Today was our fourth day crossing the Atlantic Ocean on board the Costa Favolosa.
Today was another quiet day onboard the ship. When I got up at around 7 am, I showered before going to the buffet for breakfast. I wasn't particularly hungry and just had some cereal with fruit covered in yoghurt and milk. I washed it all down with some orange juice. After breakfast, I walked to the pool at the back of the ship on deck 9 and sat there reading my Kindle for a few hours.
At 11 am, I met Gail at the Palatino Grand bar to do the first quiz. Before we started, Gail introduced me to a lovely little drink. Hot chocolate with Baileys was beautiful and became a regular drink mid-morning and before the quiz. Darrel and Mal joined us, and we did very well. We had to do a tiebreaker to win the quiz. Darrel gave us the answer to the tie-break question and then left quickly in case it was wrong. It wasn't wrong, and we won the quiz. Another quiz immediately followed, and as good as we were in the first quiz, we were terrible in the second. The second quiz consisted of different countries' national anthems being played to us and us having to write down the country it belonged to. Unfortunately, the anthems were all played by brass bands, and we only knew one of them. As it happened, we didn't do as badly as we thought, as the two teams that were tied for first place only got two correct answers.
At lunchtime, I decided to go to the buffet for something to eat. I got myself a nice salad and followed it up with some pork chops, Chinese chicken in sweet and sour sauce with sweet potato and vegetables. It was all very lovely, and I enjoyed it all. Even the view from the table I sat at was quite pleasant, looking out across a blue, calm Atlantic Ocean.
After dinner, I had a short siesta before going to the main pool on deck 10, where I sat reading my Kindle.
I had not drunk my bottle of fizzy wine that I had been given for being a Gold member on board ship, so before going to the Palatino bar for the quiz at 4:30 pm, I collected it from the fridge in my room and took it with me. I was joined by Dwight, Tessa, Gail, and Darrel at the quiz, and as we opened the wine, Mal appeared and accepted a glass of wine before going to join his team for the quiz. We did pretty well again, but we would not be winning any prizes based on our knowledge. We would certainly have been in with a shout of winning the prize for the team that laughed the most, though.
After the quiz, I went to the theatre with Rosa to see a show that had been put on for the Costa Club members. It wasn't so much a show as a pat yourself on the back appreciation party for the rich people on board who had been on enough cruises to win awards for the amount they travelled. If I had been on enough cruises to win a Costa hat or a certificate, I would have been annoyed to have been made to go along and receive fake applause from other passengers who hadn't got as much money. I didn't stay long, and Rosa and I went back to the piano bar for a drink before going to dinner.
For dinner tonight, I had parma ham with melon and asparagus soup, followed by beef with spinach and garlic herb butter served on potatoes. It was all quite lovely and was topped off by three desserts. When the waiter asked what I wanted, I couldn't make up my mind which of the three to order, so I asked for all three, which he brought me. I ate a Brazilian bread and butter pudding, a milk chocolate cake and a kiwi mousse. All three were very nice.
After dinner, I went to the theatre with Rosa to watch the acrobatic show. It was terrific, and we both enjoyed it. I got pretty giddy just trying to count how many times a girl hanging from a rope from the theatre ceiling above us span around.
After the show, we went to the piano bar and listened to the music whilst we sat and chatted till around 1 am.
Photos from 9 of my holiday and the fourth day we crossed the Atlantic.