We went to the Crystal Cove for drinks before dinner as we have done almost every night of the cruise. We sat with Tommy and also Jay Wolff (who is the destination lecturer on this voyage) and his lovely wife joined.
Afterwards, we were back at the Crystal Dining Room for dinner.
Keith spoke with Augusto earlier in the morning about dinner. Before we get to what we had we just wanted to mention some of the items on the menu.
Modern Cuisine Menu included:
Two appetizers; Shrimp Duo, Carpaccio and Escabeche, Baby Greens and also Shiraz Braised Oxtail Ragout and Silky Poached Egg.
Cold Soup: Zucchini Vichyssoise, Lemon-Thyme, Red Pepper Espuma.
Two Main Course: Grilled Tuna, Tuna Poke, Japanese Rice and Honey-Ginger Soy Butter, Baby Bok Choy (we had this the first time the modern menu was rolled out this past April and enjoyed it) and Pheasant Breast in Rosemary Batter, Pear & Vanilla Compote, Crispe Confit.
Three Desserts: Pina Colada Sherbet, White Chocolate Passion Fruit Delice and Meyer Lemon Black Currant Trifle.
The Classic Menu included two appetizers, one soup, two salads, a pasta specialty and five main courses plus a salad entree and several side dishes.
The entrees included: Dover Sol a la Meuniere, Black Angus Prime Rib, Baby Lamb Shank and Exotic Mushroom Spring Roll.
We began our meal with Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail for Anne Marie and Augusto made Keith Tuna Tartare for the final time of this cruise. Keith really enjoys this and loves the way Augusto prepares it for him and this one was as spicy as it gets.
For our next course we each had a salad. Anne Marie had the same salad that Keith enjoys most nights.,
For the entree, we ordered ahead of time Chateaubriand. As many of you know we do not eat red meat very often and when we sail we have mainly seafood but we thought it would be nice to enjoy this entree. For us Chateaubriand is special because we have it not only infrequently but we had it one night on our Honeymoon in Bermuda so it does bring back special memories for us.
For dessert, Keith just had a bowl of blueberries and Anne Marie had the sugar free Marble Cheesecake.
We did some additional packing after dinner and we also got the benefit of setting the clocks back one hour before we went to sleep.
The seas were relatively calm and we slept very well.
Our morning routines was pretty much the same as usual with a couple of modifications. Keith worked out early and did the laundry and Anne Marie also woke up early and she worked on packing and then she took an hour walk outside on the Promenade Deck.
Shortly after breakfast, we did meet with USA Immigration in the morning since Bar Harbor represents our first USA call. In fact, this is the first time that Serenity has been back to the USA since January of this year. As such, there were some inspections today for the ship.
All guests were assigned specific times to meet with the immigrations personnel. When we arrived there was only one but the line moved quickly and he was very friendly welcoming us back to the USA.
Shortly after that doing so we went ashore. We took a tender from the Serenity over to Bar Harbor. We didn't take a tour as we have visited Bar Harbor before. One of the places that we previously visited was Acadia National Park which is an absolutely beautiful park. When we first arrived it was not to crowded but by the time we left it was. Keep in mind that the local population is around 5,500 people and in addition to Serenity the QM2 and the Balmoral cruise ships were also anchored and between all of the guests there were likely as many tourists including those staying on land as locals and possibly more if you add in any crew from the three ships who went ashore.
We thought the weather was terrific yesterday but today it was even better and it was sunny the entire time. We walked in residential areas for awhile and then we made our way to the area with stores and restaurants and other businesses. Some of the stores were quite nice including several that carried clothing and we went into a wood store and even saw Olive Oil wood similar to what we had seen in April in Italy. We had a great time just strolling the town. We also spoke with our son, Eric, and our daughter, Jennifer by telephone and it was wonderful to hear their voices.
The security team on board Crystal is both professional and also friendly and we have known many of the security officers for many years and this is Ajoy.
As we walked we followed these signs which describe the house or other building that was on this walking tour.
We loved the sign in this clothing store.
Many of the exteriors of the buildings have that small town charm that one gets from a town as small as this one. The only challenge was taking photos given the width of the streets and the cars that were parked.
One of the fantastic Lido Deck Stewards with some soft drinks for those guests who were thirsty while waiting for a tender.
We had our final lunch of this voyage back on the ship. We went to the Lido Cafe but for the first time since we boarded we ate outside and with very few people sitting outside it is almost as if you are on a private yacht. In addition to enjoying the food we had beautiful views of the coast of Maine and some of the nearby islands.
In the afternoon we packed and took care of some final items on board the Serenity.
This evening we will be back in the Dining Room for our last dinner of this voyage.
Keith & Anne Marie
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