Another day where I didn't feel like getting up and moving. I really do enjoy just being alone and drinking my coffee and having nowhere to go, however we were at another port and were able to get off the ship that around 8:00 but I think I left closer to 10:00 maybe. I was just going to wander around by myself and I wanted to go to the gardens and to the cemetery which I did. I started going to the cemetery and then wandered my way up and was looking for some authentically ethnic food that sounded interesting for brunch and looked in Google maps and found this Iranian bakery. I stopped there and got a Majoon, which was a cup of ice cream mixed with dates and different nuts and some honey and it was delicious. I ate that while wandering around their beautiful public gardens. I spent quite a bit of time there and then I left of wandered around some side street so I could get a sense of the town/city and really enjoyed the walk.
When I went back to the dock I had a Donair at the suggestion of a friend who's a native. It's similar to a gyro but meatier. It's sliced meat in a pita with a sweet sauce and some chopped onions and tomatoes. It was good and even better because I ate it on a park bench near the water.
Then I went back to the ship, looked at a couple of souvenir things on the way, got back on, went to my room and relaxed for a while. I looked in the online app at the items offered through delivery anywhere on the ship and I looked at their drinks and found a couple that I thought were interesting in that I would try - Bourbon and blood, London lemonade, Brasilinha (cachaça, passion fruit, lime). I had the Brasilinha and it was good, not great. Before the end of the trip I had the others and the lemonade was my favorite. They also made a mean espresso martini, Indigo Bay Spritz (gin, elderflower, lemon, hibiscus, rosewater, tonic), and I had a sip of a baked alaska martini (vodka, raspberry, creme de cocoa), a sip of a Frothy Fango (espresso, rum, banana liquor, maple syrup...), the Bees Knees wasn't as good as Shara's, and more. This was over a period of 7 days and we were trying each others, so I didn't have all of these myself, but I did take advantage of the drink package and enjoyed all the fun mixes.
I took a little nap, checked if there was anything outstanding in the emails and then got dressed and did the usual; down to the bar to have a drink before going to dinner and then something which was not usual is I went to see this little water show with new friend Judy and then I went in search of the arcade because I was told that they had VR games but it was more the type of the claw hand things and driving game and it was really for little kids. It took me around the ship a time or two before I found it though!
Dinner was Italian night and we ate at the Allegro dining room with the people that I met on the cruise. It was a nice group; a couple from New Hampshire and then the crew from Connecticut. I had eggplant parm for an appetizer and a salad and Grilled Rockfish, Eggplant Caponata roasted fingerling potatoes, asparagus, so I was definitely going the eggplant route. And then for dessert I had a gianduja souffle, which was yummy.
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