It was back to breakfast in our cabin, although we did choose the latest delivery slot of 9am. It is Saturday after all so I should get my weekend lie in. Before we went out we we’re watching a movie on tv called Big Miracle. It was about Californian grey whales who got trapped in the ice in Alaska and apparently is based on a true story. It was really good although the part where the baby whale died was a real tear jerker moment. The two adults did get freed though.
We then went down to Disney tunes trivia. We saw the lady we’d painted with and knowing she was travelling alone we invited her to join us. We also say Tracey who was on her own so she joined us too. Between us we still struggled and ended up with a score of 15 out of 30. The winning score was by some kids with full marks. They should ban kids from these things :-).
Since it was Monaco qualifying we tried to find somewhere to watch it, we tried sports bars and the sport channels in our cabin but to no avail. We were disappointed so instead sat up on deck and I Blogged some more. That’s why you’ve ended up getting about 3 days posted in quick succession. So, we may have lost out on qualies but you gained on blogs.
With no qualies we went to lunch. We selected Topsiders buffet again as they had pitta breads with fajita style chicken and fillings. It was really nice. I was supposed to have a light lunch as we had dinner at Palo but that seemed to fall by the wayside. they had a full BBQ out on the back deck of the restaurant, but as we already had a plate of food we had to skip it. We are still eating loads and regularly, major diet coming when we get home.
After lunch we made our way to the Cinema to see Iron Man 3. We sat at the back and got a good view. The film was a good as the others and we both really liked it. We couldn’t work out the big twist that everyone has talked about but debate a few small twists!
Spending 2 hours in the cinema and not dong much else is probably gong to make todays blog really short – sorry. Anyway, we then went back to don our glad rags for Palo. Paul was looking good in his navy suit and I co-ordinated with trousers and blue patterned silk top. Our reservation was at 6 and since the restaurant is at the top and the back it was straight up in the aft elevators. We arrived about 5 minutes early to see a line of people waiting to get in. They opened up pretty much on 6 and we were led to our table by Lazslo, our Hungarian server. We got a nice table for 2 right by the window and after everyone telling is how cold Palo was we had quite the opposite as the sun blazed through the glass. It was a beautiful evening and sadly we had to draw the blinds slightly as the sun did get in our eyes. We didn’t shut out all the glorious sun though. That would have been a travesty. We started as usual with the antipasti to share. A mix of cured meats, Parmesan, peppers and artichoke. All drizzled in balsamic and chilli oil. Warm breads are also brought to the table. I indulged in a glass of red wine but Paul stuck to diet coke.
Starters were then mozzarella and tomato for me and portobello mushroom with polenta for Paul. He had that last time and I told him his verdict was ‘just ok’ and his verdict this time didn’t change. My mozzarella was good but they could do with serving more, there is less cheese than tomato by a long way. Before main course as an amuse bouche of lemon sorbet to clear the palette. Main course was the pasta penne ariabiatta for Paul which he really loves and says is cooked to perfection. For me it was the rack of lamb which even well done was juicy, succulent and really tasty. We both followed with the famous Palo chocolate soufflé. The final serving is a small frozen drink of lemon sorbet, sparkling wine and apple brandy. Very nice. The whole meal was great, very enjoyable.
After dinner we didn’t want to attend the magician show so we browsed the shops, looked at our character pics, and put by some more with Hook and Jack Sparrow, and also stopped by the DVC stand to hear about how we get the freebies. It transpires they call the cabin and leave a trivia question, if you then head on down with the correct answer you’ll get the freebie. The guy made sure we were on the list for the future so we await tomorrow’s question.
We planned to attend the late adult only show of John Charles at 10:15 so I took another opportunity to blog some more. I managed to get another day completed for Paul to post just before we needed to go out. We were actually both quit disappointed with the show. We expected it to be funnier. He spent the first 40 mins or so asking folks where they were on then playing an appropriate song (like Galveston, Louisiana and others that were state related). For the Brits he played a US tune about us being defeated in their fight for independence. He then also did several requests including Phantom, Les Mis, and some country stuff. He ended with Hallelujah, which Paul hates then encored with a “Horse with no Name by America”, stopping to point put the nonsensical lyrics. He got a standing ovation so we clearly missed something and we didn’t get out of there until after 11:30.
Paul managed to post the blog and we went to bed. I did watch the port shopping guide tour on tv before bed and this plus the added hour meant we didn’t go to sleep until 2am.