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Today is our last day on land for a bit! Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Tomorrow we begin 5 days at sea on our way to, visiting and returning from Antarctica. Ushuaia is the southernmost city, population 80,000. We took our first ship shore excursion together and opted to do the Tierra Mayor Trekking! We had a great time - it snowed for the entire trek, which was beautiful but meant we really didn't get to see the Andes. The trekk was about 2 hours long and was followed by sandwiches, cake and coffee in a house type building. This was a welcome chance to warm up. We got pretty wet from the snow and it's pretty chilly here - 7 degrees at the height of their summer. The sun came out for a couple of brief moments and it really is beautiful.
Lots of ships in port - we were one of six I believe. Tonight I'll have to find the laundry room so I can dry out my gloves and hat for the following sea days!
We've been told our satellite service which is already pretty sketchy will be worse for the next 5 days - we'll do our best to update the blog but who knows... we're both excited and have our fingers crossed that we'll continue to see wildlife - close enough to take a picture of!
Tonight we're dining in one of the specialty restaurants, "Polo Grill" with new friends Keith and Gill. They're originally from England but have been living in Colorado for the last number of decades. The "Polo Grill" is the ship's steak restaurant and we prefer it to the Italian "Toscana".
We bought some Chilean wine the other day so it's being decanted for us for tonight's meal!
Lots of ships in port - we were one of six I believe. Tonight I'll have to find the laundry room so I can dry out my gloves and hat for the following sea days!
We've been told our satellite service which is already pretty sketchy will be worse for the next 5 days - we'll do our best to update the blog but who knows... we're both excited and have our fingers crossed that we'll continue to see wildlife - close enough to take a picture of!
Tonight we're dining in one of the specialty restaurants, "Polo Grill" with new friends Keith and Gill. They're originally from England but have been living in Colorado for the last number of decades. The "Polo Grill" is the ship's steak restaurant and we prefer it to the Italian "Toscana".
We bought some Chilean wine the other day so it's being decanted for us for tonight's meal!
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