Jan 27th, 2020 Day 24 of 128

Let me just say…BRRRR. Can you hear my teeth chattering from there?  Wasn’t I just roasting in 90+ degree weather?  It’s currently 49 degrees outside right now.  We actually had to pull out all our winter gear for our excursion tomorrow.  Now when we packed it we complained because we are truly only going to need it for about a week, but I am really glad we brought it today.  Tomorrow we will be in the Falkland Islands and the forecasted high is 53 with a chance of rain and possible 30 mile an hour wind.  But you know what, we are going to a penguin rookery and it is totally going to be worth it regardless of the weather.  I also have to say that last night was by far the roughest night we have had to date on the ship.  You know how you wake up when you feel a little jolt in the night due to an earthquake?  It was an eight-hour earthquake.  Between the creaking of the walls and clanging of any glass bottles of water we left too close to one another and my darling daughter kicking me all night it made for a rough one.  We are being extra careful when we are walking around the ship especially going up and down the stairs.  I will say there was a noticeably fewer number of people out and about around the ship today.  Seeing that the average age of the passenger on this ship is 70 years old, I would suspect that many passengers find it more comforting to just stay in the cabin on days like today. Room service is included and we can have a fabulous meal without ever leaving our rooms.   We ventured out for all our usual activities today.  Breakfast, crocheting class, tutoring, a fabulous lecture where we learned even more about the Falkland Islands, arts and craft class, schoolwork and then a casual dinner at the buffet tonight.  We didn’t feel like dressing for the main dining room so we kept it easy tonight.  The girls are off at Club HAL, where they go most nights and just get a chance to be kids. Tonight they have an earlier curfew, as tomorrow is an excursion day. I got the good camera out and put the telescopic lens on it so I am ready to take some fabulous pictures tomorrow and then share them with you all.  We will bundle up and stay as warm as possible.  As we continue to venture south and I am not sure how the wi-fi will be so if you don’t hear from me for a little bit, know that I’ll get you updated as soon as I can.  Oh, and we purchased the unlimited photo pass from the ship so every time we have a chance we are having pictures taken of us.  I will get some of the prints soon and take pictures of the pictures so you can see us all dolled up on the formal nights.  There are a lot of them already.  Time for bed…need a good nights rest.  Big hugs to you all who are so far away.  For those of you in Cayucos, we are currently about 7,000 miles from you. Blessings,  Debra