Not five seconds later some guy calls out “dolphins!”
Sure enough, right off the starboard bow is a pod of dolphins swimming by. Fortunately she ignored me when I told her we wouldn’t need the binoculars. We had a good thirty seconds or more, and even managed a few photos, although the lens on my camera didn’t capture them very well. Squint very hard, and use your imagination, and you might just make them out:
Later that morning Emma went to the Passenger Cooking Show where the short-listed passengers from the on-board recipe competition were to prepare their meals.
I went up to see if Emma was selected, but she hadn’t been, so I left. A minute later Dan, the entertainment director announced that the judges loved the recipe Emma had submitted, but it wasn’t shortlisted because it would take too long to prepare as it needed 2hrs to set.
(Thanks again to Ali for the Divine Lemon Pots recipe!)
So she was given an Honourable Mention and selected to be a judge. The winning recipe was a mandarin and almond salad, which Emma loved and will prepare after we get home. Like we need more food.
That afternoon I attended a lecture on Chinese face-reading and “picking the perfect partner”. Now the fact is I put as much faith in this kind of thing as I do in astrology, tarot cards and reading the entrails of newly sacrificed sheep, but apparently Emma and I are a perfect match: she’s “water” and I’m “wood”. Now you know.
I still bought the author/presenter’s book “Your Face Tells All” (50% off, what could I do?), and had a nice chat with authors, Erik & Ilona Kanto, who autographed my copy.
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