Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wednesday, Feb 8th--At Sea

     We went through some storm last night just after midnight.  Of course Rebecca slept though it but I was awakened by it.  The ship was really listing due to the 75 knot wind blowing perpendicular to the ship's heading.  In addition, the waves and swells were really tossing the ship around.  I looked out but that was not a good idea.  I was able to go back to sleep pretty quickly.
     It is 1:15pm as I am writing this and the Atlantic is calming down more as the day progresses.  On the above map, the yellow arrow in the red circle is where we are now.  Will be docking early tomorrow morning in Puerto Madryn on the coast of Argentina.  It has a population of around 60,000 people and was founded in 1865 by 150 Welsh immigrants.  It still has the Welsh influence today.  On the peninsula just north of Puerto Madryn there is a very large colony of penguins, sea lions, and even some whales in this area.
     As we are going further north, it is warming up again outside.  Temperature in port tomorrow should be in mid 80's.  We have a 4 hour tour in the morning then will probably walk around the town in the afternoon.
This evening we have a pre-dinner show at 6pm featuring our cruise director, Ray Solaire, and his hand made puppets.  We missed his show earlier in the cruise so definitely want to catch this one.  Then we have a 7pm reservation for dinner in Prime 7, the steakhouse.  Last night's show with Broadway singer, Jeri Sager was one of the best we have ever seen.  I am getting real excited as in only four more days we will be in my favorite city in the whole world, Buenos Aires.