It’s been a long time since I sent a Chronicle. I’ve been a bit busy working on the ship and learning all kinds of interesting things. I have been able to get off a few times. Mostly I go on shore excursions. Since South America is a new and growing place as far as tourism goes, the Shore Excursions department likes to send one crew member as an escort for each tour, so they can help the guests to stay together and report back on how the tour went and if the guide was good and all that. The crew sign up to go and I’ve been lucky enough to get a few. I’ve been to the beach, touring the cities and to a tango show. And let me tell you, you haven’t seen a tango until you’ve seen it done by Argentinean dancers. Wow.
I haven’t sent anything because I don’t want to tell you about all the amazing sights I am seeing without any pictures to show for it. I just haven’t found a way to make them digital yet, but as soon as I do I will get more specific on how each port is. Right now I will just say that Buenos Aires (not pronounced Aires, like it looks, but Eye-res) is my favorite port. It is a big bustling city with lots of monuments and plazas and interesting sights to see. Montevideo (also not pronounced the way it looks, but rather Monte-vi-dayo) is my second favorite. Many places around here look very European like old Italy or Spain.
Before I leave you with that little tease of what I’ve seen, I do have one picture I can share. I had to spend $100 just to get into the country of Chile. They wouldn’t let me out of the airport without paying this reparation fee. I still don’t know what it was all about, but it’s now the most expensive passport stamp I have in my book (actually the company reimbursed me so it didn’t actually cost me anything.)
Katie
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