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Wednesday, 3 April 2024

Mediterranean Cruise Holiday / Day 4 / Dinner At Manfredi’s (Italian) (& Seasickness)

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Mediterranean Cruise Holiday / Day 4 / Dinner At Manfredi's (Italian) (& Seasickness)

Noodle

April 3

以前にも書きましたが、わたしはすぐに船酔いするのでクルーズは無理だと思っていましたが、何人かの人に地中海なら大丈夫と言われて今回チャレンジしています。バルセロナでの2泊は船は動いていないので全く問題なかったのですが、昨日の夜動き出した途端、不安になりました。船酔いしたことがある人はわかると思いますが、逃げるところがないので本当に恐怖なんですよね。場合によっては数秒(あのうねる独特の動きが2、3度あった)だけで気持ち悪くなってしまうのです。

As I wrote before, I can get seasick very easily so I used to think I would never go on a cruise. However, a few people told me that the sea in the Mediterranean is very calm so you don't have problem and in the end I thought I would give it a go. The first two days on the ship in Barcelona was fine of course as it was docked and didn't move, but as soon as I felt it move I started to feel very uneasy. If you'd ever experienced seasickness I think you would understand, it is extremely scary because there is nowhere to escape to. I have felt seasick in a few seconds after a boat moved with just a few wavy motions, that particular motion that makes you feel sick.

出航してしばらくはスピードがゆっくりでしたしバーでは座っていたのでほとんど動きは感じず特に意識にしていなかったのですが、ディナーのためにレストランに向かって歩き始めてから、「ちょっと揺れてる。。。」と感じて、レストランに着く頃には「本当に大丈夫なの?」と不安になっていました。気がつくと、その頃には船のスピードは早まっていました。そして、案内された席は窓際の席。早く予約していたので一番良い席だったのですが、窓の外は波立つ海が動く(いえ、海が動いてるのではなく船が動いているのですが)のが見えて、更に不安感アップ。見ないようにしても見えてしまうので、これを見ていたら絶対にすぐに酔ってしまう、と思ったのでお願いして海が見えない席に変えていただきました。せっかく良い席をいただいたのに変えていただくことになり、可哀想な、夫(笑)。

After the ship started to move it was moving very slowly for a little while and I was sitting at the bar and was fine. However once I started to walk to the Italian restaurant I started to feel uneasy because I could feel it move slightly. By the time I got to the restaurant (I met my husband there as he'd gone for some chore) the ship was moving much faster. We were taken to one of the best tables - at a window - because we made a booking very early - where you can see the moving sea (well, the sea isn't moving but we were), and I even felt worse. Even when I tried not to look outside, I couldn't help seeing it at the edge of my eye and I knew I would feel sick if I were there for any length of time so we had to ask them to move. Poor my husband, he would have enjoyed the view.

アレルギーがある人は事前にメニューを選んで伝えておいてほしいと言われているのでそうしていました。わたしは前菜にポテトのニョッキ、トマトソース、メインはフィオレンティーナ(フィレンツェ名物のTボーンステーキ)、夫は前菜にカプレーゼ、メインはヴァイキング・リブアイステーキ。ここのステーキはと手も美味しいと評判なので、2人ともメインはステーキにしました。

When you have any allergies you are requested to let them know what you'd choose from the menu in advance and we did so. I chose Potato Gnocchi in Tomato Sauce for the starter and Fiorentina for the main and my husband chose Caprese for the starter and Viking Rib Eye Steak. We've heard that the steaks here are specially good so we both had steaks.

デザートは、夫はティラミス、わたしは栗のでザート、カスターニャをオーダーしたのですが、しばらくして、「申し訳ありません、カスターニャは終わってしまったそうなのです、他のものを選んでいただけますか?」と言われ、他に欲しいものがなかったので「じゃあ、デザートなしで大丈夫です、夫のを少しだけもらいます。」とお伝えしました。ところが、しばらくして、「奇跡を起こしました。」とカスターニャが来ました。そこまでしていただくとたくさん残すのが申し訳なく、底のタルト生地にチョコレートのクリームが入っていて、それはすごく甘かったので残しましたが、他は頑張っていただきました。

For dessert, my husband had Tiramisu and I ordered a chestnut dessert called Castanea. A little while later, the staff came back and told us that Castanea finished so she wanted me to choose something else. As I didn't find anything else I wanted I told her I'm OK without dessert, I'll steal some of my husband.

幸い、動きはかすかに感じられたものの気分が悪くなることはなく、どれも美味しくいただくことが出来ました。ベッドに寝るとどんな感じだろうかと不安がありましたが、やはりかすかに動きは感じられましたが(夜中は少しですが揺れもありました)気分が悪くなることはなく、普通に眠ることが出来ました。良かった!とは言え、海の状態は毎日違うと思うので、毎日、不安はありますが。余程運が悪くなければ、この時期の地中海が荒れることはないと聞いているので、その言葉を信じたいと思います。

Thankfully, I didn't feel sick at all even though I could feel the movement a little and I was able to enjoy the dinner. The food was all very good. After the dinner, I was wondering how it would feel lying in bed. Again I could feel tiny bit of movement (and a little more during the night) but I felt fine. Phew. Of course, the sea is different every day so I cannot help worrying every day. You have to be quite unlucky to have a rough sea in Mediterranean this time of year, I'm told, so hopefully I will not be that unlucky!

因みに、酔い止めのお薬は船に乗る2日前から飲み始める方が良いと読んだのでそうしましたが、バルセロナにいた2日間は全く動きを感じなかったので船に乗ってからで良かったと思います。酔い止めは8時間毎に飲むものなのですが、7時、3時、11時が一番タイミング的に飲みやすいと思うものの、ついつい忘れたのもあり、また2週間もあるのでずっと続けて飲むのに抵抗があり、少し長めに間を空けたこともあり、タイミングが難しくなってしまいました。特に、うっかり忘れた場合も必ず8時間はあけるようにと何度も注意書きされていたので、そうすると思う時間に飲めなくて、そして昨日は間隔を空けたくなかったので今朝3時に目覚ましをかけて飲むことに(笑)。船が動かない時間帯に少し空けて調整しようと思います。

Incidentally, I've been taking travel sickness pills since 2 days before we got on the ship because I hear that is the best but the ship was docked for 2 days so I could have started after we got on board thinking about it now. The travel sickness pills I'm taking is supposed to be taken every 8 hours and you have to keep the 8 hours, which I'm finding a bit difficult. Probably the best timing would be 7:00am, 3:00pm, 11:00pm but sometimes I forgot to take and sometimes I deriberately kept extra one or two hours of break so I take it slightly less often as I don't feel quite comfortable to take it for 2 weeks continuously, and this made the timings very hard to meet. Yesterday I didn't want to keep too much time between so I had to set my alarm at 3:00am to take one! I'll try to adjust so I can take it at more reasonable time when the ship isn't moving.

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