Although we went to sleep later than usual due to getting back to the ship fairly late from the World Cruise Event at the vineyard, we got up fairly early this morning. We wanted to make sure that we had the opportunity to give our best to several very nice passenger’s e that we had the pleasure of meeting during the first segment of the World Cruise who were disembarking the ship this morning.
We ate breakfast at the Lido Deck Café. We learned that some of the staff that assist us in the café would be assigned to the swimming pool area of the ship on the next segment of the cruise. This is done to provide them with a change in venue and also because it will provide them with an opportunity to work a somewhat later shift than the one that they work when assigned to the Lido Café. We will miss them in the café, but realize we will see them in other areas of the ship and also know that they will be assigned to the Lido Café during other segments of the World Cruise.
After breakfast we started to visit with those fellow passenger’s who were disembarking the ship today. We did not say goodbye to any of them as we hope that we will see them again on another cruise.
After seeing them off, we then worked out at the Fitness Center. There were not many people in the center this morning so we ended up spending more time in the center than usual. Anne Marie went on the treadmill while Keith went on the Elliptical machine. Afterwards, Keith spent time on several of the weight lifting machines and tried to use the breathing techniques that we learned from the fitness instructor on the first segment of the cruise.
We then went to the library, as this is a perfect time when there are more books and DVD’s to choose from since those departing the ship returned several good ones that they had used during the first segment of the cruise. We then spoke one of the two couples who will be moving to our table for dinner during this second segment of the World Cruise. We met them early on the last segment of the cruise and had asked them if they would like to join us for dinner on this segment of the cruise.
We then walked around the outside of the ship on the top deck. Once again, we are fortunate to have wonderful weather today. This is a very quiet time on the ship as the only passenger’s on the ship are those on the full world cruise or those booked on multiple cruise segments. At noon we went to the dining room for lunch. We started to see new passenger’s who are joining the ship in this port of call for the next segment of the cruise. We were given a complimentary flute of champagne and we toasted this next segment of our upcoming journey.
On this segment of the World Cruise we will travel from Valparaiso, Chile south with two stops in Chile before we go cruise around Cape Horn. From there we stop in one port in Argentina before we begin to cruise near Antarctica where we then proceed to the Falkland Islands. From the Falkland’s we stop in one port in Argentina, one port in Uruguay and then we end this segment in Buenos Aires.
We had a very nice dinner this evening in the main restaurant and enjoyed the company of our new tablemates. We are at the same table that we enjoyed during the first segment so we have the same senior waiter and waiter. Our senior waiter is from Switzerland and our waiter is from Turkey.
AT 8:00 PM a lifeboat drill was conducted and the good news is that our attendance was not required since we had already attended the lifeboat drill on the first segment of the cruise. Normally, the drill is held before the first dinner seating but we suspect the drill was held later in the day as some passenger’s were arriving to the ship later in the day as we are docked about two hours from the Santiago, Chile airport.
We have enjoyed our time in Valparaiso, Chile. We have met many nice people from Chile. In general, the people have a very positive attitude, a great deal of pride regarding their country and are very hard-working people. From what we can observe the overall economy has continued to improve since we last visited this country two years ago.
Tomorrow, we will be at sea and have a get together planned that Keith organized with some passenger’s from Cruise Critic. Most are either doing the full world cruise or we had already met on the first segment. One couple who originally planned to embark the ship in Valparaiso will not be embarking the ship until the next port of call as their flight plans were disrupted due to poor weather conditions in Canada. They will join us at a follow-up get together that we have planned over dinner at the Silk Road Asian Specialty Restaurant.
To date, we have traveled a distance of 4,296 nautical miles, or the equivalent of 4,940 land miles since we left Miami, Florida. We have visited some wonderful ports, of call, met so many wonderful people, enjoyed all aspects of the ship and so far the cruise has exceeded our expectations.
Keith & Anne Marie
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