Today was our third day crossing the Atlantic Ocean on board the Costa Favolosa.
Today was a quiet day for me onboard the Costa Favolosa. After getting up, I showered and then went for a coffee in the atrium bar. When I finished my coffee, I went to the pool at the back of the ship on deck 9. I sat there reading my Kindle until around 11 am.
When I left the pool area, I walked to the Palatino Grand bar and watched some people, including Gail, taking part in a dance lesson. At 11:30 am, Gail joined me, and we sat and did a video quiz that was on next. We did very well, getting 7 out of 10 and finishing in 2nd place.
At midday, I went to the restaurant and sat with Dwight and Tessa for lunch. For my lunch, I had carrot and orange soup followed by chicken, vegetables and potatoes. The chicken was very overcooked, and I didn't like it, leaving most of it untouched. I did enjoy the coffee cake that I had for dessert.
As we finished lunch, we were approached by a man called Marcus, a German man whom Dwight and Tessa had met previously. He joined us at the table and ate his lunch as we chatted. I thought I recognised him and it turned out that he had gone to enter ´The Voice´ singing competition that I had seen with Rosa and Ann. He had gone to sing, and the people running it had put the utterly wrong song on for him. I hadn't heard him sing, but I had seen him attempt to do so before I left. He told me that after I left, they did put a track on for him, but that it was again not what he was expecting.
After lunch, I returned to the pool and got a non-alcoholic cocktail that tasted of strawberry and had whipped cream on it. It was very nice, and I had another one as I sat in the sun reading my Kindle.
At 2:30 pm, I decided to try to find the gym again. Thanks to the directions Rosa gave me, I was able to find it today. There was hardly anybody in the gym, and I found a cycling machine facing the bow of the ship with a big glass window in front of it that would give me a great view as I sat on the cycling machine. As anyone who knows me would be aware, I am not used to using gym equipment, but I found the most challenging part of my exercise was working out how to push the cycle seat back into a position that was comfortable for my long legs. Once I had figured it out, I exercised for around 40 minutes before leaving and went back to my cabin for a rest and a shower.
At around 4 pm, I walked back to the Paltino Grand Bar for the trivia quiz. I decided not to join Mal and the team because Mal had begun to drive me up the wall, and it had stopped being fun. I instead sat away from them on my own, but Dwight and Tessa soon joined me. We had a great laugh doing the quiz; we did pretty well, getting a reasonably high score. However, the quiz was a success for me because I had such a good laugh.
When the quiz finished, I walked to the Camelot wine bar and sat listening to music and reading my Kindle before going to the restaurant at 7 pm. For dinner, I had a very lovely onion soup. My main meal was supposed to be prime rib, which was my favourite steak when I lived in America, so I ordered it. I was very disappointed with it. It was nothing more than sliced beef in a spicy gravy with mashed potato. For dessert, I had a perfect coconut flan.
After dinner, I went to the theatre with Gail and sat with Dwight and Tessa to see the ´Circus Show´. Once again, I was left disappointed. While the main singer was undoubtedly a great singer, the performers dancing around her were off-putting and did nothing for the show. The magician and juggler, who I had seen before, were excellent, but again, there seemed to be no connection between the songs and routines.
After the show, I went to the quiet bar on deck 5 at the back of the ship to get a drink before I walked across to the piano bar. When I walked in, I saw Marcus, who I had met earlier, so I sat talking and drinking with him for a while before we both walked to the piano bar. When the music in the piano bar finished, I went back to my cabin for an early night at about 1 am.
Photos from day 8 of my holiday and day 3 crossing the Atlantic.