Okay, we are in a HOT climate and at sea – how the dickens does one come down with a COLD? Andrew has successfully done so and I suspect I will be next! Oh well, it is another day at sea while we transit from Samoa to Savusavu, Vanua Levi, Fiji! One HUGE update is the sea has dropped down in height and winds – we are now back to about a 4 on the Scale, which being down from a 7 is awesome! Still, at night the ship seems to be powering through the waves it seems!
Now that I have made friends yet again with our balcony door, I spent the morning out there watching the sun rise while the sick dude got some extra sleep…. nothing spectacular though so no pictures! However we did decide last night to try out the dining room for breakfast this morning instead of having breakfast in our room, so at about 9 am before the Dining Room closed, off we went as I was in the mood for some gluten free pancakes!
Now, as it is a day at sea, I had to get back into the swing of things and get doing some art! So off I went to doodling, adult colouring, water colour and origami! Origami was a bust – nothing as spectacular as the heart bouquet the other day! I just generally played around in the art studio! I was actually having so much fun that I forgot to go for lunch in the Dining Room so I came back to our stateroom and ordered Room Service and they brought me my “pre-ordered” meal which was “All Dressed” Nachos without cilantro, with some chunks of chicken added so I could have a balanced meal. What arrived? Well, here is an example of a communication breakdown of what I write on the menu and what I get served. I got TWO nacho plates (only ordered one) – one with nacho chips, wilted lettuce and chicken pieces and the other plate was nachos with black beans, carrot shavings and chicken pieces! No idea where the cheese went which is a main ingredient of nachos… Lets just call these “Noordam inventions”! The yellow pieces of paper are the allergen “special order” forms that are filled out by the waiters.
As we have cross the date line the sun rise and sun set times have also moved – earlier! So we saw the start of the sunset tonight – it started out quite beautiful however then sizzled behind a cloud….which you cannot see here however it appeared on the horizon just as the sun was setting…. Oh well another night we will capture one!
Now, tonight is a formal night on the ship, so we got dressed up – for me that means I put on makeup! I did not bring anything really formal, I just put on make up and a sweater plus my little black dress and it passes 🙂 We were going to the Pinnacle Grill for our 2nd meal there – courtesy of Holland America and the “Have it All” Packages that we received for booking so far in advance. I already knew what I was having for dinner and yes, tonight I pushed the boundaries on dessert! I had mentioned to Andrew earlier on that the appetizer called the “Candied Bacon Clothesline” that the Pinnacle Grill has been talked about by various people quite a bit – perhaps he might want to order it! So he did, along with a beef dish and Key Lime pie! I went with the Lobster Bisque as I can only get it prepared for me on Holland America it seems, the Halibut Fresh Fish of the Day and then for dessert – the “deconstructed” Baked Alaska (gluten free of course)! Here are our pictures of our meals –
The whole meal was excellent, however the Baked Alaska, which can be a heavy dessert with cake and hard ice cream instead was a fluffy marsh mellow concoction that was flamed like a s’more, with cherry ice cream, some Bing cherries and bits of meringue inside. Very light and wonderful end to the meal!
Needless to say, we rolled ourselves back to the pointy end of the ship after that meal and planned for our next day in Savusavu, Fiji where I needed to go to the bank and Andrew needed to hit up the local chemist for some cold medication! Then in the afternoon, we have a HAL excursion planned to a Traditional Fijian village which I am looking forward to!
See you all soon from the future!