Sea Day #7

Kelly was up and out the door for our morning coffee before I even awoke. She can be stealthy! I jumped in the shower quickly as we are off to our Sushi making class this morning. Another busy day at sea as our schedule is filling up with various lectures, blackjack tournaments, belly flop competition, shows, dinners.... and the inevitable "conflict" where two events are scheduled at the same time! This is one of the few difficult situations on a cruise!

Off we went to our first planned event at Izumi specialty restaurant with our Sushi making class. Something I have always wanted to do! There were approximately 22 folks learning to assemble and create our own meal.  We stood at our stations and after a ceremonial toast of Saki we started by following the head chef's instructions. With the tools and supplies they provided,  we created a Crab Roll, then a Spicy Tuna Roll .  Next was an Ebi or Shrimp Nagiri and finally we practiced folding a piece of Seaweed paper and created a Flower Cone.

 It was all sliced up and we then ate our creations. It was fun, educational and relatively easy as we didn't really have to prepare anything. I believe a Sushi dinner will take place when we get home!

 We strolled around the deck and ended up at the bridge viewing station. We could see down into the control area and realized that no one was steering the ship!! Well there were a couple guys walking around out of frame:-)

Bridge - Control Station.. hope the autopilot is ON!

 We also went down to the helipad to check out the view from there. Kelly loves this spot as it reminds her of Jack & Rose of Titanic fame... not sure if I am allowed to say Titanic on here!!

Kelly at the bow.

We continued to wander around and ended up in the Palace Theater where a group of people had been getting a back stage tour. We sat down and listened in from the top balcony for ten minutes or so.

Bryan had a plan to watch the hockey game but all they had in the Sports Bar was basketball :-(

I headed off and attended the Lecture: "Cruising with the Comets and Meteors" which actually morphed into a 50 minute talk about the history of telescopes . Very informative.

So my first dilemma today was....  do I attend the Lecture: "Forensic Entomology" which talks about how the time of death of a victim can be determined by the bugs and insects on the body... or the Blackjack Tournament (with Kelly)? 

The blackjack won out as I can watch the repeat of the forensic show on the ship's TV.  I did manage to make it to the final table again with a great second round score but the cards cooled off and I missed out on any cash prize. Oh well it was fun and we get one more chance tomorrow afternoon.

The weather has turned rather ugly with moderate rain and a rolling sea! Fortunately the Winnipeg/Nashville hockey game was on live in the sports bar so I sat and watched the last half of the game while Kelly chatted with some Face Book cruiser friends. 

Back to the cabin to get ready for dinner. We have a special event tonight as we head to the "Chef's Table"  for a five course meal with wine pairings... o'la-la.  Kelly is showered up, primped and looking fantastic!

Dinner was fabulous and we met some very nice people at the Chef's Table. Raj was our Chef and Gilbert our  head waiter tonight. Excellent wines served with several courses of very good food. My favorite was the lobster... simply amazing!!

Avocado!!

Lobster Appy - fantastico!

Private dinning area in Chops Grill

Our dinner went so late with talking that we all missed the Headliner show. Oh well next time.

Short walk around the ship then off to the rack... exhausted again!