Breakfast was in the Collonade restaurant at the back of the ship sitting in the sunshine followed by a walk around the ship.
We both agree that this is a very nice vessel and even though full there are so many places where you can find empty chairs and space and without Muzac.
Tonight is the first formal night and so we both needed to get any clothes ironed which had become creased whilst in a suitcase for seven days and then a light lunch on the Patio Grill.
An afternoon of book reading and relaxing and Jennifer went for a swim and came back a few hours later looking like Robin red breast as she had failed to apply sun cream where she needed. At least we don’t need to turn the cabin lights on anymore.
We attended a presentation of ‘ what to expect’ on our side journey in Falklands etc hosted by the Chilean Travel host and he was excellent and made it very interesting indeed and even saying his own personal views on tours insofar as to say idf you are booked on this trip you would be better off on this other one.
He warned about the land mines still covering certain beaches and areas in the Falkland Islands and so don’t wander away from the main pathways- great.
We planned a pre-dinner drink in the upper front Panorama bar rather than go to the Captains and Crew welcome party and met the couple who had previously met in the same hotel as us in Buenos Aires. We discussed many things including politics, travel and also as they live in Austin Texas where we also had some friends it was a good early evening chat. It also came to pass that he opened the Blockbuster Video Rental business which he does not own anymore.
We had made our restaurant choice based on the menu and so we did not go to the main restaurant but to the Colonnade where we had a brilliant meal but the pace was empty. So after dinner we wandered down to the restaurant where the Captain and his mates were hosting tables and it was packed and very noisy and we were very glad we had decided to eat elsewhere.
We went to the evening show with a group of four English singers and along with the band they covered tunes form Supertramp, Beatles, Rolling Stones and others for about one hour and it was a nice show.
Final drinks in the Panorama bar where we listened to the smooth singing voice of an excellent piano player.
And so to bed.
