Antarctica

We are entering the Drake Passage and the ship is definitely rocking. It's hard to walk straight and people are bumping into each other at the feeding frenzy buffet.

Rougher seas will be hitting this afternoon. The Drake Passage is where the Atlantic and Pacific meet with all kinds of wind formations creating havoc. You either get "The Drake Lake" where it is calm or "The Drake Shake" where it is not. Fingers crossed that Sea Bands and anti-nausea patches will do the job.

We saw our naturalist's presentation today about Mars. I think I'm going to have a degree in science by the time I get home.

Someone asked him if we are likely to see whales or other animals during the Drake. He said. "No. You won't. Don't waste your time. But there is a chance we could see a Giant Albatross (12 foot wingspan). Apparently they suck at flying but are super amazing at gliding and can go miles out to sea if it's windy. I'll try my best to snap a pic if there is one. I hope so!!

Em and I spent the rest of our morning playing Unicorns on the back deck and drinking Affagatto and now we have snuck up to the 14th deck for a bit of outdoor fresh air reading, even though they have all the deck chairs battened down.

Later we are hitting the martini party and seeing a broadway-type show.

Last night we saw a Tango show, which was nice, and "The Naughty Game Show for 18+". Y'all... Imagine a room full of older-than-me folks trying to come up with "12 words to describe the big-o" or to describe their favorite genre of porn. I gotta say, their generation must have been crazy because they came up with some... Interesting... Answers. Apparently John Travolta is a specific porn type popular with the ladies in the room.

People on the cruise for the most part are friendly, like the two gents from England we traded barbs with before the Tango show.
There is one person, however, who is not.
We ended up sitting at one table over from our Argentina Karen. Her voice was unmistakable and so was her complaining. The poor woman who was playing cards with her was accused of cheating during their card game and had to listen to Karen complaining that it's cold outside and why didn't the cruise ship warn them about that. Good thing she didn't seem to recognize us, and too bad she didn't seem to have purchased the unlimited beverage package or a spa service. She really needs to chill.

Other than that, people are pretty relaxed on board. But the best company I could wish for is my Emily. So glad she's here with me.

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