On day 4 of my holiday, the Costa Favolosa, docked at Cadiz, Spain and I went ashore for a prebooked tour.
I woke up around 6:30 am as we docked in Cadiz, Spain. I lay in bed and fell asleep again, waking up at around 7:30 am. I had a shower and then went to the buffet to get myself some breakfast. I felt I should be a bit healthier this morning. I just had some melon and yoghurt and washed it down with some orange juice. As I was eating breakfast, Mal joined me, and we talked for a while until I left to collect some things from my cabin before going ashore for my excursion in Cadiz.
I got on the tour bus at around 9:40 am for a tour due to start at 10 am. As usual on these excursions, some inconsiderate arseholes didn't turn up till 10 minutes after the tour was due to leave. Sort yourselves out, people.
The tour was short, but I enjoyed it. We saw many things around the town and along some of the beaches. When we were dropped off back at the ship, I had plenty of time to walk into the town to look around more but I didn't want to push my knee too much and went back onboard Costa Favolosa.
I buzzed going through the security x-ray machine and had to remove my belt as well as empty all my pockets. I walked through a second time and was cleared to continue. When I picked up my belongings, I realised someone had stolen my belt. Luckily, one of the security people recognised the person in the line in front of me and followed him into the shop at the terminal. He saw that he had my belt. He stopped him, retrieved it for me, and brought it back to me at the security point. What sort of person steals a cheap belt? He must have been drunk.
After getting back on the ship, I decided to go straight to the restaurant to have lunch. I had a smoked salmon starter, then had a beautiful mushroom and cheese ravioli for my first course. My main was a lovely burger, a change from the usual dried burgers they serve onboard. For my dessert, I had a piece of coffee chocolate cake. After eating my cake, I finished my beer and was checking my Facebook messages when the waiter appeared next to me and handed me another piece of chocolate cake for coffee. I can only assume he thought I looked too thin and needed feeding up.
After eating my lunch, I went back to my cabin to get a couple of hours of rest before I went to one of the bars later to meet Malcolm and take part in one of the quizzes.
At 3:30 pm, I walked to the bar to make sure we got a table where we could see the video screen, and when I had sat down, I ordered myself a Bahama Mamama cocktail. We did well in the quiz and won it.
After the quiz, I returned to my cabin for a rest before going for dinner at 7 pm. At dinner, I was joined by Mal, Rosalea, Ann, Keith and Regina. For my dinner, I had a shrimp cocktail starter. My first course was pumpkin soup with toasted almonds, and my main course was a pork knuckle medallion confit, Sicilian couscous with saffron. My dessert was white chocolate cream and forest fruits, blueberry gelee, wild berry cream, and strawberry whipped ganache with orange streusel. I would have called desert a mousse.
When dinner was finished, I walked to the theatre, where I was joined by Dwight, Tessa, Malcolm, and Gail. We watched a comedian and juggler called Terry Parade. He reminded me a little of Tommy Cooper, and I found him very funny. He had me laughing constantly throughout the show.
When the show finished, we went to the Moliere lounge and were joined by Ann and Rosalea. We all sat chatting until the bar closed, and then we all went back to our cabins.