EASTER

Unfortunately, I think these Easter eggs are for display, not for eating.

 We have been in the Caribbean for the past few days; a far less interesting part of the world than the Amazon.  We spent part of a day in St. Lucia, a pretty island that seems a little less poor than some of the other islands.  We did a short bus tour with some nice vistas.  We stopped at a small fishing village.

Our usual morning has me having a light breakfast and then returning to our room with a plate of fruit for Betty.  She was not impressed with a particular fruit I chose the other morning.  Can you name the fruit that didn't appeal?

I burned the last of our shipboard credits for two seats at the Cellar Masters luncheon in Jacques.  We started with a glass of Kir Royale and then had a  Krug Brut (Champagne) paired with Cavier.  A Louis Jadot Meursault Cote de Beaune accompanied Fresh Burrata with Black Truffle.  Twice-baked lobster souffle was washed down with Silver Trident Pinot from Napa, and then the best wine of the day (Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore, Super Tuscan) matched the Roasted Chateaubriand.  We then went back to French wine (Chateau Mont-Redon Chateauneuf-Du-Pape) with the French cheese.  We finished with a Niente Dolce from Napa, which was paired the Raspberry caramelized Mille-feuille.  If you don't find any of these wines at the table at 9 Wedgewood it is because the wines in my cellar are less expensive.

You might not be surprised if I told you that for dinner that evening I had a bowl of chicken consommé nicely paired with a glass of sparkling water. 

Yesterday I stumbled upon what I think is a pickleball court.  I don't know if it ever gets used.  I have never played pickleball, but it might require 4 sober players, and I'm not sure you could find four of those on this ship.

Our last stop on this cruise was at St. Kitts.  I messed up by looking down at the dock and seeing a very long walk to the port entrance.  For that reason Betty stayed on ship and I started the walk into town.  It was only then that I noticed there were shuttle carts along the pier, but it was then too late to catch our pre-booked tour.  Small consolation, but the walk through town suggested we may not have missed a whole lot.

While Betty can handle her drinks, she could not handle four hours sleeping in the sun yesterday.  She is recovering, but slowly.  Last evening I dined alone in Toscana.

For Easter Sunday the Grand Dining Room was changed to a Easter Brunch Buffet.  This seemed to be very popular.

We have been invited for our Easter Sunday night dinner to join two women; one of whom we know reasonably well.  She is a very, very nice French woman who is the Ship's General Manager.  We do not know the other woman, who is the Chief Purser.