Still the Christmas day.

Yesterday tried out my table No 50, allocated to me for tonight's dinner and for the dinner on New Year's Day.I will be served by my two favourite waiters,lucky coincident.Have bought them both Givenchy, it was wrapped in christmas paper for me in the shop,as was Armani I gave earlier today to my room attendant, Ines. When I say Armani, I mean Armani eau the toilette,the same goes for Givenchy. Last year my waiters got Ives St Laurent,the boys were overjoyed. It makes me happy to make them happy.After all, it is Christmas, and nice to be given a little present. Christmas Eve's meal was utterly wonderful, the best starter so far - a jumbo prawn dressed,well, it was dressed to delicious perfection, and the main course was just as good - Gressingham goose, with all the trimmings,sweet baby carrots, baby carrots in December,how utterly lovely. But good as the meal was, the previous night's veal steak Oskar was even better-mashed potatoes, asparagus,gravy- even the Queen would have licked her fingers,a marriage made in the kitchen. Last night's pudding was too much of a mousse for me, a kind of cold souffle,and my lovely waiters even brought me vanilla ice cream.This was not on the menu, they just thought it will make me happy.I do not like vanilla ice cream, have never in my life ordered it. And there it was on the table. But I just could not say no,I could not hurt the boys'feelings. Tea served in the dining room -ordinary tea with milk, is excellent, and I prefer it to anything. The coffee in a coffee shop, next to the internet cafe,is also good. I had a cup with an extra shot and it was good, not as good as in Panta Rhei in Nitra ,or in Vienna, and certainly it would never equal any coffee in Livorno, but good coffee it was, nonetheless. It is 11.30,soon I will be having some lunch in the dining room. If I want a table to myself, must stand in a queue at 12 or shortly after, otherwise the dining room gets filled up and I would have no chance.