February 12, 2019

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

I was originally going to take the 7-hour tour to Volunteer Point to see penguins but I left it too late and it sold out.  I instead chose “Joe’s Gentoo Penguins”.  Joe is a local farmer who has a number of Gentoos that live on his property.  We took a short ride in a mini-bus and then transferred to Land Rovers to go over the very bumpy terrain.  We were given about an hour to watch the penguins and walk down to the ocean.  The time went very quickly because they are so cute to watch.

We arrived back in town around noon and I met Pat to look for yarn.  She and her husband had checked out a number of stores and we went back to three of them.  We also had lunch in a café.  She found three lots of wool but I restrained myself with only one. 

We returned to the ship around 2:45 and there was trivia at 4:00.  Because we were in the Falklands, both trivias today were British pub trivias.  We had 19 out of 24 but the winners had 21.5.

1) Who was the last English king to die in battle?

2) Lesley Hornby is better known by what name?

3) Which British artist sang the theme for the Bond movie Skyfall?

4) What is the highest mountain in Scotland (which is also the highest in the UK)?

5) Who was the famous writer, illustrator and conservationist associated with the Lake District?

I ate early with my other table.  The menu was British inspired, the dining rooms were also decorated, and bowler hats were distributed. I had a salad, fish and chips (and four of us split the mac and cheese), and cake for dessert.

There were 10 questions and 5 tunes by British artists that we had to identify the title and author in evening trivia.  We won with 22 out of 26.

1) What is the official name of Britain?

2) What is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe?

3) Who invented the “cats eyes” that mark the center of the road?

4) The BAF is the professional body for the coaching of which sport?

5) Who was the Scottish engineer who invented television?

Pat, Patty, Sherita, and I went to hear the guys of Shades of Buble.  They were very good again.

From my deck 

Also in port were a Celebrity ship and a Hurtigruten

At Joe's Farm 

What a darling face!

moulting

some other birds

Stanley  

Jubilee Villas built in 1887

Christ Church Cathedral

Whalebone arch made from the jawbones of two blue whales

Back on board

the penguins have returned

MDR decorated for British dinner

the menu

Michael, Drew, and Nick of Shades of Buble

Afternoon trivia

1) Richard III

2) Twiggy

3) Adele

4) Ben Nevis

5) Beatrix Potter

Evening trivia

1) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2) York Minster

3) Percy Shaw

4) Fencing

5) Baird

Smooth sailing until next time!