Careful: they drive on the left side of the road!
Day 5: Christmas Eve, was spent at sea sailing the south Atlantic towards the Falkland Islands. We enjoyed the pool and hot tubs on deck 11 of the ship and listened to a lecture pertaining to our tour of Port Stanley in the Falklands. Good food and drink was had between the various activities. At night we had a special Christmas dinner which reminded us of home – goose with red cabbage and baked apple filled with cranberries. At 11 pm our captain Marco Carsjens introduced himself and his crew in the grand theater and we listened to 3 ship’s choirs singing Christmas songs from the various regions of the world. Very moving…
Day 6: Christmas Day at Port Stanley, the Falklands. We disembarked around 11 am and were driven ashore by tender boats. The trip from the Veendam to shore took about 20 minutes. Port Stanley is a quaint British town and the capital of the Falkland Island. One can see the multi coloured roofs of the houses from afar. There are only about 2000 inhabitants on the islands, most of whom live in Port Stanley. It is a military town with a few stores, a visitor centre and some souvenir shops. We walked through the town, went into the very British post office (which was open!!) to mail a few cards and to the war memorial commemorating the war between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982.
Christmas dinner was a very festive affair with passengers decked out in their finest, free champagne before the meal and delicious food.
Day 7: We are on our way to Antarctica – in rolling seas through the “Roaring Forties” in winds of up to force 9… The ship’s anti seasickness meds come in handy, at least for me. Sigi isn’t fazed by the swell at all.
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