Arroyo Sauzal

I woke up as we were close to Ensenada. Again, I couldn't sleep in. So I showered and headed to the buffet for coffee. I ended up with too much breakfast! First I got the eggs benedict and potatoes. Then I saw no line for burritos and got that too! Did I forget that I had a food tour later?

I was off the ship at 8:30am, and started to worry about Tracy. She showed up at 8:55. Phew!

At 9am we were following Selene to our bus. It was a shabby small bus. There were about 20 of us. We got a mini tour of Ensenada. It became a tourist hub during prohibition. The margarita was invented here--I think we saw that hotel. Then we drove for about 45 into the mountains for our cooking class. The area is known for wine and olive oil. It does look a lot like Italy in some places.

The class was outside, under a big tree. It was freezing in the shade! The teacher was Brenda and she was great. We watched her make salsa in a molecajete with roasted peppers, onion, garlic, and tomatoes. Then we all made our own guacamole. Next were enchiladas, then a tostada. The margaritas were very tame! We had 20 minutes to shop and/or warm up before we got back into the bus.

Next was a tequila tasting in town. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Still don't like silver tequila, but I did okay the the reposada and añejo. Then there was peach, almond and cinnamon, and finally coffee. Yum!

I would have liked to have just walked back to the ship, but Tracy wanted to shop. It was awful. Crappy shops that all sell the same thing, begging children, people trying to get you to come to their shop. Not my thing...

It took a while to get back on board. Two security checks, plus checking our cards on the bus. All I wanted to do was nap! I get to the room and I am wired. Plus the TV wasn't working. I went up to the Lido deck and got a cocktail, wrote in my journal, and watched the sun go down. It was getting cold, so I went back to the room to change. I was headed for the Alchemy Bar but ended up at the Radience Bar because the really good singers were there. Ran into Stacy from last night.

It's 2 hours until dinner. I should nap. I do need to change!Читать далее