Wednesday

Wednesday already…?

So today, our ship docked in Mazatlan. The down town is a few miles away and the taxi costs $10 each way, so we opted to stay on the ship and take advantage of no one being there…

We went to the spa pool this time and played around with the current thing that pushes water out so that you have a current to swim against. While we were in there, a couple came by and said, “look at those two lovebirds… you must be newly weds…” I laughed and said, “ a year and a half!” and they smiled and said, “that’s still newlywed…congratulations!” (o:

After a soak in the spa we went up to our favorite spot above the pool deck and read for a while and enjoyed those yummy virgin strawberry daiquiris.

We watched the sail away from the front of the ship, waving to all of the people that had gathered to watch our ship leave. The sun set just after we got into open water.

We had dinner in the Pacific Moon dining room with a table right in front of the window… getting there early really seems to make a huge difference because no one is too busy so they can bend over backwards. Our waiter, Arnold, and assistant waiter Joel, were very cool. I had pineapple, chilled apple soup, salad, and Alaskan king crab legs. Arnold brought a plate with a bunch of big crab legs, and both he and Joel approached me several times about whether I wanted seconds!!! I had plenty though and reluctantly declined.

Grant had frog legs (which I tasted - yes they really do taste like chicken…. But they really do look like frogs legs….sigh), lentil soup, salad, and chicken a la Kiev. For dessert, Grant ordered a sundae and I had the princess dream love boat (like a thick mousse or flourless chocolate cake - delicious….) Our waiter also brought us a third dessert, a berry crumble with ice cream “just in case,” for us to share. That was really good, as well.

After dinner, we went for a stroll around the promenade before watching the impressionist performer in the Princess Theatre. Poor guy had throat issues… I don’t think he was feeling well, and he ended up cutting his show like 20 minutes short and had to cancel his second performance.

Tonight, however, there was a second show in the Explorer’s Club that was a comedian juggler what we were planning to see at his 10:30 performance They moved his second performance to the bigger Princess theatre so more people could see it. As it turned out, this guy was hilarious! He was from Vietnam originally, but had been in America for 10 years and had been a citizen for he last 5 months. He had a thick accent but he was hilarious and a really good juggler. It was cool because his show was really only a 40 minute thing, but he was able to use all of his material and stretch it out to an hour… and honestly, he was one of the better performers of seen!

We are going to bed “early” tonight, because we have to get up at (hold your shock) 9:00 for our whale watching excursion in Cabo.