2011-11-10  Sea Day:

Thurs. the 11th was another sea day.   In the morning we took in a floral arranging demonstration.  Having worked as a florist for about 3 years, I was particularly interested in this.  HAL is also known for all it's live floral arrangements.   Turns out it's all done by these 2 young men. 

Then we headed to the acclaimed Tamerind Pan-Asian restaurant for lunch.  Ordinarily Ken and I aren't big fans of Asian food, but we tried it and actually liked most of it.

Not a big pot sticker fan, but I liked the rest of it.

We also took advantage of the opportunity to have "high tea" on our balcony--another perk of being in a Deluxe Suite.  We even had a rainbow accompany us for the whole time.

We didn't feel like dressing up for the 2nd formal night, so we elected to have our fillets, lobsters, and other special dinner items delivered to our room.  It was a nice change of pace.  We also downed our complimentary bottle of wine then (for being in a SA suite).

Even dessert!

With an almost full moon, we enjoyed lounging on our balcony until the wee hours of the morning.

It was a nice break from all the running at the ports.  Maybe I'll learn to like sea days more and more the more we cruise.