Rogueperson

I forgot to post today’s Glance. I gotta stop eating. Granted I did not have a *real* lunch. Lunch was pretty much the olive oil and cheese tasting and the appetizers we wolfed down at the restaurant due to our lack of time. I went up to the Galley looking for a snack. I got a small thing of Beef Vindaloo as I was curious how it tasted. Surprisingly, it was only ok. As I was walking to a table, I saw one of the staff bring out something interesting. I asked the lady what it was. It was Butter Chicken. 🤤 So of course I tried some. It was amazing. Easily top 3 best butter chicken i’ve had. Maybe not the best, but damn close. As I was walking away, I saw this. ITS A DONUT!!! I Haven’t seen a donut on this cruise until now. The lady tells me its always here and they change every night. Wait a minute. Night? Yeah its only available at dinner. WHO EATS DONUTS AT DINNER?!?! As I kept going out, for those if you who are following this because they’ve never been on Virgin, this cruise line has quick to-go boxes. You could get sushi or salad in a box…. or A CHARCUTERIE BOARD!!! You can grab one casually on this ship! On a separate note from food. My wife has been going on and on about the hand washing machine in the pizza place. She says its amazing. I’m skeptical because it doesn’t make sense. NOW IT DOES!!! So this bad boy dispenses soapy water for you to wash your hand. Knows when you’re done and dispenses regular water. And then when you’re done, it offers you a paper towel.

I may not have posted it. I ate at 50s Prime time cafe which wasn’t bad for lunch. Olga’s Cantina for a snack. and Rodeo roundup BBQ which was delicious.

No. I think we’re in Valencia together as well.

I just saw this post from @Jimbo. I believe you are a Royal caribbean fan like I am. You were with me in Greenland last year on Jewel? There was another Jimbo, so i get confused. Here’s the kicker for me. Granted, I ate less meals at Disney than Laurieal, but on my end…. The food *here* is NOT a letdown. In fact, in some ways, its better!!!

Debating on whether to return to town as I have about three hours before dinner. I just spent the last hour or so stalking @laurieal on deck seeing if i could see her. In reality, this is the first time i’ve been in port with another ship where I knew when she was leaving. Because laurieal posted her cruise compass 😆. Anyways, I could check out if she had pier runners. On another note as I’ve spent a little significant time on this deck right now, our pool is TINY. I didn’t realize there was an even smaller portion that was any reasonable depth. No belly flop contests on this ship. Here’s the other wading pool.

I see you all need a head start….Here’s you backing out of the harbor. See you in Valencia. GO TEAM SCARLET LADY!

Oh forgot a portion of our tour. The tasting. I did not know that Spain is the world’s biggest producer of olive oil. Bigger than Greece and Italy put together. In fact, they produce so much, they sell it to them for them to claim as their own 😳. At least thats what i think the tasting host said. They speak with an accent so i may uave misunderstood. Also I’m adding this photo because its just cool. Thats a dude on the block. This little kid was not amused.

We had a little time and stopped at this cafe. we didn’t have time to really have a full meal. menu We got the extra old Machego And grilled octopus Yummy

Picasso Museum. This unfortunate was lost on me. This was the wife’s geek moment as she’s the artist. I can barely do stick figures.

Malaga. Another beautiful port. Its so different from the Caribbean. One thing I didn’t expect was how I don’t feel gouged here as a tourist. I expect that almost everywhere I go. Neither here nor Funchal. This is what I did today. I can’t exactly do a photo dump as I probably took at least 150 pictures here. I will break it down. Just a sampling of Malaga.

@laurieal Look what I found 🤪

At this moment, I’m looking over at you. This is the closest i can get to you. The one real design flaw i hate is that there is no truly public space that views the front of the ship. I can’t get past this as this is Richard’s Rooftop and you have to be a rockstar to get in (suite lounge?). I’m looking for ya @laurieal 🤪 Plus you might be looking for pier runners as you’re all aboard for you is 4:30. We are here later. Out all aboard is 9:30.

At least the ship wasn’t moving when you lost power. As a Marylander, I’m keenly terrified when that happened in Baltimore.

Oh wait, I got the drink menu this time. This menu was difficult to handle sober.

Good Morning from Malaga Last Night’s dinner was at Gumbae. No pictures as its all repeats, but wow, dinner was fun. Met two couples that were a total hoot. Dinner got crazy. I do have one more Gumbae dinner but i doubt it will surpass last night.

Hello there.

