CANALETTO

April 5, 2017

The day we came on board and were exploring the ship, we passed the Pinnacle Grill, one of two speciality restaurants.  They were offering both the Pinnacle and the Canaletto, the Italian restaurant, for $44 per guest.  We signed up for two of the three nights classed as “gala attire” – and tonight was the Canaletto. We wore our tuxedo and evening ensemble.

Dinner started with bread accompanied by a dip of balsamic vinegar and EVOO. Then we chose two small plates – a fancy salad for Bonnie and a spicy and delicious seafood soup for me.  Next was our choice of one large pasta – rigatoni with spicy tomato sauce and sausage, and then one large plate – oven baked potatoes and veal wrapped in prosciuto. For dessert She Who Must Be Obeyed had gellato, and I had tiramisu.  Very tasty.  We both agreed that the large plate was our least favorite.

The Pinnacle Grill features an 18 ounce bone-in rib eye.  That is coming up on the 8th, the final formal night.

The table tonight was decorated with small red flowers of a kind I did not recognize, and a white rose.  I asked the restaurant manager if my dinner companion could have the white rose, and he said yes.

Tomorrow is my Picasso talk.  If you have not seen it, maybe I will do it one family night soon.  It really is one of my favorites.

“The Not Really 3 Tenors” sang tonight, their second show, and it was every bit as good as the first one.  Close harmony.  Good jokes.  Good songs.  Tomorrow the pianist we enjoyed so much will do his third show.  Very good entertainment on board (Bonnie didn’t like the magician, but then she never likes any magician).

We set our clocks ahead one hour tonight – we are now 5 hours ahead of you.

And speaking of night, the last two nights it has been very difficult doing email and loading the blog.  I guess the satellite system is overloaded.  Mornings have been a snap, so if it is difficult again tonight, all blogs after this one will come out in the morning.

Well, TTFN.  And heeeeere’s Bonnie ...

Well, rolled out of bed at 6am again! I washed my hair this morning so my morning ritual took a little longer. Got to the gym about 7 and rode the bicycle for 20 minutes, then headed to breakfast. I picked up a copy of the newspaper (they put out an 8 page 8x11 condensed copy of the New York Times everyday). I enjoy reading it while I have breakfast. So I read it while I consumed my fried egg, toast and bacon along with tomato juice and chocolate milk. After breakfast I headed to deck 3 for a cold and windy mile walk around the deck. It was very windy. Then, off to the room to pick up the crocheting and head to the lounge. David’s talk was first today. Then, we stayed for Vivianne’s Egyptology talk. Interesting but not as much fun as your Dad’s.

Then, we went to the room to put our stuff up and go to lunch. Today we went to Dive In for hot dogs and fries. After lunch we played some cards. Guess who lost miserably again. We went to the card room to play because we forgot our deck and they have decks in there you can use. It got crowded and noisy when a majong group and a canasta group came into the small room, so since it was nap time anyway, he headed to the room for a nap and I did another mile. Not as cold but still very windy. There were more people this time so I have to be careful. I go slow.

After my walk I went back to the room and quietly came in and sat on the couch because he was still napping. After naptime, we went to Anthony’s talk on expensive yachts and the people who own them. Interesting but. Then, it was back to the room to get ready for our reservation. It was a nice table, good food and nice waiters.

After supper, we headed to the show with the “Not Really 3 Tenors” . They are great singers and funny. So we are back in the room and have to turn our clocks ahead an hour , again, so we will be off to bed soon. We will be up early again tomorrow because his talk is at 11.

Goodnight. Love you all.
Mom, Granny and Bonnie