rest of Monday, Jan. 16: Found no fresh fish on Tortola yesterday. Weird. Lots of American food, Chinese food, and lots of chicken. Back to ship and had lunch at Windjammer. Found Julie in the Solarium and sat with her a while, then headed to stateroom for a shower (sweat and sunscreen ... yuck). Dinner of broiled pork chop, salad, and warm choc. lava cake for dessert ... my fave dessert so far! Also spent a little more of my $75 ship's credit and had a glass of pinot grigio with dinner.
Lost $15 at the craps table, but still money ahead. Good show in the theater tonight of the two lead singers from the RC Singers doing a roster of their own hand-picked favorites. The female knocked it out of the park with Whitney Houston's "If I Don't Have You."
Jan. 17 Here at Basseterre St. Kitts. Our ship had to port at the commercial dock because the cruise ship dock is already full with two other cruise ships, RC's "Jewel" and a Carnival ship. I'm here at a kiosk bar in the port district having a couple cold Caribs and updating the blog. In a few minutes I'm headed to an outside BBQ place where the guy is doing chicken and LOBSTERS!!! Huge fresh caught lobsters. I found this guy last year in St. Kitts but was too full from breakfast. So today I ate a scant breakfast in the hopes of relocating this guy, and indeed I found him. I'll take a picture and tell you more about this guy later. Julie and I did a little walking this a.m. and found a bakery where I had a pastry. But we found little else, and so came back to the port area. We are now separated, so I fear Julie will not have a chance to partake.
CRAP! No lobsters! Lobster Guy kept telling me "they are coming". Waited two hours, and they weren't ever breathing hard (off color joke there), so bailed. Back to ship and lunch at the 'Jammer of a salad with salami and cheese cut up in it, kind of like a Porta salad back in Madison. Showered and got the sweat and sunscreen off. Read for a while, then down for a nap. Dinner tonight of tempura breaded pollack and two shrimp. Beef roll-ups with cream cheese center for appetizer, and a scrumptious Boston Cream pie for dessert. Rolled the dice in the casino and lost $21. Sill ahead though. Show tonight was Gary Lovini, a violin virtuoso since the age of 12. He as excellent and performed a variety of music along with the ship's orchestra. He wandered through the audience playing songs while the orchestra backed him up. Julie was so impressed she bought a CD after the show. Back in the cabin, I read and finished my second Kindle novel (Split Second). I'm now on "Reliquary," by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston, a sequel to "Relic." Really getting some quality reading in with no distractions.
Wednesday Jan. 18. Rosseau, Dominica. After breakfast in the 'Jammer, Julie and I are in the city. She is shopping while I'm in a local tavern, JR's Bar, enjoying a couple ice cold "Kubuli" beers, the local brew here. $2 for a 250 ml bottle, and I get comp wi-fi. Can't beat it. Sunny and mid 80s with a nice breeze.
Well I will close out this entry and check in with everyone later. Two more stops, and then Internet darkness for a couple days as we sail back to home port. It's been a lovely cruise thus far.
Bruce
Porta salads. Love them. Sounds like you've had a hit-and-miss time on food places you like. Even in St. Pete it's hard to find Grouper regularly. And they offer "Atlantic Salmon" instead. Hope the rest of your cruise is eventful.
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