Cruise Story, Part 4: Adios Amigos!

Our final port visit was to Cozumel, Mexico. Like the others, it was also very beautiful with crystal blue waters. I was most excited about our excursion in Mexico and I had been looking forward to it all week!

A cooking class!!! A Mexican Cuisine Cooking Class and Tasting! My favorite things: vacation, Jeremy, cooking, and Mexican food! This excursion was made for me.

Of course, again, we had to take our standard pic!

We arrived at the beach by bus and were taken to this little building with kitchen stations. We were with a really small group, which was nice. Chef Luis introduced himself to us and we got started. He was hilarious!

We began with the dessert, since it had to chill in the fridge for a few hours. It was a rice pudding and cookie combo. We mixed the rice with cream, cinnamon sticks, and sugar.

Here is Jeremy stirring our mixture.

Next, we had to press out some cookies. We didn't get to make the cookie dough, but it was some sort of ginger with lime zest thing.

They took our pressed dough and rice mixture, so they could bake the cookies and chill the rice mixture. We moved on to our main course, which was a fish entree. I believe it was grouper.

We browned both sides of the fish in our skillet. Jeremy got a little wild with some fire. We put our fish on some foil (also a banana leaf) and then, added onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, and olives. We wrapped it up in the foil, so it could be baked.

Next, we got to decorate out entree plates. We had to write our name, so they would know which foil packet belonged to us.

Then, it was time to assemble the desserts. We decorated our dessert plates with a strawberry glaze and a creme sauce.

The appetizer was last. It was a tortilla type thing (not like ours, thicker and a corn flavor). Then, we put on refried beans and a sausage potato mixture. We topped it off with lettuce and decorated the plate with a sour cream sauce.

And finally . . . it was time to EAT. We went to a banquet room upstairs where they had all of our food for us. We started with our appetizer and moved on to the main dish. It was fabulous!!!

We took a picture with Chef Luis! I've already made a very similar fish dish since I have been home using tilapia. Tasty!

After we completed the cooking class, we had a few minutes to hang out on the beach. We walked around a little bit, but decided not to get in the water.

It was time to board our ship for the final time and set sail back to Texas. We were sad that it was ending. Time seemed to fly!

We had another day at sea on Saturday and our ship was to arrive in Galveston at 8am on Sunday morning.

It was our final night to dress up and go to dinner. The food was pretty good, but we were ready for our regular food from home!

And just a little bit, we missed those 2 little white dogs!

All in all, it was a fabulous trip. We had such a fun time and it was so relaxing. Everything that we hoped it would be!!!

Adios Amigos!