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Our entry into shipboard life has been smooth as silk and for this we are very thankful. We boarded the ship late due to very heavy seas that delayed the ship's arrival for 3 hours and in addition they had an outbreak of some G.I. illness (likely norovirus) on the last cruise so had to go through their incredibly thorough sanitization protocol before they would let us board. They keep this hyper-vigilant protocol up for 72 hours so until then the crew has to do everything and I mean everything on board. Passengers can't touch much of anything in the dining rooms, to the extent that they sugar your tea, salt your food or whatever you need. Fortunately, I don't do either :-) but you get the idea. If no one has become ill within 72 hours of when we embarked they will open things up. There are and Purell dispensers literally every 5 feet and outside every restaurant and public room. As you will all know, this has me very happy :-)
It has not prevented us from enjoying shipboard life. It really is quite funny, at nearly every meal we have met more Canadians, usually from Toronto, some Americans and there are also quite a few Germans on board and then a mix of other nationalites. The crew are helpful and friendly. Today we had our first shore excursion in Puerto Montt as yesterday we were at sea. The weather has started to cool already with temperature today about 15 and overcast but we are in the Lake District and it will likely be like this and cooler as we continue south and begin cruising the Chilean fjords tomorrow on your way to heading around the Cape. We have two days at sea with spa treatments scheduled for both of those :-) and then hit Punta Arenas, last stop before Cape Horn and first stop with penguins! Can't wait.........Today's excursion was very interesting. We headed to a Chilean farm (don't tell anyone or they won't let us into Argentina!) where we had the traditional dancing, horse shows, music and roasted cow lunch. We met some really nice folks and enjoyed it immensely.
Stay well, all and will talk to you after Punta Arenas........Sally xoxo
Monday, February 1, 2010
Puerto Montt
Our entry into shipboard life has been smooth as silk and for this we are very thankful. We boarded the ship late due to very heavy seas that delayed the ship's arrival for 3 hours and in addition they had an outbreak of some G.I. illness (likely norovirus) on the last cruise so had to go through their incredibly thorough sanitization protocol before they would let us board. They keep this hyper-vigilant protocol up for 72 hours so until then the crew has to do everything and I mean everything on board. Passengers can't touch much of anything in the dining rooms, to the extent that they sugar your tea, salt your food or whatever you need. Fortunately, I don't do either :-) but you get the idea. If no one has become ill within 72 hours of when we embarked they will open things up. There are and Purell dispensers literally every 5 feet and outside every restaurant and public room. As you will all know, this has me very happy :-)
It has not prevented us from enjoying shipboard life. It really is quite funny, at nearly every meal we have met more Canadians, usually from Toronto, some Americans and there are also quite a few Germans on board and then a mix of other nationalites. The crew are helpful and friendly. Today we had our first shore excursion in Puerto Montt as yesterday we were at sea. The weather has started to cool already with temperature today about 15 and overcast but we are in the Lake District and it will likely be like this and cooler as we continue south and begin cruising the Chilean fjords tomorrow on your way to heading around the Cape. We have two days at sea with spa treatments scheduled for both of those :-) and then hit Punta Arenas, last stop before Cape Horn and first stop with penguins! Can't wait.........Today's excursion was very interesting. We headed to a Chilean farm (don't tell anyone or they won't let us into Argentina!) where we had the traditional dancing, horse shows, music and roasted cow lunch. We met some really nice folks and enjoyed it immensely.
Stay well, all and will talk to you after Punta Arenas........Sally xoxo
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Local geek has set up Linda's Netbook, with exceptional speed and SKYPE. she has sent u a request to accept her as addressee ??? she is going to Oakville Tuesday Am with Jr. Fred....looks like your having a blast....We are now counting days and not weeks now, for our trip
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