2-4 Altered curse-at sea

2-4 Day 30 Altered course – at sea

During the night, the rolling and listing of the ship woke us both up. We later learned that we were in hurricane force winds with 25-30 foot waves. This is when we were glad to be in the middle and lower part of the ship. This was the kind of weather we expected in the Drake Passage – so now we got it as we left the Drake Passage and were close to the Falklands.

Because they were having similar weather on the east side of the Falklands (where we were supposed to go) and because we had to tender when we got there, the captain, after consulting with people in Stanley, decided to alter our course and go straight to Buenos Aires. Even with the altering of our course, the waves were high all morning until a little after lunch. We were glad to sleep in a bit and enjoy the rolling around from our bed instead of the hallways of the ship!

Went to the morning lecture about Buenos Aires even though we have been there and already have our tours planned. It was still fun to see the places again on her slides – and made us eager to be there again.

In the effort to meet new people, we went to lunch in the main dining room again. There were 3 people at our table. One older single woman from Phoenix who was very nice and fun to talk to. It's a good thing, since the other couple was from France and only spoke French between themselves. Initially, I introduced myself and asked where they were from, etc. They seemed totally disinterested and only said they were from France (pronounced “Fronce.”) So, we enjoyed the other woman.

Looked forward to the afternoon presentation about how to live and work in the interior of Antarctica. Most of it was fairly intersting. Could have been better with a better speaker. I missed my creative writing class to go to that talk.

Skipped the mid-afternoon English tea.. Just couldn't handle the idea of eating more! So, I spent the afternoon reading until dinner.

Dinner was pleasant. The captain (in an effort to make up for not being to land in the Falklands) gave everyone champagne with dessert. Afterwards, we went back to our cabin to read because neither the movie or show appealed. It was a very relaxed and pleasant way to end the day. I'm reading Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, so it keeps me on the edge of my seat!