Monday, January 27, 2025

Day 3 - Sea Day

Tuesday - Quite a change first thing in the morning. It was 75°F at 7am with scattered clouds. We were passing just to the east of Cancun in much shallower water. The TV reports water depth as well as location, speed, heading, temperature, humidity, and air pressure. At one point yesterday, the depth was almost 4,000 m as opposed to 30 m this morning. 


Breakfast was the complimentary continental breakfast delivered to the room again. Very convenient. My first activity of the day was a guacamole class offered at Sabor Taqueria and Tequila Bar. I was reluctant to sign up as it wasn’t free. But, last night while waiting for Grease to start up, I succumbed and signed up. My guacamole attempts have been inconsistent at best. 


The guacamole class was pretty good. I hadn’t realized that it included a margarita, an appetizer, and couple of tacos. The guacamole recipe was pretty standard though the quantities supplied for some of the ingredients were on the high side. Basically, ripe haas avocados, finely diced onions, garlic, jalapeno pepper, salt, some pico, and lime juice. A pretty basic recipe. I got some good hints on quantities and what to avoid.


Lunch today was at Jamie’s Italian, a signature restaurant from Jamie Oliver. The lunch prefixed menu was less than half of the dinner price. All of the food was wonderful though the standout was the Aubergine Parmigiana aka eggplant Parmesan. The appetizer was a charcuterie board and the side dish was pasta carbonara.


If it sounds like all we are doing is eating, you’d be pretty close. There was a seminar scheduled on diabetes and Chinese herbs but it was canceled as the presenter was busy. There are a ton of other activities including trivia, sports, water slides, the FlowRider surf simulator, three pools, a splash pad, game shows, music, dancing, rock climbing, karaoke, soccer, ice skating, mini golf, and lots of bars. Oh yeah, almost half of one deck are casinos. You name it, it’s probably available. 


Next up, dinner in the main dining room. Seared beef carpaccio for the appetizer, New York strip steak with green peppercorn sauce with mushroom risotto on the side for the entree, and a lemon curd tartlet for dessert. A lot of food but, fortunately, there is no mandate to clean your plate. 

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