Well we arrived at the Port of Montevideo as Noel suffered a bout of ‘ where are the nearest loo’s’ and so instead of touring the town as planned we had a quiet day on board. Needless to say Noel is not a happy teddy at this moment because of this
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So we explored the Ship some more and Jennifer caught up with a few days washing at the on-board Launderette. We checked out the Internet and it is not free and can be very expensive, its USD 10.00 for 60 minutes and it is very slow.
You of course can have 24 hour a day connection for two weeks for a mere USD 400.00. So there won’t be much internet activity on board from the Groves then.
We had a small lunch at the Patio Grill before a restful afternoon watching the Montevideo Tango dancers and singer and it does get boring after a while. Of course at the end of the show they then try to entice the guests to have a go and after watching some real sites we left.
A little light reading then we went up on board to see the Ship leave port and it was very tight and with a 30 knot wind blowing the ship against the harbour wall it did require assistance from a Tug.
It is a pity that we missed the trip in to town, although I had suggested to Jennifer she should up with some others but she decided to stay and keep me company or from jumping of the highest point of the ship.
But I digress, It was noticeable however that many guests returned early to the ship with comments overheard from one person when he said I arrived and looked around for ten minutes and then decided it’s not worth it.
We had an early dinner again on the Patio Grill, yes what again, however in a few days’ time when the temperature drops we won’t be able to use the place to eat. They were serving cowboy steaks and much too large for us though and so Jennifer had the Salmon and Noel the Lamb chops and all very good.
We departed for the Panorama to watch the sunset only after being in the lounge at the other end of the ship and shortly before the sun went down the ship did a radicle change of direction and so hence our move.
Noel tested some Fernet Branca for the inners and Jen a Benedictine on the rocks, large glasses both of them. We thought that the comedian was on tonight but we was wrong and it’s an big fat American piano player who very successfully ruined some of the best of Gershwin and other well-known composers. It was when he decided to sing a rap song that we gave up and left.
Could of have been a better day for reasons mentioned but let’s hope that whatever caused it goes away.
