January 28, 2020



Port Stanley, the Falkland Islands (almost)



I was awakened just after 7:30 with the captain announcing that water was sloshing over the tender pier and that people with ambulatory issues might not want to go ashore.  About 20 minutes later he announced that the port had been cancelled.  Celebrity Eclipse had arrived about 90 minutes before us and already had a couple of hundred people on land but had to round them up and bring them back because the harbor master had determined it was not safe.  We had cloudy, rainy skies almost all morning and then some fog.  By 4 pm there were some blue skies and the sun even peeked out some.



The daily schedule was revised and delivered by 10 am - a morning trivia was added as well as Arts & Crafts (which we don’t have on port days).



We had knitting as usual in the Crow’s Nest and had Nancy and Cathy (who do the crafts) join us for a while. 



Margaret did not join us for morning trivia.  We had only 7 out of 15 but the winning team had 11.


1.Who won an Oscar for the theme from “Shaft”?

2.What character appeared in three of Shakespeare’s plays?

3.Pimento is used as a type of what in the Caribbean?

4.Hobart is the capital of which Australian state?

5.Nephophobia is the fear of what?

6.What poison is in apple seeds?



I worked on my Linus blanket (which is almost half finished) and then to lunch in the Lido.



In arts and crafts we made a card.



Since we are in cooler climes I had my first hot chocolate of the cruise.  Although it was tasty, it was not as good as I remembered from last year.  I think I will go back to making my own (hot chocolate packet from the Lido with hot water and cream).



We did better in afternoon trivia with 11 out of 15 but were still off from the winning team’s 13.  Mary and Cathy (whose team often has too many players and someone gets booted off for the day) joined us as Margaret does not do afternoon trivia and Sherita has stopped because it is so close to her dinner time.


1.Which species of whale dives the deepest and stays down the longest?

2.How many spaces are on a Monopoly board?

3.What cocktail was created when oilmen used their tools to stir it?

4.When the bell of San Marco is rung, what does it mean?

5.Which element has the lowest boiling point?

6.Which country consumes the most beer per capita?



After trivia Mary, Diana, and I had an interesting discussion on politics.  Fascinating conversation with an Australian, Canadian and American.



Four of us for dinner as usual.  The show was called The Runaround Kids and featured music of the 50s and 60s – perfect for this crowd since there are likely no more than ten passengers who were not alive during that time.



We now have seven sea days in a row making a total of ten between Montevideo and Ushuaia.  I can hear some of my friends who don’t like sea days gasping from all this distance!



Morning trivia

1.Isaac Hayes

2.Falstaff

3.spice

4.Tasmania

5.clouds

6.cyanide



Afternoon trivia

1.sperm whale

2.40

3.screwdriver

4.the pope has died

5.Helium

6.Czech Republic

This was on the dinner table.  I chose a soda and two of my tablemates did not want either so they gave me their two sodas for my cabin.

Smooth sailing until next time!