Our
original plan was to take this day as a Sea Day because (1) it was
Seth's birthday and (2) there really weren't any interesting
excursions to take in this port. We did have a lunch reservation
made near the cruise terminal but, as it turns out, the weather
wasn't cooperating and the Captain decided that it wasn't safe to
tender into St Peter Port so we continued on our way to Bordeaux and
planned to arrive a little early – on Thursday evening instead of
Friday morning. We ended up having to cancel our lunch reservations.
Unfortunately,
because the weather was bad, the seas were very very choppy. We woke
up and had breakfast that Ravin brought for us (that we had ordered
the night before) to our cabin. The bacon on board the ship was
absolutely delicious - thick and flavorful - and we enjoyed having breakfast in our robes.
The eggs had yolks that were the most orange yolks I have ever seen.
The problem was that with our suite at the front of the ship, the
motion was pretty significant and I developed a pretty pounding
headache by mid-morning. Ravin tried to help by bringing me some
candied ginger, meclizine, and green apples. By lunch time, I was
getting pretty nauseous so I skipped lunch and took a meclizine which
knocked me out for a few hours as I lay on the couch watching tv.
Later
in the afternoon, Seth suggested that I move out of our suite and go
towards the middle/back of the ship where the motion wasn't as bad so
I took my ipad and found a sofa seat on deck 4 near the middle of
the ship by guest relations where the motion was definitely not as
bad. I hung out here for a couple of hours and slowly my headache
and nausea eased up.
I
returned to our suite to change because our first Chef's Table
dinner this evening was at 7 pm. Wade and Charlie wanted to meet for
drinks at the Prime C bar before dinner so we met them there at about
6:30 pm. It was at this point that Seth finally remembered that he
could try some acupressure to help out with my headache and nausea
which really did help out quite a bit and allowed me to enjoy our
Italian themed meal.
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| Seth, Charlie, and Wade |
The
long table for the Chef's Table dinner at the front of Prime C became
a very familiar table to us and the number of wine glasses on the
table was pretty crazy. We met our host for the evening which was
Justin – the acupuncturist on board. Interestingly, Darko the
sommelier as well as the maitre 'd of Prime C asked Seth to change
out of his jeans because the ship's rules were that jeans were not
allowed in any of the specialty restaurants or the main dining room.
Seth, of course, was not happy about this and I have to agree, the
“no jeans” rule is pretty old-fashioned. He was wearing very
dressy jeans with a nice jacket and I was surprised that anyone even
noticed his pants. So off to the cabin to change and then we were
seated at the table for our Italian dinner.
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| Long table in Prime C for special dinners |
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| A ton of wine glasses |
The
menu for each of the three Chef's Table dinners was similar – an
salad, a soup, an appetizer, an entree, cheese course, and then a
dessert. The excecutive chef, Iwan, came out to describe the menu
for us and then Darko explained each of the wine pairings with our
meal.
The
salad was ok but the soup was awesome – creamy, buttery, and
delicious. This was a trend that we noticed on Azamara - all the soups were really good.
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| Chilled Crab Panzanella Salad |
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| Zuppa de Radice di Sedano |
I had the halibut and didn't care too much for it and I
was impressed that both the waiter and maitre d' were concerned that
I didn't like it asking me to tell them what was wrong to which my
only real answer was that I really didn't care for halibut – it's
too “meaty” of a fish for me, I guess.
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| limoncello sorbet |
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| Olive oil poached halibut |
The cheese course was
good as was the dessert – chocolate amaretto panna cotta.
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| Cheese course |
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| Chocolate Amaretto Panna Cotta |
We
enjoyed our meal and didn't really interact much with the other
guests at our table at this dinner. They did have a birthday cake
for Seth with a candle and everyone sang happy birthday to him but we
were way too full to eat the cake and asked for it to be brought up
to our suite the next morning for breakfast.
When
we got back to the cabin, it was decorated for Seth's birthday and
stayed in our suite for the remainder of the cruise.
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