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Mexico Adventure: Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 – Day 4 – Day 5 – Day 6 – Day 7 –Day 8
Can you believe it? Balloons at breakfast! The kids brought us treasures from last night festivities which we slept through. The bright colors danced in the light, bringing a cheerful vibe to our cozy room.
We brewed a fresh pot of coffee, its rich aroma wrapping around us like a warm hug. After all, we had a delicious sushi feast to look forward to during our class at 10:00 am! The anticipation of those tasty rolls made our hearts race even faster. What a way to kick off the day!
We are ready to make our masterpieces.
Everything was ready when we got there and the table was all covered in saran wrap so we could use then as a work space! They should have covered the floor also!!
Ingredients? Check!
Mary always brings her travel purse on cruises, thank you Miss Robin!
Mary loves her “Cruising Purse”
Our first creation was a uramaki and we used all the tools; banboo and our fingers! Uramaki is a Japanese sushi roll with rice on the outside and nori on the inside. The name translates to “inside out roll”.
Our first creation.
We watched the master at work; Sarah made them perfectly. The rest of us laughed our way through the process and had items that looked like they were attacked by a herd of wild animals.
The “almost” finished product!
We turned in our dishes to the head chef and with the magic of a touch here and push there, he made them look pretty darned good,
Done with finishing touches added by the staff.
We downed our creations and decided NOT to go to lunch; we spotted Jon and Sarah at an empty bar and the rest is history, what we remember of it. One of these and one of those made for a super afternoon! The bartender remembered us!
We found an empty bar!
The girls saw the “mall” and we were off and running. The windows along the top are actually rooms with windows facing indoors, not a bad idea! Last night, the crew hung a thousand balloons from the ceiling and at midnight let them drop! Jon and Sarah stayed up for the balloon drop while Mary and I sawed logs!
Time to shop!
From the mall, we went up ten flights to the private Suite Lounge where it was quiet and we had our saki afternoon drink(s). Yummy!!! We watched the world go by and drank saki! Life does not get better than this!
Fourteen flights up we found solitude from the hustle and bustle of ship-board life!
We had Kikusui Saki. This Junmai Ginjo is the most popular sake loved by many people in America. No other sake can offer the same experience as the Kikusui Junmai Ginjo. It is fun and enjoyable sake to drink at any occasions.
Extremely Clean and Crisp.
Hic! Need we say more?
Now it was time for a quick nap before dinner time arrives. We went back to Chops Grill and devoured a boggle of wine and several steaks! We were good and skipped dessert.
Mary, as usual, looked magnificent this evening and again got several complements from various ladies as we waltzed through the hallways. I even heard one man say to his wife , “Than old man’s daughter is beautiful!”
Time To Dine!!
We had a table by the window and watched the sea go by from our eleventh floor perch. By the time we were finished it was dark outside and we scanned the sea for any signs of life. Jon had his maritime app running and it told us where to look but the closest ship was still too far away!
We laughed and giggled for almost two hours!
Since we are Suite guests, we had reserved seating and sat in the second row giving us a great view of the stage! The dancing was great and they attempted to do ballroom music but the only piece we recognized was “Boogey Woogey Bugle Boy” and the Andrews sisters would have rolled over in their graves.
The show was called “Ballroom”; while the dancing was great it was T ballroom!
Earlier in the day, Mary lost one of her hearing aids. We looked all over the ship. We wrote it off as lost. After the show, we stopped at a bar (duh!) and mentioned to the bartender that we lost a hearing aid. I showed him mine and he said, “One of my customers found it and took it to the front desk”.
Below is Mary’s hero, we call him Eagle Eye! We bought his drinks the rest of the evenng.
Mary and I danced a waltz and cha cha and Mary danced with a gentleman who we had sat next too. He was crippled so they danced by the bar! We drank Brandy Alexander’s the rest of the evening.
Mary’s hero!
We headed to the room around 11:00 pm and crashed. I was sloshing after wine and several Brandy Alexanders. A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based dessert cocktail, consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream, that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander. The cocktail known as Alexander today may contain gin or brandy. Ice cream can be added for a “frozen Brandy Alexander”.
