Serenade of the Seas
Today's Compass
Some more of the TV channel showing where we are:
We arrived in St. Thomas on time. The ship has to go “through” channels to get to the pier inside the island. The pier is really pretty - lots of scenery and water on both sides of the ship. We were eating breakfast w/ B, C & L while arriving, and it started to rain.
(Just to show that I do actually let Todd use my camera - he took this of L and I while having breakfast in the Wind Jammer):
Sailboats:
This yacht was outside our balcony
Lots of excursions were canceled. We (me, T & L) were just going to go shopping, so we decided to wait a while to see if the rain let up. Soon after, there was a break in the rain, so we decided to chance it and go ashore.
The shopping area was very close to the pier and there were LOTS of shops.
T and I were talking about getting me something for me for our 12th anniversary that was earlier this month (the 8th), so we decided it would be neat to get something on the cruise. We stopped into one of the jewelry shops in St.Thomas to see what they had. I have been wanting diamond stud earrings for a while, so we decided to look at them. The guy showed us some that were on sale and we picked out a pair. They are white-gold, which I don't have any of, but we got a better quality diamond in WG instead of YG. .75 ct total
They were about 1/3 of what the retail price is, so we’re hoping we got a good deal. After that, we looked around some more shops. I was running out of clothes, so bought a new T-shirt there. L was tired and done shopping, so he went back to the ship while T and I walked around some more. There was a butterfly farm close to the pier, also, so we decided to go there. Unfortunately, it was closed. We’re guessing it was due to weather, but the sign didn’t say - but it did say “Open all cruise ship days”. (????) Anyway, we walked around some more, took a few more pictures,
Then we decided to go back to the ship. Called L to see if he was ready for lunch and he was, so we went to the WJ. That afternoon I think we sat around relaxing and doing nothing, getting travelers checks cashed and getting the tip envelopes ready for wait staff and stateroom attendant.
The Galley Tour that came with the purchase of the Cookbook was at 4 pm. It was a lot of fun!
While we were waiting for everyone to get there, I snapped some pictures of the nearly empty dining room.
The upper part of the dining room is for people who chose "My Time Dining" - which meant they could go eat whenever they wanted, they were not assigned either 6 pm or 8:30 pm.
The Head Chef started the tour:
Carved watermelons waiting to be displayed:
Our group was so big, they decided to divide us into two different groups. While waiting for the Head Sous Chef to come, we were listening to the Head Chef.
Mathew (his name is Joseph Mathew, but they call him Mathew) finally got there, so we went down to the galley on Deck 4 (we started out on Deck 5)
He was so funny!!!! (He's from India)
Showing how they set up the plates to start the desserts - they fill the entire top with plates!
For each dessert, they have instructions and a picture of how the final product needs to look. This one is for Portofino's - a specialty restaurant they have on the ship. You have to pay an additional charge to eat there, but it's supposed to be really good.
Then we went to see where they bake ALL the bread - it smelled SOOO GOOD!!!!
Made for a presentation:
I thought this sign was funny since it's in the kitchen!
Dinner was at 6 again and our last night with the wait staff.
Carpeze Salad:
Scallops & Risoto:
Roasted Garlic!!!! It was good! (I don't remember what the name of the appetizer was)
No, I didn't eat all of these, I took pictures of some other people's food. lol
The whole wait staff came together again for us
Then dessert was served (we also had coffee with dessert every night)
Tiramisu
Raspberry something
And some kind of chocolate cake
(I have to say I was kind of disappointed with this dessert. I have one via Pioneer Woman that is much better - Molten Chocolate Lava Cake .)
We gave out the tip envelopes (L prepaid, but T & I decided to give them a little extra, too.)
Our tablemates!! They were so nice! I really enjoyed getting to know them!
Luke and Michael.
After supper, it was time to go pack to get ready to leave tomorrow. I let Todd pack first since he wanted to go to the casino while I packed. We had to have the bags out in the hallway no later than 11 pm. After I was done packing, I thought about going to play bingo again, but was too tired. I watched Julie & Julia again (I actually never watched the entire movie all at once, just bits and pieces, but I think I saw most of it) and fell asleep by 10.
Tomorrow we get up early to disembark. :-( Then the flights home......
Total nautical miles of the cruise: 1503. 8 days at sea . (Hoping I'll be able to add to this!)
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