Jan 9 -- At sea

Since we're sailing for the next 20 hours, we decided to have breakfast in the room. We placed our order by leaving it outside our room last night in the message holder provided and, like magic, our butler appeared at the requested time with a tray full of food.  After spreading a tablecloth on our little dining table he set up our breakfast then left us to enjoy it.

View from our balcony

We relaxed after breakfast by doing such exciting things as going to the laundry room to dry our wet bathing suits,  talking to our concierge to confirm our day room in Papeete on the 14th before our 11pm flight home, reading the paper and getting ready to go to bingo.  We enjoyed playing bingo but didn't win -- darn!  After bingo it was lunchtime then time for an afternoon rest after our strenuous day...!

Our dinner reservations tonight are at the Red Ginger serving Asian fusion foods. We're very much looking forward to it,  especially after cooking some dishes from their menu in our first cooking class. The restaurant's atmosphere is calm and restful,  and the food was as wonderful as we expected.   Our meal started with edemame accompanied by a little white disc.  After finishing the edemame, a server came by and gently poured hot water over each white disc.  The discs grew taller and a bit wider -- they were hot towels to wipe our hands!

I had a lobster appetizer, miso soup with silken tofu, baked sea bass, stir-fried udon noodles and a small piece of cake.  Denny had a miso shrimp appetizer,  watermelon and duck salad, coconut soup,  baked corvina and lemon sorbet.   We were stuffed and just couldn't go to bed while full,  so we went to the casino to play penny slots for a while then back to our room to read before bed.

What a relaxing day!