{"id":3320,"date":"2014-08-22T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2014-09-05T15:01:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T22:01:50","slug":"lazy-days-charlottetown-p-e-i-08202014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3320","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Days \u2013 Charlottetown, P.E.I \u2013 [08\/20\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cold_feed_cold_front_artist_gil_elvgren_vintage_classic_pin_up_girl_poster_print_1_large\"<\/a>There are days when you both feel like doing nothing, and feel like going out and doing some<\/em>thing that just gets you off the ship. Cabin fever can kind of sneak up on you. Besides, as has been previously mentioned, Amras very rarely has a \u2018full\u2019 day in Charlottetown, as usually he has to bolt back to the ship to play \u2013 or attempt to play \u2013 the mussel bake set at the midship pool. Since that set was rescheduled this week, it left us with a lot more time on our hands than we usually have.<\/p>\n

The terminal has a crew wi-fi lounge, and Amras is trying to teach me a video game, which you can only play online (and forget playing it on our ship\u2019s slow signal!) I emphasis that he is trying<\/em> to teach me said game. Until recently \u2013 I have been failing miserably at learning. I am<\/em> slowly starting to improve, and at least I\u2019m not driving myself off of cliffs anymore! But an ace? I am most definitely not<\/em>. Thing is, Amras is<\/em>, which means he\u2019s constantly sitting next to me telling me to angle left, angle right, fire now, and \u2013 more often \u2013 back up back up back up!<\/em><\/p>\n

The in game matchmaker \u2013 the bot that arranges who goes where in a battle \u2013 doesn\u2019t have the slightest idea what to do with us most of the time, most aces don\u2019t platoon with completely new recruits.<\/p>\n

But hey, we\u2019re having fun, which is all that matters I suppose.<\/p>\n

But even we can\u2019t game forever; eventually my tummy started complaining that it needed food.<\/p>\n

There is an Irish Pub in every city in the world, I am convinced of this (I\u2019ve been even more convinced of it since we found one in Barcelona), and Charlottetown is no exception. The food was probably overpriced, but it tasted yummy, and I finally got to have an Irish Pride cocktail, which the introduced on the ship the St Pat\u2019s after<\/em> prohibition was rolled out\u2026it was very minty, and very green. But really, the highlight of the restaurant was the staff \u2013 more specifically, the waitress, more specifically her accent<\/em>. When she opened her mouth to rattle off the specials, Ireland just wound through her voice\u2026I could have handed that girl the phone book to read and been entranced\u2026<\/p>\n

Couldn\u2019t have told you what the specials were..<\/p>\n

Did you hear anything she actually said Sis?<\/em><\/p>\n

Nope\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s okay, neither did I\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Lunch finished we just kind of\u2026wandered\u2026the rest of the day. On a whim I decided I wanted ice cream, there\u2019s a shop here called \u201cCow\u2019s\u201d which is apparently very well known in ice cream circles. I \u2013 not being an ice cream connoisseur \u2013 was unaware of this. But it was<\/em> yummy, and there\u2019s also the fact that it was flavours other than just your standard chocolate\/vanilla\/strawberry triptych. Honestly sometimes it feels like years since I\u2019ve tasted mint chocolate chip! And it was one of those ice cream parlours where a single scoop is more<\/em> than enough\u2026<\/p>\n

Of course, Amras may be able to handle a virtual tank like an ace\u2026but manages to cut himself on something as innocent as an ice cream cone\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a terrible person\u2026I laughed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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