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AT SEA ON THE SEABOURN ODYSSEY

The open ocean.  Another day of mostly cuisine.  Slept late, but went to a Sommelier's Lunch in The Restaurant.  You can read the details.  Those dollars represent the cost of a bottle of wine if ordered with another meal.  The names are people on my table, all Australians.

Chief Sommelier Emi with the wines to be served at lunch.
Yellow-fin tuna, marinated artichoke and salad, with Veuve Cliques-Ponsardin Rose Champagne from Reims.
Foie gras ravioli with Cépe foam and accompanying Russian River Valley Williams Selyem 2014 Pinot Noir.
Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 2018 White Burgandy.
Napa Valley Silver Oak 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon.
The Cab in a decanter.
Slow roasted filet mignon.
Symington Family Quinta do Vesuvius Vintage 2017 Port for the closing Chocolate Variation and Raspberry Gelato.
It was a three-hour lunch, so dinner was only two soups and a salad.
Then on to the Let's Dance Party at the pool under starlight, and the stars were sparkling, the brightest I've seen in years.  You ask, what else did we do today?  Good question.  Not much.  I only walked 2440 steps.

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