Nigel Vardy’s insights lecture was very interesting, it covered his failed attempt at the Himalayas and his misreported demise. During his attempt at the Himalayas, he and his climbing companions were reported missing after being incommunicado during a spell of severe weather. Obviously this was much exaggerated, he failed on his attempt to scale the mountains after contracting frostbite, and discovered the kerfuffle an his return to civilization.
Once the lecture was over, it was time for sunbathing on the sun decks, that, and a spot of clothes washing, before heading to the MDR for lunch. I had a seafood salad, which would have been nice if it wasn’t for the inclusion of grapefruit. Grapefruit is the work of the devil and shouldn’t be allowed in any cuisine. This was followed by Confit Duck Gnocchi and the Raspberry Panacotta.
After lunch we went back to our stateroom where Jane found a leak from the sink, the purser was informed and a maintenance man appeared, fixed the issue and disappeared again. All very efficient. A little bit of relaxing on the balcony, followed by finishing off a film we’d started yesterday and it was time for the Commodore Club. Jane’s cocktail of the day today is a Breakfast Martini, gin, Tripple Sec, lemon and Marmalade!
She doesn’t like Marmalade, which seems like an oversight when ordering, apparently it’s bitter. Ooops second opinion, she quite likes it in the end, but she’s not ordered another one, ordering a Strawberry Daiquiri instead. Bloody hell, it’s huge!
We’ve a good view of the north coast of Sicily, it’s about 20 miles to the south of us as we lounge in the Commodore Club. We’re losing another hour tonight, moving onto Greek time. It’ll be hard dragging myself out of bed for my 7am run.
Dress for dinner was informal again. We are a table for 10, so we mix it around each evening and tonight I was sat next to Peter, an elderly gentleman, who is about Jane’s dad’s age, from East Herts. And like Jane’s dad, he was a good talker, and like Jane’s dad, we got to explore the same subject several times ?
The meal was the usual high standard. I started with tempura prawns wich really were delicious and had Beef Bourguignon for my main. Dessert was Bana Foster, that was a bit too sweet for my taste, but I ate it all.
I went to bed early because of the time shift, and Jane went to the show with Gina and Pat, it was the singer, Zach Winningham. We had heard he was very good, and according to Jane, he was.