We left off bidding our taxi driver Adieu and heading back to the ship. After we returned to the ship we were hungry. We dont like to eat in Mexico because the few times that we have, we have gotten sick, so better to stick with the shipboard food. It was close to 2:00 and Beach Blanket Buffet was still open until about 2:30, so we headed directly there. They were serving their Steakhouse menu and it was pretty good!
First up were various types of salads, I was in a more meat and potatoes mood, so I think I skipped most of those.
Cold cuts and premade sandwiches
This is what I was looking for! Crab legs!
Lamb Chops and Rib Eye Steaks!
And mushrooms to top them with!
Fran and I were going to split one of these crab cakes, but I dont think I was actually able to eat any. The kid at the table next to us proclaimed that the breaded fish was excellent.
The closest sauce is Chimichurri, not sure what the others were, maybe tartar?
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These were shish kabobs, by now my plate was pretty full. I considered coming back for them but ended up running out of room.
They had bread, rolls, focaccia and butter to go with the sliced meats
This time I knew to wait for the back area before making all of my food selections, this was a wise move!
They had salad and bread back here.
And they had two different kinds of Paella, Chicken and Seafood!
Fran had already started by the time that I got to the table.
No, I wasnt hungy
I guess I didnt take any pictures of the dessert bar. The only thing that really appealed to me on it was these crème puffs. I also picked out a couple desserts for Fran.
We were still docked in PV for another couple hours. And I decided to capture some of the ambience before leaving the restaurant.
Pam, this gives you a good idea of the buffet line, there are two sides to the restaurant and there are two sides to each of the buffet sides, so at peak times, there can be four sides going at any one time. By the time that we were leaving they had reduced it to only the one side being open since they were getting ready to close.
After lunch, I was exhausted. I had spent a good deal of that cab ride white knuckling it in the vehicle. I had worked myself up adrenaline wise and really needed to relax. Fran on the other hand really wanted to go back to the jewelry store. You see, because we did not bring our Passports with us, we could not legally prove that we were US citizens and therefore did not need to pay the Mexican Sales Tax on our purchases. All we had to do was show a passport and then they could submit paperwork to the government so that the taxes will be refunded to our credit card. It was worth $600 so while she motored on back over there, I decided to go to the pool.
I didnt bring my camera (since I was going to get wet). I sat at the bar with a nice couple from Huntington Beach and had a glass of wine while we chatted. Then I climbed into the pool and just floated in the water to cool off. It was over 90 degrees that day and the sun was bright and hot. Mind you, I was at the adult pool. I wanted to sit on a lounger, but unfortunately they were all either full or being reserved with shoes, books or some other personal items on them so after a little while in the pool and then the hot tub, I decided to head back down to the room.
On my way to the pool, I looked over to the Flea Market next to the ship and saw Fran on her
scooter going from the jewelry store into the shops. As I was leaving the pool, I saw her going through the security check to get back on the boat. She had a bag of some sort that she was carrying. Turns out she found a nice brown leather backpack for a good price in the flea market.
