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Today is our fifth day at sea – we’re traveling today to the Falkland Islands so no views to occupy our time. Our usual day of Bridge lessons and play and not much else. I finally got our blog updated which took most of the day (on and off). The weather is still very cool, but we did get to see the sun for the first time in about a week.
Not much else to report so I thought I’d catch you up on the ship’s gossip – we’ve had two people die so far, one on each segment. The average age on board I am told is about 10 years older than others have experienced on a world cruise. Likely due to the pandemic and pent-up demand. Also, lots of folks are onboard now for cruises that were scheduled during the pandemic.
There are reportedly two couples who live onboard Oceania ships, moving from ship to ship but not leaving! Can’t imagine!! Also, we met a woman named Sue who a couple years ago met a man in his 90’s who needed a companion for traveling. He created a contract, and she is traveling strictly as his companion, and I assume caregiver to some degree. Long story short he died onboard last year, as he had planned, but left her with 2 or 3 more world cruises fully paid for and in the Owner’s Suite.
Life onboard is backwards to home, we shower in the evenings, so we’re cleaned up for dinner and just sort of crawl out of bed to greet the day. We’re getting ready to pack up our winter clothes for the remainder of the trip – two more days at sea after the Falklands and then we’re back to warm weather.
The food onboard is largely good but is beginning to be a bit monotonous. Sounds silly when there appears to be so much choice but…we’re thinking of renting a hotel for our overnight in Rio. Maybe a hotel on the Copacabana Beach! Also thinking about doing the same thing in Cape Town where we’ll be for 2 nights. Might be nice to have a change of scenery and menu choices for a day – a little adventure within an adventure.
Not much else to report so I thought I’d catch you up on the ship’s gossip – we’ve had two people die so far, one on each segment. The average age on board I am told is about 10 years older than others have experienced on a world cruise. Likely due to the pandemic and pent-up demand. Also, lots of folks are onboard now for cruises that were scheduled during the pandemic.
There are reportedly two couples who live onboard Oceania ships, moving from ship to ship but not leaving! Can’t imagine!! Also, we met a woman named Sue who a couple years ago met a man in his 90’s who needed a companion for traveling. He created a contract, and she is traveling strictly as his companion, and I assume caregiver to some degree. Long story short he died onboard last year, as he had planned, but left her with 2 or 3 more world cruises fully paid for and in the Owner’s Suite.
Life onboard is backwards to home, we shower in the evenings, so we’re cleaned up for dinner and just sort of crawl out of bed to greet the day. We’re getting ready to pack up our winter clothes for the remainder of the trip – two more days at sea after the Falklands and then we’re back to warm weather.
The food onboard is largely good but is beginning to be a bit monotonous. Sounds silly when there appears to be so much choice but…we’re thinking of renting a hotel for our overnight in Rio. Maybe a hotel on the Copacabana Beach! Also thinking about doing the same thing in Cape Town where we’ll be for 2 nights. Might be nice to have a change of scenery and menu choices for a day – a little adventure within an adventure.
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Congratulations Lynn and Adrien!
