Sea Day #2

 Last night we had dinner at Izumi.  On this ship, the Izumi hibachi is separated from Izumi sushi, which we greatly appreciated.  Hibachi is fun, but so LOUD. Service was very slow, as they seemed short-staffed, but we eventually got our sake and She’s a Geisha cocktail. I started with the pork dumplings and Charlie had the shrimp and veggie tempura, both of which you’ve seen before, but reliably good.  I chose a spider roll with crab, avocado, cucumber, and asparagus, then a truffled creamy lobster tempura roll next  both were really tasty!  Charlie also had two rolls, one with salmon and one with crab. We skipped dessert.

We are both sleeping really well so far! Our cabin is very quiet, as there are no cabins across the hall, and the bed is comfy. 

This morning our ship was entering the area between Cuba and Florida.  I returned to the crafting group and a few newbies joined us.  We had about 20 there today.  Here I am with Kim-from-Austin, who organized the group last fall and again for this cruise. We posted it in our transpacific crafting group, and all the Aussies professed jealousy. 

Here was yesterday’s gathering:

Today for lunch we went to Sabor, the Mexican restaurant on the Boardwalk.  It’s open-air, but the weather has warmed up so we were fine.  We enjoyed the excellent margaritas and guacamole to start.

Then we both had the bacon-wrapped chicken-stuffed poppers, followed by chicken quesadillas (me) and fish tacos (Charlie).

Tonight we’re going to Coastal Kitchen for dinner, and tomorrow we dock in Nassau, where we’re booked at the new Royal Caribbean beach club.  The weather looks iffy -- rain and wind — but fingers crossed it will work out! That’s our only port before we get to Europe. More tomorrow!