Monday was a sea day and we enjoyed various activities such as a massage at the Aqua Spa, the food and company of Angus, Joyce, Thomas and Annette, The Sailsmen and other entertainment on board and of course the casino.
Tuesday was a busy day for us with a tour of Todos Santos, from our port of Cabo San Lucas and that night dinner in the USS United States, the ship's specialty restaurant.
Discover Todos Santos was the only ship tour we did this cruise, all others were with small private groups. The drive was about 90 minutes each way in a air-conditioned bus. Todos Santos was an interesting town of artists, church and the Hotel California, which the tour guy announced was made famous by the Eagles song of the same name, but according to other more reputable sources really isn't the place referred to in the song.
The scenery along the drive was pretty but did get repetitive after about 30 minutes of it. This was a hot weather record breaking day for Cabo and the surrounding areas and unfortunately nothing in Todos was air-conditioned. The restaurant at the Hotel California where we ate did have a good breeze so eating there was fine, but the food that the tour gave us which was originally suppose to be a buffet turned out to be a plate of the cheapest food they could provide and not very good in my opinion. We were also limited to one drink so the tour company did make a good profit that day from all of us. It was really too hot to enjoy the small museum or various artists studios none of which had any air-conditioning. The small church there was very pretty. The film clip below is our guide talking about the statues of the Saints on the outside of the buildings.
What we ended up enjoying most about this tour was the two gentlemen from Germany we sat with at lunch and talked with during the tour. Gunther works for Pacific Cathay airlines and had many interesting stories to relate about his business travels for them.
That evening we ate at the wine cellar room in the USS States restaurant and joined Bonnie, Rich, Merce, John and Len for dinner. These were all friends we had met on our trip's roll call on cruisecritic.com and we had planned this dinner online before we left on the cruise. Bonnie, Rich and Merce from New Jersey, were celebrating Rich's recent retirement and had taken one of two Penthouse suites the Infinity has. Our FV cabin was just above their Penthouse and a running joke was about Randy and me tying our sheets together to enjoy their deck and other amenities. Fortunately for us we never had to do that since they were very generous in inviting us at various times to share their luxurious stateroom and deck! John and Len are from one of our favorite vacation spots, Victoria B.C. Len was originally from Australia and shared some very entertaining stories with us.
All of us had agreed to do the Menu Exceptionnel with wine pairings. I was very surprised that instead of small pours of the various wines with each course, they gave very generous pours. If we hadn't taken over 3 to 4 hours for this dinner and future ones later in the cruise I would have been under the table at the end of the meal! I forget what the amuse was, other then I liked it, but the rest of my dinner this evening was the Tomato, Red Pepper and Fresh Mozzarella soup, the Goat Cheese Souffle, the Filet Mignon, selection of cheese and fruit, Coconut Cream Brulee and of course the Petits Fours they serve at the end. Randy had Lobster Bisque, Chilled Asparagus with Sauce Gribiche, Scallops and Lobster with pasta and for dessert he finished with Chocolate Souffle.
While all this fantastic wonderful food and wine was being presented with wonderful flair and table side presentation by Angel, Sammy and their wonderful serving staff and delightful harp music was playing in the main room, we were just having the most entertaining time with our dinner companions and this was to continue throughout the cruise!
Wednesday was another sea day and other then it being a social whirl with the wonderful group of people we had met on our cruise, I can't remember most of the exact details, but I do know we weren't getting much sleep or reading done because there was just too much going on! According to the dates on my photos this was also the evening we were first invited to the Penthouse and enjoyed eating dinner there with Bonnie, Rich and Merce.
George their Butler was terrific and spoiled us by serving a great dinner to us course by course. We really enjoyed our tour of the Penthouse which is complete with indoor jacuzzi, Grand Piano, outdoor hot tub and wet bar, among many other features! Ending the day with their wonderful company was just perfect.
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