Maybe one day I will tire of the omelets that are served in the Lido, but it hasn’t happened yet. Melauna slept in this morning, so I made my way to Explorations Café for my morning café mocha then up to the Lido for my usual. I did however add waffles to the mix this morning and they were equally as good. After breakfast, we met up with some folks from Cruise Critic in the Piano Lounge for a meet and greet planned by Cathy Brock. Congratulations to Cathy for putting together such a nice get together for so many people. There was a lot of good information that was shared as well as another opportunity for folks to team up with others that had planned shore excursions and still had room for more passengers on their tours.
We were fortunate enough to have another beautiful day outside and so we took advantage of that by having our lunch out by the pool. This area has several hot tubs dotted around the larger pool covered by a retractable glass roof allowing it to be closed during inclimate weather and opened otherwise. The lunch buffet sported a 10-yard long cheese spread that was incredible! All manner of cheeses, fruits, breads, etc. Who knows what all else was being served, I made a meal out of that. I’ll probably need a pair of calf pullers come tomorrow after the three pounds of cheese I put away, but I will deal with that then… I do know that they also had kung pao chicken, since that is what Melauna had. Anyway, it was a very enjoyable lunch out on the Lido Deck.
We attended Explore the Mediterranean talk that was given by Tour Guide Tom in the Showroom at Sea. I am sorry that we missed Part 1 of this talk given yesterday with a focus on Venice, Athens and Istanbul, but today’s talk on Mykonos, Santorini, Ephesus and Olympia was really well done. He gave a little background history on each port as well as some highlights from each area along with some good ideas on shopping and restaurants. Melauna left a little before the end of the talk to get properly gussied for High Tea in the Manhattan. I decided to meet her there and was able to make it through one and half cups before my man-meter ran into the red and I quickly found the exit. I looked around at the poor guys that I was leaving behind and shook my head. At some point you just have to save yourself. I went and found a sports bar showing a football game, drank a beer and did some push-ups. Feeling manly again, I headed back to the room for a nap in my underwear.
We were fortunate enough to have another beautiful day outside and so we took advantage of that by having our lunch out by the pool. This area has several hot tubs dotted around the larger pool covered by a retractable glass roof allowing it to be closed during inclimate weather and opened otherwise. The lunch buffet sported a 10-yard long cheese spread that was incredible! All manner of cheeses, fruits, breads, etc. Who knows what all else was being served, I made a meal out of that. I’ll probably need a pair of calf pullers come tomorrow after the three pounds of cheese I put away, but I will deal with that then… I do know that they also had kung pao chicken, since that is what Melauna had. Anyway, it was a very enjoyable lunch out on the Lido Deck.
We attended Explore the Mediterranean talk that was given by Tour Guide Tom in the Showroom at Sea. I am sorry that we missed Part 1 of this talk given yesterday with a focus on Venice, Athens and Istanbul, but today’s talk on Mykonos, Santorini, Ephesus and Olympia was really well done. He gave a little background history on each port as well as some highlights from each area along with some good ideas on shopping and restaurants. Melauna left a little before the end of the talk to get properly gussied for High Tea in the Manhattan. I decided to meet her there and was able to make it through one and half cups before my man-meter ran into the red and I quickly found the exit. I looked around at the poor guys that I was leaving behind and shook my head. At some point you just have to save yourself. I went and found a sports bar showing a football game, drank a beer and did some push-ups. Feeling manly again, I headed back to the room for a nap in my underwear.
Tonight was our first of three formal nights and the dinner was outstanding again. This is beginning to sound like a broken record so this is the last time I will comment on how good the food has been. In our experience, the food is almost always been good on every cruise we have been on. Usually you will have one or two meals that were ho-hum, maybe even a bad one here and there, but thus far on this cruise, every dinner has been very good and two out of the three some of the best I have ever had…ok…enough of that. Anything regarding food from here on will only focus on bad, bordering on horrible. Mom and Lyn opted for the buffet tonight in hopes of finding something simple and less formal. Mom had come down with a bit of a sore throat this morning and so was trying to lay low most of the day letting it run its course. Here is hoping that will not linger! We opted to forgo the after dinner show titled Showtime: NYC starring the Nieuw Amsterdam Entertainers…nuff said. Thank you honey for taking pity on me. Instead, we decided to call it an early evening since we would be rising early for the 8:00 arrival into Athens.
have been trying to comment regularly. Thanks for really interesting report - really enjoying your journey with you. Hope all goes well for the continuation of your trip.
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