When we awoke at 8:30am – the sky was clear and the waves
were not too bad. It had been very rough
in the evening. Barb was up more than Ed
with the rough seas and the noise from the ship such as in our cabin where the
drawers kept banging into the door until we finally put a towel in between
them. The good news is we went through
some bad seas but it did not bother us as much as we expected.
Ed went and had breakfast and then onto the gym for a ½ hour. It was still rough enough that the pool water
was spilling out over the deck and pretty hard to walk. It was also cold – 44 degrees.
So, the best thing to do was to go back to the cabin and we slept
until almost noon!!
Then we got up and went to the Aqua Spa for lunch and had
grilled tuna which was wonderful. Our
best meals for the cruise so far have been in the Aqua Spa for lunch.
Last night the Captain announced that we would get to Cape
Horn and see it late at about 9:00pm; however, this morning he announced that
the front was moving too slow and so he was not going to sail the ship around Cape
Horn and we would not see it. We then
will sail inland for the next several days on the Strait of Magellan and the
Chilean Fjords before coming out in the Pacific Ocean late Thursday, Jan 14 so
the sailing will be very calm.
We didn’t realize it, but Cape Horn is an island and the Captain
took the ship on the inland side of the island.
Prior to getting there, we sheltered in place on the east side of the
tip of South America to let the storm go past us. Late in the afternoon, it was very calm where
we where we located and not moving.
We played a gambling session in the afternoon where we both
lost a little. We also found out that
Carla, the Casino Supervisor might be with us next year when we sail from Dubai. She is really great and we have been on several
cruises with her.
After gambling, we sat and listened to the band and singer
for 45 minutes.
Then it was time to go back to the cabin for a short nap as
the show was moved to 6:00pm and 8:00pm to have them over by the time the seas
got rougher. We have been told however
that they roughest part of the trips was last night – so that is good.
From about 3pm until 8pm, the ship stayed in a safe place
and faced the front into a 65 miles an hour wind! We felt virtually nothing because of the
skill of the captain in keeping the ship straight on. Once we started up again, the waves and the
winds made it pretty rough.
The show was a violinist and it probably was the best
individual show that we have ever seen on a cruise ship. He was really, really good and played all
kinds of music in his 45 minute show.
Then we went to dinner and then onto the casino.
They were having a special players drawing for a good watch
and Barb won one of the two drawn!!
We both played and Barb had her biggest winnings and Ed his
second best night so it was a great night in the casino.
By the time we got to the cabin, the rocking had lessened
and it should make for a nice night sleeping.
Tomorrow is Ushuaia and we have an exciting tour booked to
see the penguins. We have our winter
clothes out and hopefully it will a great stop.
Night from safe seas!!
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