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At Sea – West of the Iberian Peninsular
Weather: Overcast at first, brightening up later
Sea Conditions: Flat
The Submarine Sail past and Water-skiing off the back of Azura was the talk of the Breakfast Table. The date gave it all away!! Alas the clocks moving on an hour was not an April Fool.
We had to wake Callum up for Breakfast this morning so left it as late as we could to make it before the MDR breakfast closed.
Callum was itching to get back to Kids Club and play with his new friends; a boy named Michael and another who is is adamant is called “Head” (we presume Ed!). We popped down to Costa in the atrium for a quick coffee before heading down to Malabar for the cooking demonstration. We managed to get seats at the front this time. Praboo was going to be cooking the signature dishes frome was one of the chefs doing this demo on our last cruise. The Cruise Director, Neil Oliver, was hosting and the two did have a great rappore.
First dish cooked was the Sea Bass from Sindhu (the dish I’d eaten the previous night) and then he cooked the fillet steak from XVII. The aromas were amazing. Afterwards, one of the waiters from XVII cooked the Crepe Suzette. Alas, no time to cook the bison burger from The Glass House as there was a talk on about the RNLI starting shortly after.
Callum decided we were eating at Sindhu for lunch … and wanted a set of tasting plates for himself. We all chose a chicken dish, Callum and Jon the Beef, Callum and I the potato and pea samosas, Jon the calamari and I had some duck. It won’t surprise you that Callum’s plate was cleared at the end.
The Newcastle-Liverpool match was being shown live on the Big Sea Screen today (also shown in Brodies, but Under 18’s weren’t allowed in this area as it’s also the casino).
There were a few football fans, but Callum was the only one wearing a Newcastle shirt. I was fearing the worst as Liverpool started very strongly. Callum was promised an ice-cream when Newcastle scored.
He hedged his bets and asked if he could have an ice-cream when either team scored. It only took about 20 mins and thankfully the goal went against the run of play. Callum had had enough of watching the game by half-time so went to kids club. Jon and I stayed up on deck and thankfully Newcastle scored another and held on for the win.
