Saturday, February 18, 2012

Saturday, Feb 18th--At Sea

     Our position is the yellow arrow in red circle just abeam Porto Alegre at noon time.  We will be arriving at Porto Belo, Brazil, tomorrow morning at 8am.  At noon it is sunny, 75F, 84% humidity and we have a smooth ride. This morning Rebecca went to Terry Breen's lecture entitled, "Brazil: Gem of South America".  I will watch a replay of it on tv this afternoon because I climbed 110 floors of stairs as my exercise.  Try it!  She is in the gym now and will have room service Caesar salads with roasted chicken for lunch shortly.  This afternoon I will go to a wine tasting of Argentinean wines at 2:30.  At 6pm there is a cocktail party for Seven Seas Society members.  Then at 6:30 we will meet Toni & Evie from Connecticut, in the Observation Lounge for more cocktails before having dinner with them in Compass Rose restaurant.  I have made a special request for fried shrimp and garlic bread as appetizers.  Tonight's show is vocalist, Jamie Michael Stewart, who sang on the old tv show, "Love Boat" and he and his band was back in the 60's and 70's was opening act for all the big name entertainers.  We have seen him before on other cruises and enjoy his shows.
     It is a relaxing day but certainly not boring.  I was writing an email this morning to my son, Jeff, telling him that we lose all track of what day it is down here.  We brought a calendar so can keep up that way.  The walls to the suites are metal covered with something to make it look attractive.  So we bring magnets to stick our calendar, map of South America, itinerary, tour info, and notes up on the wall.  Only 30 days left on this cruise, YUK!