Janet's diary Again

Monday 8th September

Dave said he'd blog about Malta, so my diary today will be brief.  We had a really great day and topped it off by dining in the Pennant Grill, the 'pay extra' restaurant which pops up on Deck 8 Aft every evening. The food in the normal dining room is good - for mass catering - but the Pennant Grill is simply divine.  I'd booked and paid (about £8 each) for this meal in advance on the Internet, so was surprised to discover that we qualified for a special offer which they've been advertising in the last few days - free bottle of wine when you dine in the Grill on certain days before 7:30.  Since a bottle of wine is about £16 on the ship, it made it a very cheap night out!  I chuckled when I saw Morecambe Bay Shrimps on the menu.  On a ship, in the middle of the Mediterranean, we find one of our Lancashire specialities in pride of place... Yeahhhh!!!!

The ship's photographers pounce at various events during the cruise, starting with boarding at Southampton ("No, I don't want to pose for a boarding photo, I've been on a bleep bleep coach since six o'clock this morning").   They took soft-focus portraits of everyone at dinner last night.  We've worked out over the years that it's quicker and easier to get rid of the photographers by just letting them take the photos.  They print out each image and display them along a corridor the following day, so you can look at yours and decide whether you want to buy it.  We just looked at our soft-focus photos from last night and they're OK - but  £11.80 each!!!  Needless to say, we won't be buying them.

Janet
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