What We Did Last Night:
We had a cocktail before departing the ship at 6:15 for the cruise terminal then on to a typical Argentine parrilla style restaurant, "Chiquilin". When we arrived the front door was locked but the maitre d came and let us right in. It stayed locked until about 8:00 pm (they do this for security). When we got there at 7:00 pm only a couple tables were occupied. By 7:30 we were the only two customers there. Argentines dine very late by our standards and did not start showing up until we left at 8:30. There was only one waiter until 8:00 pm when more showed up. Tigre was our water's name. Initially, he did not let on like he spoke any English. Later when he saw I knew some (very little) Spanish and tried to speak it, he started speaking some English.
We started with two of my very favorite foods: a chorizo (grilled sausage) and grilled proveleta cheese. Of course we had a bottle of Argentina's most famous wine, Malbec. I knew the servings in BA's parrillas were huge so we ordered half orders of filets and a half order of fries. The filets were still huge and so tender you could cut them with a fork. We really enjoyed our dinner.
When we got back to the ship, Joe & Judy were at the Mariner Lounge bar so we had a night cap with them before retiring. I had a hard time sleeping as was coughing a lot. Guess I now have what Rebecca has. She continues to improve slowly however.
What We Did Today:
We decided to go on tour this morning as they were going to do a "deep" cleaning of the ship. Joe and Judy were doing same tour as us which was "Highlights of BA". We had seen all these places back in 2012 but good way to kill time and get some photos for you. I think you will find today's photos interesting. Will attach the link at end.
It is very warm today--86F, but sunny. We usually sit on back row of the buses but it was soooo cold at back of the bus that we moved up to where the guide had her stuff on the front row. I told her I was already half sick and did not want pneumonia. Our guide, Gala, was best we have had so far on the entire cruise. She said they had to go to school for 3 years before being certified to be a tourist guide.
We arrived back at the ship around 2:00 pm. The new passengers were already boarding. We went up to have some lunch at La Veranda then to our suite. As en transient passengers we were allowed to go to our suites. It is now 4:30 and the new passengers still have not been allowed to go to their suites. Crew is running very late due to the ship cleaning earlier. I'm sure there are some very pissed passengers. I hope this group is a good one! Approximately 550 new passengers of the 700 of us.
There is no entertainment except for a lounge pianist on the ship tonight. This morning I sent a request to the chef for either veal parmesan or Dover sole for tonight. We were not impressed with other entrees on tonight's menu. Not sure what we will end up with. Ok, about time to start getting cleaned up for cocktails and dinner. We will be here again tomorrow until 5:00 pm.
Here is the link for today's photos.
https://goo.gl/photos/ZL3XYxEuAiNp8Fjt9
We had a cocktail before departing the ship at 6:15 for the cruise terminal then on to a typical Argentine parrilla style restaurant, "Chiquilin". When we arrived the front door was locked but the maitre d came and let us right in. It stayed locked until about 8:00 pm (they do this for security). When we got there at 7:00 pm only a couple tables were occupied. By 7:30 we were the only two customers there. Argentines dine very late by our standards and did not start showing up until we left at 8:30. There was only one waiter until 8:00 pm when more showed up. Tigre was our water's name. Initially, he did not let on like he spoke any English. Later when he saw I knew some (very little) Spanish and tried to speak it, he started speaking some English.
We started with two of my very favorite foods: a chorizo (grilled sausage) and grilled proveleta cheese. Of course we had a bottle of Argentina's most famous wine, Malbec. I knew the servings in BA's parrillas were huge so we ordered half orders of filets and a half order of fries. The filets were still huge and so tender you could cut them with a fork. We really enjoyed our dinner.
When we got back to the ship, Joe & Judy were at the Mariner Lounge bar so we had a night cap with them before retiring. I had a hard time sleeping as was coughing a lot. Guess I now have what Rebecca has. She continues to improve slowly however.
What We Did Today:
We decided to go on tour this morning as they were going to do a "deep" cleaning of the ship. Joe and Judy were doing same tour as us which was "Highlights of BA". We had seen all these places back in 2012 but good way to kill time and get some photos for you. I think you will find today's photos interesting. Will attach the link at end.
It is very warm today--86F, but sunny. We usually sit on back row of the buses but it was soooo cold at back of the bus that we moved up to where the guide had her stuff on the front row. I told her I was already half sick and did not want pneumonia. Our guide, Gala, was best we have had so far on the entire cruise. She said they had to go to school for 3 years before being certified to be a tourist guide.
We arrived back at the ship around 2:00 pm. The new passengers were already boarding. We went up to have some lunch at La Veranda then to our suite. As en transient passengers we were allowed to go to our suites. It is now 4:30 and the new passengers still have not been allowed to go to their suites. Crew is running very late due to the ship cleaning earlier. I'm sure there are some very pissed passengers. I hope this group is a good one! Approximately 550 new passengers of the 700 of us.
There is no entertainment except for a lounge pianist on the ship tonight. This morning I sent a request to the chef for either veal parmesan or Dover sole for tonight. We were not impressed with other entrees on tonight's menu. Not sure what we will end up with. Ok, about time to start getting cleaned up for cocktails and dinner. We will be here again tomorrow until 5:00 pm.
Here is the link for today's photos.
https://goo.gl/photos/ZL3XYxEuAiNp8Fjt9
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