I took a little nap while taking occasional photos of the sunset 
Sunset
Lesley's photo of Sunset on the river
Then we went to the Chef's table which I missed doing on the Tulip cruise. We could either go a short distance to the stern from our floor and go up steps, or we could walk all the way down to the elevator and go up and walk all the way back with no steps. We did the second way.
Chef's table restaurant
Chef in the kitchen
Mike across the table from me
There were 7 courses
Close-up Chef Welcome - heirloom tomato, mozzarella pearls
1) tomato on cheese
Get the Taste - Grilled Tiger Shrimp, Tahini humus and sun dried tomato paste
2) tiger shrimp
Taste the Senses - Cauliflower Veloute, marzipan, grilled figs, almonds
3) cauliflower soup
From the Rivers - Pan fried salmon trout, pumpkin mash, spinach, braised Navette
4) fish with pumpkin mash
5) Sorbet
Country Spirit - Braised Irish short ribs, horseradish puree, sweet potato, heritage carrots, wild broccoli
6) Short ribs with sweet potato and wild broccoli
From Heaven - caramel chocolate tart, lime macaron, mango ice cream
7) Caramel chocolate tart
I was full before dessert. And then, they brought me a cake and sang happy birthday. 
Happy birthday cake
We absolutely couldn't eat any more, so they sliced up the cake and we took it to the room. But the plate was too big to fit in the refrigerator so Lesley took the plastic cutlery that I had in my suitcase and put the cake in the glasses that we had in our rooms.
Cake made of towels
The room steward made a cake out of towels - three layers tied with red ribbon and pinned Happy Birthday to the curtains.
Happy Birthday pinned to the window curtains
Lesley brought a Happy Birthday magnet sign which she was going to put on the door, but it isn't magnetic so she put it in the bathroom.
Happy Birthday in the bathroom
I was completely unable to get to the internet to open anything so I could read it, so I just decided to go to bed.
This featured blog entry was written by greatgrandmaR from the blog Cruising The Rhine in 2022.
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