Monday, January 31, 2011

Day 18 January 31, 2011 - At Sea on way to Nukualofa, Tonga

This is the first of three (or four) days at sea depending on whether you count our lost day.  We will actually spend 3 days but will lose one day as we cross the International Date Line.  We will be missing February 2.

Jan got Fred to go to bridge class with her this morning.  It was a summary of all the classes previously so it was a little different than usual.  We will start a new series tomorrow about How to Defense No-trump Contracts. 

Lunch on the pool deck – fish barbeque, then bridge at 2:00pm took up most of the afternoon.  We actually had pretty good cards and won one rubber.

Tonight was Dinner and a Show at Signatures.  Cocktails were at 6:20pm and dinner started at 6:30pm.  Canapés, appetizer, soup, and sherbet were fixed.  You could chose either a tenderloin steak or halibut.  The soup was delicious, a butternut squash-apple cider combination.  The three of us that selected halibut made the wrong choice.  It was totally over-cooked.  The papaya relish was good so the dish would have been great, if the fish had been cooked properly.   Jan had halibut earlier in the cruise at Signatures and it had been cooked correctly…guess serving that many people at the same time they took some short cuts.  Martha’s steak was done excellently and she enjoyed her meal.  Desert was a peanut-butter crust with chocolate mousse which was good.

The show was The Rat Pack, three celebrity impersonators playing Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr.  They were very entertaining and a lot of fun.

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