It takes a day and 2 nights to arrive at Rostock, Germany. Days at sea are never my favorites. I know there are a lot of activities but none of them seem to interest me. I’ve never been passionate about learning to tie towels into the shape of cute animals with which the cabin boys favor us each evening when turning down the beds. One could play cards, if one wanted to do that. Of course the prime activity is the casino in which I choose not to pay the “tax on stupidity” as my friend Brian explained it. It does give one a lot of time to sit and read, or read and sit, or…
The Captain’s Brunch for the Mariner’s Club members was today. The soup on the menu was described as Traditional White Scandinavian Vegetable Soup. I was a shocked to read this as I am sure you know that white and Scandinavian are interchangeable terms! We are suspicious of anything that is not white. Brunch included champagne and water (for free! on a cruise ship!). Champagne always helps the day move along.
From there we went to a wine tasting. There were two of these included in my package. I totally missed the first one. Wines included a pricey champagne (excellent), a lightly oaked chardonnay, a pinot noir, a cabernet and a very nice late harvest sauvignon blanc which I had never tasted. I’d love to have some of that for desert now and then, but I’ll probably not be able to find it.
The rest of the afternoon was spent in relaxation until time for our second dinner in the Pinnacle Grill. The Cæsar salad was fine and the lamb chops excellent and the berries with saubignon
sauce a delightful conclusion.
A magic show followed in the theater, an entertaining conclusion to a lazy day.
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