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Yesterday afternoon, the Captain finally gave up on Antarctica and headed North towards the Falkland Islands. No sooner than he got the ship up to speed when the fog set in and we had to slow down and sound our horn every two minutes….for the rest of the day. It was really socked in and, when you are in the land of icebergs, you can sound your horn all you want but those darn icebergs just don’t seem to hear it. Fortunately, we didn’t hit anything and we are all safe and enjoying a blue sky day.
While the fog has lifted outside this morning I awoke with a foggy head at 8:45 am. That is much later than my normal 6:30 am awakenings and the reason was Margaret taking us to the Connoisseur Lounge last night and plying us with Green Teanies (2 parts Grey Goose vodka, 1 part brewed green tea, simple syrup to taste — garnish with a mint sprig or orange wedge!) while she taught Sherrie how to smoke Capri 120 Menthols. Of course, it didn’t help at all that I drank two milkshakes (milk, Kahlua and Brandy) after we shared a magnum of 2003 Provenance Merlot at dinner with Sherrie and her husband Nick at the Compass Rose restaurant. Good times that I am paying for 10x over today!
I decided to skip the 9 am workout class and shoot for the 10 am spinning session. After a quick dose of Advil I ran downstairs to get bring some muesli (cereal) and fruit back to the room, ordered Margaret some breakfast and took off to the fitness center to sweat. The boat was really rolling around and I just had to close my eyes on the bike to avoid getting sick. But, I survived and came back to the room and crashed on the bed.
It’s a sea day today and that means more picture editing and uploading and possibly even a nap. That’s about all I can handle today!