G went to the veterans get together at 10:15am, but I went to sit in a lounger on the sunny side of the Promenade Deck (it's the Pacific Princess so there are always plenty of them, in sun or shade, even on sea days) and listen to an audiobook. I didn't last too long; the wind and rough seas blew up clouds of sea spray and everything, including me, was covered in salt spray. Besides, it was 11am by then and we had eaten breakfast so early, and not a large one either, that I was hungry. I went up to the Panorama Buffet but it was that 30 minute period when the breakfast buffet was being taken down and lunch was being set up and the buffet was basically closed, offering only pizza.
G joined me after his get together and I told him I wanted to go to the Club Restaurant for lunch because chicken korma was on the menu, but he wanted to sit on the Panorama Terrace and enjoy the view. We were at an impasse until he walked through the buffet when it opened at 11:30am and saw that the same chicken korma was being served there, satisfying both of us. And what chicken korma it was! It was made by Angel from Bulgaria and the man knows his korma. Jere and Johnny joined us and we were raving about the korma and I went in for seconds and two other passengers were telling the galley crew in the line how good it was too.
I could eat korma every day for lunch and cioppino every night for dinner and be a happy cruiser. And kudos to Steve for introducing me to it in the first place. :-)
The hot tubs had been closed first thing this morning but were open and warm by lunchtime. G wanted to use one but I preferred the pool. Part of the reason I needed to order more swimsuits from Lands End yesterday is that the hot tubs on board are eating one of my swimsuits. It may not make it until we return home. Luckily, I have a second one for the salt water pool and beach but I am reluctant to wear it in a hot tub. However, the pool water had been significantly lowered due to the seas and was still very rough. That's not much fun either. So I sat in a lounger near the pool (it's the Pacific Princess so there are always plenty of them, in the sun or in the shade, even on sea days) and got some sun on my legs while G soaked.
I skipped the 2pm Grapevine Wine Tasting but G went, and then we met in the Cabaret Lounge for this cruise's BIG!!!!!! $500 Treasure Hunt Drawing*!!! (*must be present to win) and won not one thing. NOTHING. We've been fairly unlucky with that this season. Afterward, we retired to the cabin and I started a video I went to the trouble of downloading yesterday and, instead of watching it, G was napping in 3.6 seconds. He always does. It makes me wonder why I bother to download things for offline viewing in the first place. ;-)
We went to the PES Lounge (chips and guacamole night, and, of course fancier hors doerves too) where we heard several comments about the ship's movement up there, but, honestly, it's all relative, and we were fine today. Dinner was simple, just garden salad and salmon and broccoli, because of two servings of chicken korma at lunch. Plus, I had to save room for key lime pie for dessert. Flourless chocolate cake last night followed by key lime pie tonight? Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.
We went to the Cabaret Lounge at 7:42pm for comedian impressionist Steven Smith's longer show beginning at 7:45pm (because it's the Pacific Princess and there are always plenty of seats) and Steven was funny tonight. His Donald Trump impression alone will fuel his career for the next four years. Harious! And his ability to mimic band instruments is incredible. But that was it for us tonight. We move clocks ahead an hour tonight, to AST. Maybe we'll be able to sleep past the sunrise, because we haven't done that since we left Europe. But we do miss watching those beautiful sunrises with the coffee klatch characters from last cruise. It's not as much fun drinking coffee at 6am on the Panorama Terrace without them!
