my favorites – even with a pastry bird and bird eggs inside! The penguin in the background is not too shabby either!
The sugar swan is so fragile looking – don’t know how they do this!!
We enjoyed this huge buffet with Diane and Craig – had not spent much time with them lately – it was a very pleasant lunch.
Lost another hour this afternoon, but for the first time in a long time, all of you are AHEAD of us in time of day. For so long we have been almost a day ahead of you, so now we have to re-think what time it is where you are!
We got one more suitcase packed this afternoon before dinner. At the end of dinner, we were told that the Aleutian Islands could be seen, but had to hurry because the clouds came and went and kept them covered a lot. Here is one of the pictures of one of the islands – all covered in snow and ice!
One of the islands covered in snow and ice. As we went along, we saw more between the clouds.
After taking lots of pictures, we went to the variety show featuring a clarinet and sax player, Amber Jade (only 24 years old), Carme, a Las Vegas Italian entertainer, and Cout Dimas, the piano player we had seen before. It was a fun show.
Afterwards, we had a drink with Charlie and Barb and watched as we passed more of the Aleutian Islands. It got too dark to see as we went through the Unimak pass. Had it still been light, we would have been able to see both Unimak Island and Ugamak Island. This passage is the first one suitable for deep draft vessels southwest of the Alaskan peninsula and the one most often used. So, now we are in U.S. territory waters.
On our bed was a cookbook put together by the Executive Chef, Bernie Rius. We had been told a couple of months ago that Bernie would put together some of his favorite recipes for all the guests. It has some of our favorites, so it was exciting to get!
Going to end this now since it is starting to get rougher out on the seas (and we can feel it in our cabin!) But before ending, we want to say
HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL!
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