Around South America in 80 Days

January 23, 2019

At Sea

Yesterday, as we were getting ready to leave San Antonio, the captain mentioned that we were heading to some heavy seas. Although we did not need to go very fast to our next port, he said he was going to increase speed and perhaps outrun the bad weather and to make the stabilizers work better. We did have a rocky night and I heard some people say they had been sick. By time for me to go to Knitters and Stitchers things had calmed down a great deal. We had about 10 present.

Lunch in the Lido (not very good jerk chicken) before afternoon trivia. We had 12 out of 17 and tied for the win.

1) Michelangelo’s statue of David is how tall (not including the pedestal) – life size, 7 feet, 11 feet, 13.5 feet or 17 feet?

2) The “Golden Lion” is the highest prize at which film festival?

3) The currency of North and South Korea shares the same name. What is it?

4) True or False – In 2011 the Centers for Disease Control published a document on preparedness for a zombie apocalypse?

5) On June 25, 1991 Slovenia declared independence from which country?

In arts and crafts we made a braided cord using a very interesting “loom” called a Kumihimo. It made a very tightly woven cording.

My travel agency had a dinner for us in Canaletto (the additional fee) Italian restaurant on board. Patty, Sherita, Andrea (all from our Cruise Critic roll call), and I ate together. We all chose a salad, lasagna, and gelato. There also was a delicious chocolate cake. Because of dinner we missed evening trivia.

I went to the evening show at 8 (it was packed) featuring “The Divas of Motown”. It was very well received.

During dinner we had gotten to our next stop, Isla Robinson Crusoe. We were not scheduled to arrive until 8 am tomorrow but because of our increased speed last night we arrived over 12 hours early. Since sunset tonight was not until 9:24 pm I went out on my deck after the show to take pictures of this remote location.