Last Sea Day

Breakfast was a splurge – Eggs Chesapeake – think Eggs Benedict but with fresh crab cake!!! OMG!!

A typical last day at sea, trying not to be amazed that my suitcases seem more full now than last week. My clothes seem to have expanded. It’s not due to gifts, as I only purchased 5 souvenirs

Barbara tackled Guest Services again. This time returning with tags for Black 1 and a much earlier disembarkation time. Neither of us wanted to argue any longer, so we tagged bags and made do with the situation. 

I went to a lecture on Rum-runners, that I wish had been given before we visited the islands. I would have enjoyed buying a pint of each island’s rum to have sample with Barbara, but didn’t know each island had its own individual rum. 

Spencer taught us about Southern Snacks today. I thought of Sheila as he showed us how to make fried pickles. Now I can reproduce them for her!! I’m not a fan of pimento cheese, so those biscuits did not appeal to me. But I was astounded to learn that the pimento comes from dried paprika!!

Barbara and I had a very light lunch as we have made reservations at Canaletto, the specialty Italian restaurant, for tonight because their special tonight is some prawn dish Barbara loves. 

America’s Test Kitchen’s afternoon show included Cheese Blintzes and my favorite dessert of all time, Apple Crisp. I learned how to make my own ricotta cheese and that only three apples are really good in crisp and one of them is NOT Mcintosh, as the pulp breaks down too easily.

Mom would have relished this Test Kitchen experience as she would have appreciated the meld of science and taste. Also, she would have hugged Spencer when he reminded us, “You eat with your eyes as well as your mouth and nose.” How sad these two human beings missed knowing each other. 

We dressed up a bit for dinner and were greeted by Denise, who has charge of it! Dinner was superb, even though the dish Barbara so anticipated was made with shrimp and not prawn. We spend nearly 2 hours chatting with dining neighbors and savoring delicious foods accompanied by a remarkable Australian wine called Deakins that I hope to find in America.  I suggested to Denise that if the daily specials were posted to the passengers, she would have more business as we would have eaten there at least one other time because Tuesday is Swordfish!!!! 

Our bags are in the corridor awaiting pick up.  

We take the last of Barbara's Abuelo out on our balcony to relish our final Caribbean sunset.

Random thought for this day - Home is where I fit in, not on, my bed.