Day at Sea

This episode written by David. Today we had a bit of a lie in - till 8 am. Better than 6 am, after a late night! And a late dinner!

I went to the gym, and it just about killed me. I had to lie in the sun for half an hour to recover! I played in a putting tournament after lunch but was eliminated early. Carol went to try out the line dancing but only lasted part way through the first dance because of her knee twisting.

I lay on a deck chair by the pool and just about finished my book, Angels and Demons which is quite relevant considering we have just been to Rome. The weather has been great, plenty of sunshine. Carol spent the afternoon at Bridge - there were about 7 tables playing, she says that they were playing all sorts of different systems but she had fun anyway.

Then we got dressed up for Formal Night, and headed to the Captain's Champagne Fountain function - free champagne and nibbles for over an hour - we made the most of it, then headed in for dinner at our great table with our new friends. Another very flash dinner. Note, I only had 3 courses this evening, no dessert - and one of the courses was a plate of kiwi fruit and grapefruit - Carol has a photo to upload later! Carol was presented with a huge plate of chocolate brownie (gluten free) with fudge sauce and icecream for dessert - certainly gluten free is very well taken care of. She even had a special pizza made for her at lunch. It was huge and all the other patrons wanted to know how she managed to get it - it looked so good!