Day 4 - February 24
Key West is an island that is only 2 miles by 4 miles and we
had taken a sightseeing trolley a month ago when we were here so we looking to
explore places we had not seen.
This time Ed surprised Barb in that he had rented a large gas-powered
cart (a little bigger than a golf cart) to go around the island in places we had not seen the last time.
After picking up the street legal cart we went to the Catholic
Basillica on the island just in time for the 9am Mass and it was jammed packed. The sides of the church were open with tall
doors at every other pew so we stood just outside the church in one of the doorways.
After mass, we drove around enjoying the town. Then we headed out of town on Hwy 1 to Stock
Island to a restaurant we had read about and even the person who rented the
cart to us suggested that we go there for lunch. It was called Hogfish Bar & Grill and it
was amazing. It took us about ½ hour to
drive there and it truly was the best seafood restaurant that we have ever been
to.
It is right on the fishing docks and we arrived at a little
after 11:00am and they were just writing up the menu on chalk boards. The do
not make up the menu until they see what the fishermen bring them each day.
We first had an order of conch fritters, that an order of
Key West pink shrimp and finally the main dish was swordfish with a fantastic sauce. The fish was just caught!! There is no question that we ate more that we
normally eat for dinner – but everything just looked soooo good and it was!!
Then we drove back to town, walked around an art fair,
turned the cart back in and then had a banana mango icy. Then we took the tram back to the ship.
One of the features on some of the larger Celebrity ships is
an outdoor glass studio and at 5:20 we were able to make some glass for
ourselves.
The show in the theater tonight was a musical production
number that was ok except the music was very loud.
Dinner was fine and the couple that we were missing showed
up tonight and he is from Chile, where we will be going next March so we will
learn things from him. That gives us a
table of 8.
After dinner of course we went to the casino where Barb lost
a $1 and Ed had another nice win.
Tomorrow is the Blackjack tournament with 7 tables of 7 in
the first round. The will take the two
highest scores from each table and they will go into the semi-finals tomorrow
night at 8 with the finals later on in the evening. It is for a total prize fund to the 7 in the
final table of $15,000. Barb has also
been given a place at one of the preliminary tables and plays at 2:20pm and Ed
plays at 2:40pm. With only 7 hands
played at each table it is going to be exciting. Wish us luck.
Tomorrow is a sea day and it will be fun.
Night
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| Church for the 9am Mass |
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| The Hog Fish Bar & Grill |
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| A great start!! |
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| The main course - shrimp and swordfish - WOW |
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| Leaving Hogfish Bar & Grill |
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| Working the bowl |
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| A cool down before leaving Key West!! |
