Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

At Sea between Porto Santo and Lisbon
Thursday 28th April 2022
 
The sea was calm overnight and all day today; exactly what you hope for on a sea day. We enjoyed our lazy day very much, as we gazed out looking for whales and dolphins inbetween eating, drinking and socialising.
 
 
There was time for a leisurely, indulgent breakfast...
 
...before some more gazing out to sea...
 
...then some photo taking to remind us of the interior of the ship...
 
...followed by a few laps around the deck...
 
...and some more staring at the sea...
 
...before mid-morning coffee in the club lounge.
 
 
 
A pre-lunch snooze for Bruce on our balcony...
 
...before Geoff went out on the back deck to learn how to use a sextant from Rear Admiral Roy.
 
Time for lunch, although it was far too nice a day to go to the inside restaurant.
 
 
After a pre-lunch drink in the club lounge...
...we lunched outside, starting with a seafood salad.
A main course, comprising a tuna and prawn brochette, spinach and feta chickpea pancake and a tomato and onion chutney.
Bruce had the steamed white chocolate sponge with orange custard (no picture unfortunately), while Geoff opted for the selection of cheeses instead.
 
This was followed by some more looking out to sea, as we both struggled to stay awake...
 
...before it was time to revive ourselves with afternoon tea, including the speciality of the day, "Bananas Foster".
 
Bananas Foster is a dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream, with a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur. The butter, sugar and bananas are cooked, and then alcohol is added and ignited. The bananas and sauce are then served over the ice cream.
 
 
Just in case that wasn't enough, there was a selection of other treats to tempt us.
 
Yet more contemplation of the sea... some dolphins had been spotted, but we didn't capture them on camera.
 
Pre-dinner drinks and canapes...
 
...followed by dinner, once again outside. We were joined for dinner by Gareth and Margaret, who we had sailed with in 2011 around the Baltic.
 
 
They recognised us and it took a while to figure out where we had met, but once we did, we even managed to find this photo of them from that trip.
 
 
Over dinner, the sun set. It was quite magical.
 
 
 
 
At our table, in addition to Gareth and Margaret, were Simon and Susan. By coincidence we had also met them previously. This was on our Andalucian Odyssey five months previously.
 
A final image as the sky began to darken. Tomorrow we would be in Lisbon.
 
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble