Hi again from another day at sea. We are sailing toward Patagonia after a day sp on the Island of Robinson Crusoe. It is a small island that was the inspiration for the novel "Robinson Crusoe". Off the coast of Chili the islands were favorite pirate hideouts for much of the 17th century. In 1708, Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was plucked from the islands, having been stranded for four months. A legend was born and widely circulated at the time and eventually inspired Daniel Defoe to write his novel.
Today is Sunday and is lovely and sunny outside our windows from the top of the ship. Tonight is "orange" night in honor of Antarctica and is formal. After dinner we plan to watch the Viking game which is on at 8:40pm, we are three hours ahead of the Minneapolis time zone. Many of the football fans on the ship like the Jets from New York and many others are Canadian. I don't know who they favor. More later from Patagonia and Antarctica.
Love, Gwen
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hi grandma!
ReplyDeleteI love following your blog! I am especially interested and envious of your travels to Chile- I really want to go there at point! ever since I did a research project of women's resistance movements under the repressive dictactor, Pinochet in Chile. Also geographically it sounds amazing; the Andies, the coast, beautiful cities etc. especially Patagonia!
I just watched my first vikings game in a long time, and I was surrounded by mostly Saints fans who were ripping on Brett Favre for being too old etc. anyway to bad they lost but it was a close game, fun to watch.
Sounds like you and Dick are having fun, can't wait to hear about Antarctica!
Love you,
~Ali