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Morning BBB Montevideo was a wash out. We went ashore and walked around for an hour or so. Rained lightly the whole time. It did getbsunnyblater but we didnt go back ashore. Then spent the day working on flights for our return to the US in May. Have to have a ticket out of Ecuador to board our flight tomorrow. We don't…

Morning BBB Hopefully sleep and headache will be better soon. We are waking up in Uruguay. It's poring rain and we have no tour booked so going for a leisurely breakfast then origami class. We will decide later when / if we head off the boat.

Morning gang. Our last sea day is today. I have a book to finish and return to the library as it is much to heavy to take with me. We only saw one penguin on shore and several in the water. Apparently we needed to walk further up the road to see more but we were already at 5 miles in and it was beginning to sprinkle so we…

Glad you are feeling well enough to joke. We just arrived at the Falklands Island. Will let the crush get off and maybe warm up a bit before we head out. It's a 20 minute tinder ride then a 2 hour walk or 15 minute taxi ride to see the penguins. My vote is for taxi there and walk back if we can stand the wind. A few other…

Morning gang Sea day today. We have lots of activities we can do. First up is a talk by the head electrician. Hope the headache fades soon.

Morning all Up early as we sail thru Glacier Alley. It's very rainy and overcast so view isn't great. Excursion today to a national park. Today is the halfway point of our cruise.

Morning gang We are in Punto Arenes Chile today. We don't have an excursion planned so with just head to shore and find something to do. Food is good on holland america but the service is very slow in the dining room. Breakfast took an hour and I only got offered a refill on coffee as we were leaving. It is better at the…

I don't have any spectacular photos...it was cloudy and raining and I stayed inside. Pretty spectacular in person. We've been in the fjords all day. Pretty views each direction. Going to dine in dining room tonight I think...usually we just do the buffet. 3 hour dining isn't something we especially enjoy. Entertainment is…

Up at the absolute crack of dawn. We will be cruising by our first glacier in a few minutes. Ron's favorite quiet corner of the ship is overrun as it has a lovely view and has a coffee shop.

Sea has been very rough from the wee hours. Ron hasn't left the room. I've been to calligraphy and watercolor lessons and a coooking demo plus hit up all the shops. I need to replace the scarf I lost but while I liked the prices didn't see one to get. Now back to the room for a rest before the evening activities start.…

Hi all. Our cruise has been fun so far. Today's port was tiny and we didn't book an excursion. Walked around the tiny town and bought a cute hat for $7 so I can be on deck for the. Chilean fjords In the next week. Yesterday we took a tour to see a volcano and took a small hike. We are definitely in the younger demographic…

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Morning gang Well wishes for a quick surgery and a successful recovery. Our tour yesterday was beautiful. Definitely an area I would visit again. Today we are doing a combo tour of Valpariso and getting a ride to the port town. Tonight we stay at a hotel near the port. I thought we could just do this tomorrow and stay one…

Yawn. Your meetup yesterday was so fun. We were out until 10pm...that never happens. But today's tour pick up is at 5:30. I want a nap already. Today is a short hike to a lake to watch the sunrise. Breakfast picnic included.

Morning BBB Yes we are still going on cruise...we called too late to get their offer. Tour yesterday had fantastic views of the Andes. Bough 2 bottles of wine. One we tasted that we like and one that was $1.50 so if we don't get around to drinking it we will just leave in hotel. Today we plan to just walk around town and…

V day is a big deal in Santiago. Or maybe just Friday night. Our building was noisy with lots of doors slamming and late arrivals home. Alarm off at 6am for our tour to the Andes this morning. Yawn. We got an offer for a full refund and $6000 worth of future cruise credit to cancel our cruise. We discussed and decided to…

Good morning gang Yesterday's wine tour was fun. Didn't enjoy any enough to buy a bottle, mostly because we already have a small bottle of gin for the week and the cruise charges a $20 per bottle corkage fee. There was only 2 other couples. My family in Nebraska got 6-9 inches of snow.

Morning all Up early to go on a winery tour. We will drive 1.5 hours to the countryside and visit 4 vineyards. I love Chilean wines. 4 couples total in our tour. Hope Joanne is feeling better today.

Morning gang We changed 2 time zones again. Our travel day was uneventful but the quality of first class on this leg was abysmal especially compared to our flight w weeks ago on the same airline. I already filled ou the survey and 2 was the highest score I gave them. But we arrived and made it through customs, got an Uber,…

Morning gang We were looking heavily at going to Bariloche to spend a month near Patagonia but there really wasn't a good option for after, plus we aren't really in our best hiking shape so decided to book Cotacochi Ecuador. Flight is booked and VRBO house requested. It's the nicest option but its been many hours since we…

Morning gang Our brunch meet-up was lovely yesterday...a truly nice couple. They had lots of tips for us for our upcoming stay in Santiago and the cruise. Today we are going to walk to the market for lunch then hime for laundry and packing. Our flight tomorrow is at noon. Booked first class for this leg since it's over 3…

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Morning gang Mary our sit in near Tehachapi. They have 10 acres. Not too far from Bakersfield, bit definitely semi rural. Today we are having coffee with some other travelers. They did the cruise we are on in reverse a few weeks ago. They have a YouTube channel and Facebook group. Should be an entertaining meet-up.

Morning BBB We are walking to the market today to try to find the beef stuffed potato ball. I think it's a 3 mile walk. Hope we succeed. If you've never been to a traditional markets it's just a maze of stalls. Not straight aisle and lots of dead ends. I know what building it's in so hopefully we can find it. We accepted…

Morning all I found a cute airbnb in my desired neighborhood in Santiago $390 for the week. I then booked an all day winery tour and a trip to the Andes. I still need to book a trip to Valpariso for the day and figure out how to get to the cruise port. There are lots of options for other day trips if we want to get out of…

Morning gang I was just reading this morning that only 1% have accepted the fork in the road offer. Ron did our taxes this morning. He has everything so streamlined that it doesn't take long. His crown arrived yesterday and was successfully installed. Just under $200 usd including the 5% fee for using a credit card. Would…

Morning gang Our "light day" yesterday turned into23k steps. We walked over to the next suburb for waffles and ice cream, stopped at a brewery for lunch and got groceries. Today I think we will go to the textile museum and Ron gets his crown this afternoon. We had an interview yesterday for a long sit in California.

Morning BBB Ron met with the dentist yesterday. He is getting a crown. He thinks she said $800 sol which is approx $200 usd. I'm guessing she quoted in usd but either way not too bad. He goes back on Wednesday. I'm hoping for a low key day. We have been walking 20k steps a day this week and I'm beat. We found a board game…

Happy anniversary Kelly and Gary Had a delightful brunch out yesterday...first course was an omelet, below was the second course. Housekeeper coming soon. I regret scheduling it so early.