Day 15 Lost At Sea

Ok, we weren't really lost...there was just water everywhere and I sure didn't know where we were. Ha Ha. All I know is this was a REAL vacation day. Slept till noon, ate lunch, napped, ate dinner. :) Therefore, not much to write about today except we did eat in a specialty restaurant tonight, "The Tuscan Grill".  I write this as my belly is stuffed and the experience is fresh...so here we go. It cost an additional $45 per person. Let's get that part out of the way because that ups our expectations a notch since we could have eaten in the dining room with Ileana for free (well, you know...at no additional charge).

We really could have had anything we wanted on the menu, but we've eaten so much lately we weren't really in the mood to overdo or try multiple entrees. So first they started by bringing by an antipasti tray and you could pick whatever you wanted from it. I had stepped out to wash my hands, so Guy chose mozzarella balls, prosciutto, and marinated mushrooms. Everything was just ok, but the prosciutto was yucky. In fact had I not been in a restaurant I would have spit it out. I don't care for it to begin with, but since it was on my plate I gave it a go. It was g.r.o.s.s. Guy loves prosciutto and he agreed it wasn't the best he'd ever had. Gah! Ok, let's move on. Next I ordered the caprese salad, but the waiter suggested the goat cheese salad. To be honest, I didn't even see it on the menu so I of course took his recommendation and it was outstanding! It was little deep friend goat cheese balls on a green salad with balsamic reduction. I'll eat anything with a balsamic reduction! (Well except that nasty prosciutto). Guy had calamari. It was ok, but heavy on the breading and a bit chewy, which is often the case. For our entrees I had the mushroom ravioli with truffle oil and Guy had a filet and a side of wide noodles in a cream sauce. All of our entrees were awesome, especially the pastas as they are all homemade. For dessert Guy was a no go, but I had the fondue (dark chocolate with all kinds of little yummies to dip) and a caramel macchiato which was way way way too sweet. -- Wow...harsh tonight on the reviews, huh? LOL. Well, if you are paying quite a bit extra then it better be quite a bit better. Can't really say that it was, but the restaurant was beautiful and we had a lovely table by the window that looked out the back of the ship, so we still had lots of fun. We met Ileana's boyfriend, Carlos, and he was super sweet and really loves her. So do we.

We came back to the room for a minute and then went to the 9pm show. It was three guys singing Motown type songs from the 50s and 60s. They were quite frisky with their dancing and reminded us of the Temptations. I think we had more fun watching the audience. There were some old gals who were really getting their jiggie on. :)

Well, short and sweet today. Tomorrow we dock in France. Apparently the weather has been a bit gnarly and the Louvre is closed, some roads are flooded and there is a train strike. Hmmmm...feeling kinda bad for those heading to Paris. Hopefully those going to Normandy will have less issues. For us it is another relaxing day on the ship as we have already seen Paris and Normandy on a previous trip. It's supposed to be raining, so we'll see if we want to go into the port town or just chill on the ship. It's nice to have options.