26. The Day After Carnival
Monday
February 12….
GROAN!
Hello?
I have a hangover! OK, I slept to 1PM but that seems like not enough.
Well,
no, slept is the wrong word, there was a loudspeaker announcement at 9AM by the
Captain. Another
announcement at 10.00AM and then again at 10.30AM for the crew members, but it
came via the public address system. Something about a drill they had to
perform. GROAN!
I
understand there was another noon announcement by the Captain, but I heard
nothing from this one.
Carol
had set up the alarm clock for 12.30PM but I slept through that, too. She
finally woke me up at 1PM.
Did
I drink too much, not enough? Groan!
I
feel bushed, those day and night affairs are for the young.
How
could they have danced all night is what I am thinking. Samba all night? (Song from My Fair Lady is in my head). I walked
around groggy all afternoon; drank Cappuccinos and just felt a bit disoriented.
We
had a light lunch at the cafeteria buffet but at dinner we met Betty. Everybody on
board seemed to know Betty, but it was the first time for me to meet her. Betty
is 92 years old and this was her 50th Cruise. You read that right,
cruise # 50.
Imagine, you
live on a ship, cruise the world, and book a cruise year after year or more
often even.
Betty came from
just East of San Francisco, her husband died years ago and now she has nothing
to do and all she does is cruise. She is too old now to work as an accountant,
her profession, she tells us. So what would she do at home, she might as well travel.
And cruising is her way of getting around. Betty travels alone. Her mind is
‘with it’ her body a bit frail but all I can say is: “Go Betty!”
On a ship she
meets nice people she said. She gets fed; somebody makes her bed, better than a
retirement home. Betty loves cruising across the seas.
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| The Pink Shirts Held Us Up Over An Hour |
We
were supposed to cast off at 5:00PM but that was an hour ago. We were still moored
and while the main gangway was packed away, a small gangway was still there,
the door open for? Someone is missing!
After
about an hour or so waiting, a limo pulled up, 2 crew members, folks in white uniforms,
stepped out of the limousine and an older couple was helped from the car.
Immediately
after the 4 people entered the ship, the gangway was pulled up, the door closed
and we were off on the next leg of our cruise…
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| Goodbye Sugar Loaf (You Can Almost See the Cable Car Near the Top) |
We
watched the sail-away from our balcony for a while, saying good bye to Rio de
Janeiro from the water’s edge. We cruised close to the Sugarloaf Mountain and
the Christ the Redeemer Statue before entering the ocean and waving good bye.
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| Goodbye Redeemer |
Adios,
Rio
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| Adios Rio |
We
are aiming for Montevideo, Uruguay, but we have some sea days before that.
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| Sailing Into the Sunset - Finally |
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