Day 10 December 31, 2021
Today is Richard's 75th Birthday! To mark the occasion the Viking staff delivered a complementary bottle of Sparkling Wine with a birthday cake (sponge cake with chocolate layers covered with fresh berries) So delicious.
We tried to walk a mile around the Deck Two's outside track but the wind blowing spray off the high seas forced back inside where we we walked down the passage ways like drunken sailors!
The Captain announced that since our ship was not welcome in Argentina even though we had had no Covid cases in a over a week with daily PCR testing), we are heading to Uruguay for a 4-day stay at two different ports. Viking delivered a letter to us stating that when we return home, their “customer relations team will contact us.” They state they want us to be “lifelong Viking travelers” and will extend an offer to us to travel again with them. We and the rest of the passengers think they will give us quite a credit to book another voyage. We are very happy with that because we are treated like royalty on board and would gladly cruise again with Viking.
Today was packed with interesting ship lectures (we really enjoy the Astronomer who has worked with NASA). We got together with our new friends and had a wonderful dinner and sang HB to Richard. There was an amazing show on the pool deck to ring in the New Year.
Day 11 January 1, 2022
Happy New Year! Conditions on the sea are smooth and the water is blue. Everyone is happy and looking forward to Uruguay.
1400 Hrs: 43deg 47.4' S 59deg 02.1' W
Cruising 17 mph NNE under a clear blue sky
Wind NW light at 10mph, 57 F
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