What time are you in Malaga tomorrow? We originally were delayed until 11:30 because our medical emergency but now because I told the Captain that we were drag racing with Oasis, he sped up and now our arrival time is 9:30. Go team Scarlet Lady

Good Evening. Today was a slow day. I went down at 7am and only slept for about 4 hours. Up again at 11:30. I ended up getting a little lunch and meeting up with a couple for some tabletop gaming. I saw they had this game. i own this game but I need at least 3 people to play so it can’t just be my wife and I. Also, the more players after 4, the more fun it is. Pretty much, its a cooperative game. You and your fellow players investigate a haunted house. The house gets built as people take turns. At some point in the game. Someone, determined by random game mechanics, becomes the traitor and starts working against everyone else. The win criteria changes for each game. Its a hoot. I love it. We managed to play two games where I ended up being the traitor both times (Its random, I can’t plan it). First game, I buried a person and casted a spell where everyone in the party forgot there was a missing party member. The goal for them was to find the buried person before he/she died while my goal was to stop them. Unfortunately for them, I was also the one who found the gun in the house as well as a lucky talisman that allowed me lucky additional rolls, so yeah, I pretty much blasted everyone and the buried guy died (as well as everyone else) Second game, It turned out that I was a clone and they released a blob that would devour every one. My goal was to stop them. However, I fell into the basement with no way out. So the blob just grew without me, which was my goal anyways. They came within a hairs breadth of winning. There was a final roll that would determine if the blob grew a second time. They had a 1 in 3 chance it would do so. Had they not lost the roll, they would have succeeded in winning. But that extra growth consumed everyone 🤪 Afterwards, I saw this puzzle partially completed. It sucked me in and I finished it. I haven’t worked on a puzzle like this since i was a kid.

Good Morning from. Here is today’s glance. Why am I up so early? Simple. Because i have not slept. Running around yesterday and having way too much caffeine. I couldn’t sleep. So I left the room and started wandering the sleeping ship. I ended up at the arcade a lot this week. Been playing this game. But primary, THIS one has been my obsession. I do not know how this game works as a multiplayer because one is broken. But as a single player game, this game is unforgiving. There are two modes. Quick race and championship mode. Quick race is simple. Pick a race. Race against 40 computer racers and a clock. Every time you hit a check point you get more time. If you make it to the end before time expires you beat the race. But not the computer racers. Its easy to beat the track. Its MUCH more difficult to beat the racers. You have to run a near perfect race to do so. Championship Mode is even tougher. You race with less laps. You must place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd to advance to the next race. Here too you must run a near perfect race to even come close to advancing. Basic track. You only have to master 1 real turn, but its not that easy. Advanced. Technically its 3 or 4 turns you have to master. I JUST did that this morning. Expert. eh…I’m lucky just finishing. Whats worse. There is no sound on this game. The steering is lose and the feedback does’t work and the gear shift is busted so you have to play automatic transmission. So why the heck am I so obsessed 🤷‍♂️ Seriously, why do other cruise ships have arcades that require money. Its a waste of space because no one except kids will spend money on this. And even then, if the parents were smart, they’d block this money sink as its worthless. This makes the whole arcade wasted space on other ships. On THIS ship. This is an awesome place. At least i tried to get a sunrise. Stupid clouds. I’m going to try sleep again.

Heh, we have a layover in Lisbon on Monday but we can’t leave the terminal without going through customs, I don’t think. We wouldn’t have time to do anything anyways. Its a significant layover of 4 hours between flights, but not enough time to leave and come back.

She looks like punk. I miss Punk.

I’ve done the Sushi & Sake Lunch and they usually have to cart me out because of it. I’ve done it twice but will probably not do it again. The first time, my friend took me and the last time, I had to take my wife. In my opinion, Izumi’s is meh sushi. Not great but passable. However given the price Royal charges, i feel i should get better quality. Like Chops’ steaks which are awesome. Worse, I am getting the same quality sushi here on Scarlet Lady and its available every day with no surcharge. In fact, i had some earlier today before my toue. Its actual part of the Galley which is Virgin’s “buffet” You had a lot of us scared because of the “I’m dying” bit. Think about it. All of us, you, Odyssey and now us had medical emergencies that required us to divert. Enjoy Cadiz. Never been there. Funchal was AWESOME!!

We are now currently in the Manor. They are not bad. I’m not a big fan of latin music, but wife loves it, so we are here.

This easily is one of my favorite destinations. If it wasn’t so far away, I’d try to visit more often. Its beautiful. Even the rain we had didn’t detract from this place. We waited an hour or so for the Toboggan (the wicker couch) in it and it didn’t bother me. However, when we got back, the line to get back on the ship was insane. Dinner tonight was Razzle Dazzle. Here is the drink menu as i normally don’t post these, but @vanman wanted them so I will try to get them from here on out. My wife got this. a pop of attraction. ITS A DRINK!!! Fried Okra & Green Tomato. It wasn’t bad. I discovered this on the “secret” menu. Crabcake. @FionaMG . Still not close to Maryland Crabcakes but this is at least better than Royal Caribbean. One of these days, when you try a real Maryland crabcake, you’ll see what I mean. Lamb Shanks. Pastrami short rib. YES I MADE A PIG OF MYSELF. I REGRET NOTHING! apple cranberry tart rum apple cake Creme Brûlée. I think they messed this one up. It tasted smokey and odd.