We made it to Astoria, Oregon for an 8am docking. It was very overcast and windy and Deck 7 was
closed off again. So, we ended up not
exercising (OH NO!!). We didn’t have any
shore excursion plans for the day, we just hoped to get off the ship and walk
along the sea wall. Astoria is a very
small town of about 8000 people. It
clearly is a big hub for the lumber industry as there were piles and piles of
logs on the dock.
We went to the dining room for breakfast. While sitting there we watched as the weather
turned significantly worse with buckets of rain and lots of wind. We lost count of how many people got their
umbrellas turned inside out. Since we
didn’t have plans, we decided to turn the day into a “sea day” and just stay on
the ship. We worked on the blog, did
some email, and just lazed the morning away.
Since this was a port day, there were no lectures or anything, so we
just kind of hung out and relaxed. At
12:30pm we went up to Tastes to have a light lunch (we split one of their
pizzas). The crust was cooked perfectly
and it was very tasty. After that, we
went to the afternoon movie “Personal Shopper.”
This was a movie made in France about a woman who is personal shopper
for a famous person, and is also a medium and she was trying to contact her
dead twin brother that just died a few months ago. The movie was very strange and ended up
ending without what seemed to be a resolution of about half of the points. It was a total waste of time.
After that, we went back to the cabin to dress for dinner as
we wanted to go and hear a second talk by Ken Walsh. This time he was talking about Celebrity in
Chief and how some of our Presidents have used the media and social media
effectively and less effectively. It was
quite an interesting talk.
We then headed to the Cove, waiting for our 6:30pm dinner in
Tastes.
For Tastes, we chose five small
plates, beginning with the Balsamic Roasted Beet Salad and the Gambas a la
Plancha. Someone posted on Cruise Critic
that our blogs had turned into food porn, so we have decided to NOT show
pictures.
Ok, that is a lie, we forgot to take pictures. The salad was terrific and the shrimp were
huge and delicious. The next courses, we
had California Street Tacos, the Chimichurri Steak (for a second time – it is
so excellent), and the Saffron-Marinated Lamb Kebabs.
Bob was dying to have the tacos since he
hasn’t had any Mexican food for over a week, he was going through some kind of
withdrawals. One of the tacos was pork
and the other was chicken. The pork one
was very tasty, but neither of us really liked the chicken one as it tasted of
dark meat and neither of us are a fan of dark chicken meat. The steak was as good last time and the
kebabs were also very good.
For dessert, we got the Forest Berry Cobbler and the
“Bananas Foster”. Both were yummy, but
Bob preferred the Cobbler and Julie preferred the BF.
After dinner, we went to the Galaxy Lounge for the comedy
show by John Joseph. We had seen him
before and he was a hoot. His quick wit
was incredible as he ad-libbed with the audience and mixed in some other joke
material. It was incredibly funny and we
laughed almost the entire time.
Then it was time to call it a night.
Thanks for taking us along on your voyage - more food porn please and yes John Joseph is so funny. We loved how he made comedy out of the events onboard - trust me you really don't want to cross the dateline and lose a day when he's onboard - he had us in stitches. BTW I've started you a thread @ http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=53326198&posted=1#post53326198 so you can post on CC without fear of being accused of hijacking - how silly that accusation was
ReplyDeleteSorry that thread didn't lasting afraid - it got deleted for taking people off CC - anyway thanks again for blogging - it's great to be able to enjoy the cruise with you
ReplyDeleteI found the blog via CC as well, am enjoying following your travels. I hope to be able to send you ask you some of the many questions about Crystal AFTER your voyage is over. Safe travels!
DeleteBodog, should Julie just create our own thread or is that forbidden too? That way we can answer after cruise questions.
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