A cruisy 10 knots and a slightly choppy sea, as we head for Poland, but a fine day, though a little cool. When we did this cruise last time, we had Oslo, but they seem to have cut one port out on this cruise, yet it is in a later one. We have no idea why, but given the number of cruise ships around now, there may well be pressure on the ports to cope.
As with any sea day, seating for breakfast was a bit tricky, but we managed. On one of the hot stations was a notice saying ‘Grilled Kidneys’, but there was no sign of them, not even an empty dish, but I asked a buffet chef if they’d finished and he volunteered to get some, which he duly did. Not everyone’s favourite food, but the first time I have ever seen them offered at breakfast. You can tell they are catering for Brits, as they also had Black pudding! (They also have fish and chips on the lunch menu every day!) I didn’t bother with that this time, as already had a decent plateful for a change.
A failure to win a sheep station at trivia (Jorge), we headed to the atrium for coffee and yet another chat to a couple we hadn’t met before.
After a cabin break for blogging, another losing trivia with our second worst score – just 10, though the questions were good and fair, run by Michelle.
Although an easy sea day, we did then have the Captain’s Circle cocktail party and we were only 2 days behind the 3rd most travelled cruisers. Captain Justin Lawes had Barbara to assist and it seems there are about 290 Elites on board. Somewhat different to our cruises out of Australia!
On then to the Crown Grill – but only because we had a voucher – and with Alan and Sheila. Although the food was nice enough, I still can’t see the justification for a $29US surcharge.
The two prawns on the starter weren’t exactly large and I may be wrong here, but I was always under the impression that a filet mignon was wrapped in bacon? Ours weren’t. In the past, the Princess steak houses did an 8oz fillet steak or a10oz, but now there is just an 8oz, but our steaks were very nice. As last time on a previous ship, there was no mention of a cheeseboard on the menu, nor was one offered, yet on the way out, there was a cheeseboard on display – covered in glad-wrap. Paula had the lemon meringue and Alan the chocolate concoction. At least the company was great and we managed a window seat, rather than yet another gloomy interior.
Although we finally hit the sack at 12:25, the clocks are back 1 hour tonight and our tour tomorrow is a 9:15am meet.
Our last port and a return to the triple city of Gdansk. We then have two more sea days before a return to Southampton for the turnaround and on to Norway.
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