After a nice breakfast, we decided to do a little laundry. It’s free on the ship…including the laundry soap, and as luck would have it, on our second trek to the launderette, we were provided with a free washer. After 40 minutes, we returned and put the clothes in the dryer for about 40 minutes, and when we returned, our laundry was still sopping wet. Whaaaa???? So we started the dryer again and went back early to retrieve the clothes and sure enough, our wash was only partially dry. We think someone was inadvertently turning off our dryer since the buttons for both the washer and dryer are together. Fortunately, the third time was a charm and we took our finally dried laundry back to the cabin.

We took a brisk walk around the outside deck after the fun at the launderette. Four times around is a mile so we did a mile and a 1/2 and then went in for lunch as it was getting a little breezy and cold. They were serving all kinds of soups today and I had the minestrone vegetable which was served in a bread bowl. Yummy!

We had a delicious dinner at Manfredi’s. I had the beef tartare, the carbonara, and the pork chop and Allan had the salmon. We had a fun time chatting with the servers and learning about where home was for them, etc.

Allan saw the executive chef go by and called him over. We told him how delicious the meal was and Allan mentioned that he saw a sign on the door across the hall that said ‘kitchen’ and he asked where it went to. The chef said it is where the cooking classes are held.” And then he said, “Come with me and I will take you on a tour of the cooking class area and the galley”. So off we went with the chef while everyone in the restaurant looked at us and wondered what celebrities we could possibly be to merit a tour by the executive chef.

As he introduced us to the line chefs who were preparing the food, we sang their praises and told them how wonderful the meal was. They all beamed with pride. (I think they were all a bit surprised to see us, and I guess they were also wondering who we could possibly be.)

Then the chef took us to the other side of the galley and we met those line chefs as well. What a treat to have a personal tour. He insisted we come back again another night to enjoy dinner and we told him that we would definitely make it a priority.

After dinner we went to the theater to hear the singer, Madison Benton, who hails from Brooklyn, NY, and has been the standby for Princess Anna in Broadway’s musical ‘Frozen’. Tonight she sang the music that celebrated Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand, and Judy Garland. It was a great way to end the day.

Tomorrow we’ll be in Greenland.