Last Night:
We had pre-dinner drinks in our suite before heading up to Sette Mari for dinner at 6:45. Basically there are two sides to the La Veranda restaurant. Breakfast and lunch time buffets are served there. In the evening one side is transformed into the Italian restaurant, Sette Mari. The other side is generally closed at night. As you will see in one of my photos, at night the shutters are raised so you see right into where the chef and cooks are preparing our foods. Veal parmesan was not on the menu but they did have a veal chop in creamy marsala sauce. So I went over and asked Chef Ronaldo if he could make me a veal chop parmesan. He agreed to. I took a photo of the kitchen team. We always enjoy dining in Sette Mari. My veal parm was excellent and Rebecca had the veal scaloppini with lemon and capers.
John Barron's show was REALLY good. He could be a full time guest entertainer on cruise ships but guess he enjoys being a cruise director instead. It was one of best shows we have seen with great singing and British humor. We turned our clocks ahead again before retiring last night so now we 3 hours ahead of central time zone in the US. We will change clocks again tonight.
Today:
Changed our normal routine today. Rebecca had room service breakfast and went to the gym as usual but I had a cooking class scheduled for 10:00 am. So I showered and went down to The Cafe for a cup of coffee and danish prior to heading up to the Culinary Arts Kitchen.
They have cooking classes every sea day at 11am and 4 pm. Today was ways to prepare fish. Besides the instructor, Chef Kelly, she was assisted by 3 other sous chefs who cleaned our stations, put out fish for us, and set cooktop to proper temperatures. It was a very well organized and run school. My photos will show you what I prepared. The instructor chef would demonstrate how to do it, then we would go back to our stations and prepare our own. They had induction electric cooktops for us to use. I hate my regular electric cooktop at home. Would prefer gas but no way to get gas line run to the cooking island in our kitchen. Loved the induction cooktop so will have one installed this summer at home.
Took some more photos around ship this afternoon: library, card room, & Explorer Lounge. Was about to watch a movie on tv and it went black. Guy at reception said it is a ship's problem and they are working on it. Hope it is fixed soon.
Ok, here is the link to last night's and today's photos. Cut and paste it to browser. After open, click on first photo to enlarge it and then you can see my captions. Arrow through rest of the photos.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BzAPME5QAyVjrKqW2
