We had an easy start to the day, with breakfast delivered to our suite before going to meet our tour bus at 9 am. We did the Tapas Tasting tour.
Palma is very touristy, with lots of wealth on display in the marina and the apartment buildings. We started off with a bus ride through some of the streets and up to the Belver Castle for a wonderful view of the cit and surrounds.
We then went to the first of our tapas places, called Ar Ardero, a stunning location right on the water, with a lovely view of the cathedral. It was very early, but we had our tapas of calamari and chicken croquette. Ian had a red wine, while I had a soft drink!
We then drove to near the second tapas bar, Biwee, where we had potatas bravos, mushrooms and tortilla - I had sangria and Ian declined. We also got to try a delicious dessert called ensaimada.
From there we had a nice walk around the main shopping strip to the Brondo Architect Hotel. The lobby of the hotel is decorated with a beautiful chandelier and very risqué, almost pornographic, paintings. In the outside courtyard we had our final tapas, pinxos, with wine.
We walked some more and had free time, for a trip to the ATM and coffee / soft drink, before we met the guide for the bus trip back to the ship. One of our fellow passengers had her purse stolen while on free time. Thankfully she only lost a bit of cash and a purse with sentimental value.
We had a light lunch in Kaiseki and went back to our suite for a rest before bingo and trivia. We really didn’t do very well (again).
We got ready for dinner and went to a show at 6:30 in the Venetian Lounge. The performer was a musical theatre star, Steph Parry, from the London West End, and she was really very good. She sang a duet with her mother and then songs from lots of genres, in particular she sang Nessun Dorma, which she did extremely well.
We had dinner in SALT Kitchen. We both had arancini, then Ian had a sirloin steak while I had Cornish hen. I then had ricotta cheesecake.
It was Halloween today and the ship was well decorated and the entertainment crew and Cruise Director team definitely dressed for the occasion. After the show, our incredible cruise director, Vicki, came on dressed at Wednesday Addams, and had us rolling in the aisles with her announcements.
There was a Halloween party in the Panorama Lounge at 9:30. We went for a while, it it was very entertaining watching the crew and passengers dancing having a great time.
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