Carnival Dream Recap: Sea Day

The first full day of our cruise was a sea day.  For those of you that haven't cruised before, that means there are no stops for that day and you're just traveling.

When we woke up, it was kind of dreary weather.  Overcast with kind of rough seas.  Nothing that you wanted to see in the Caribbean.

We went to the main dining room for breakfast.  Normally my breakfast consists of honey buns and a Diet Coke, so this was a real treat for me.  I had pancakes with strawberry syrup and Jason had an omelette.  Little backstory on myself.  I was born and raised (until 6th grade) in a small town called Madison, IN.  Well, our first morning at breakfast, we sat with 3 women who were from Madison, IN!  One of them actually knows my step-father and used to work with my grandmother.  Crazy!

About 11am, we went up to the specialty restaurant for a cooking demonstration.  They gave you a recipe booklet as you walked in so you could follow along with the chefs.  They showed you how to make and present 4 dishes.  Then, they brought out samples of each one so you could try it.  They were absolutely delicious.  I'm going to try and make a couple of them at home.  This cooking demonstrations was definitely one of the highlights of my trip.

Mushroom Cappucinno

Blue Cheese Spinach Salad

Chicken, Mac n' Cheese, and Potatoes

Tiramisu

We did a couple trivia games throughout the day and also attended tea time (my family is British).  We also did a ton of relaxing.

The maitre de gave us our table change request, so we went to the dining room this night.  It was formal night, so we both got semi-dressed up.  Normally J would wear his uniform, but it doesn't fit him anymore.  Boo!

Since it was formal night, the had the more expensive food for dinner tonight.

For appetizers, I had the shrimp cocktail and J had the farmer's salad.

For entrees, J had the spaghetti carbonara and I had both the lobster and prime rib (I'm on a cruise, I can be a fatty).

Then, for dessert, we had the caramelized apples, which were recommended by the maitre de.  They sucked!  Definitely would not eat these off the menu again.

After dinner, we went over to the Comedy Club to see an R-rated comedy show done by Lewis Nixon.  He is absolutely hilarious.  It took almost his entire skit before I realized we had also seen him on the Celebration.  Would definitely go see him again.

Next up: Cozumel/Playa del Carmen