It’s Commodore o’clock, Red Apple Fizz for me and Jane’s new favourite, Breakfast Martini. The Captain, Aseem Hashmi, came over the tannoy to tell us everyone was on-board and that things were going to get a bit lumpy heading home with 2 1/2 meter seas. He also informed us that today is Trafalgar Day and we were about to pass the site of his historic victory over the French.
We had one more drink, Jane having a Watermelon Martini, before heading down to the room to get ready for dinner. We’d arranged to meet up with Pat and Giana for a little light pre-dinner quizzing in the Golden Lion pub. It was a bit busier today, so we struggled to find a table for four, opting for a table for two and snaffling some stools for it from around the room. Well, we only went and won the quiz again, getting 9 from 12 and going all-in on the wipeout question. We won it on the tiebreak question, when was the bicycle invented?
Heady on the success we made our way to dinner, where I had chicken liver parfait followed by a prawn pasta and crêpes Suzette all washed down with a very palatable Riesling. The wines on the Commodore’s package have been very good, there was only one I didn’t like, which was, surprisingly the Malbec. I’m normally a big fan of Malbec but just didn’t get on with this one. Jane had the same as me for dinner, except she had chicken soup to start.
After that it was time to go to bed, to try and get some sleep, the captain had said there were some lively seas ahead and Jane isn’t very good when it’s a bit lumpy out there.