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Published: April 6th 2016
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Ho hum, the first of two full days at sea today as we sail the 1,042 nautical miles to Montevideo, Uruguay at an average speed of 17.1 knots. We had a pretty lazy morning ahead of all the activities we had scheduled for the afternoon.
At 2.30pm it was time to head for the Ocean Bar for the South American Wine Festival. For just US$25.00/head a few of us had signed up to enjoy a selection of wines from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The beverage selection was rounded out with four cocktails and there was a table groaning with bread, crackers, cheese and grapes. I took it pretty easy at the wine festival because I was mindful of more eating and drinking to be tackled later in the afternoon and evening. I'm pretty sure that Bernie singlehandedly made sure that we got our US$50.00/worth out of the event!! I think by the time this cruise is finished Bernie will have consumed his own body weight in cheese. He orders the cheese plate every night for dessert and usually manages to consume even more cheese at some point during the day.
When the wine festival finished at 4.00pm we headed
back to our cabin to rest up for 5.30pm when we were due in the Crow's Nest Bar for drinks and nibbles put on by Bunnick Tours for their tour group. Between 5.30 and 6.30pm we enjoyed the sun shining on the Atlantic Ocean while we were plied with sparkling wine, white and red wine and orange juice. The staff also provided us with a variety of finger food such as mini spring rolls, bitterballen, dumplings and mini quiches. The wine waiter encouraged us to drink up telling us that the more we drink the more whales we see!! As it turned out we did see some marine life from the Crow's Nest Bar, but no one could quite decide if it was a couple of dolphins or a couple of whales. I was leaning towards dolphins.
Some of the group had done themselves up before the Bunnick drinks and nibbles session with the rest of us opting to tart ourselves up for the third and final Gala Night (or as Bernie prefers Galah Night) between 6.30pm and 8.00pm. The group reconvened just before 8.00pm to go to dinner in the Rotterdam Dining Room. On a couple of evenings
when we have only been 10 for dinner we have sat at the Captain's Table, but only because he wasn't using it those nights. Tonight Captain PJ was in the dining room entertaining a group of passengers at the Captain's Table. The rowdy Aussies were led to two tables adjacent to the Captain's Table. Possibly not the Maitre d's wisest decision for the evening?!
We certainly didn't let the fact that the Captain was at the next table inhibit our enjoyment of the evening. Lidia and Carol were hilarious and our table laughed uproariously throughout dinner. We can't have disturbed the Captain and his guests though because no one at that table spared us so much as a glance all evening. Following main course, Carol couldn't decide which dessert to order. She told our waiter, Dinas, that she had it narrowed down to three and said he should surprise her by bringing her the one he thought she would enjoy the most. Of course he was very cheeky and he brought her all three desserts didn't he?!
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