Monthly Archives: October 2019

It was another day at sea yesterday and we did enter the open sea again at around 11 a.m. to a storm, but the winds weren’t as heavy as predicted so it wasn’t quite as bad as expected. We were … Continue reading →

Another day at sea yesterday but around 2 p.m. we turned eastward to enter a channel between the mainland and islands to smooth out the waters for the rest of the day. We passed near Castro on our way south … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a day at sea and we’ve found out now what adjustments have been made to our itinerary due to leaving a full day late. We will be skipping our stop in Castro, which included our visit to Chiloe … Continue reading →

We’re on the ship! At last we made it yesterday to our home for the next 2 weeks – the MS Roald Amundsen! We had great visit to a local winery on our way to Valparaiso, where our ship was … Continue reading →

We caught up on sleep and had several lovely meals at our Sheraton Hotel near downtown Santiago yesterday. We didn’t realize how close we were to the demonstrations until we saw a report at the bar on CNN-Chili regarding the … Continue reading →

We made it! One delay in Orlando but we had a good layover in Atlanta, so we were back on schedule when we left there around 10:30 p.m. We actually landed early in Santiago and haven’t seen any of the … Continue reading →

We’re going on an adventure! We fly out this evening and by tomorrow morning we’ll be in Santiago, Chile! On Saturday we heard that they had declared a state of emergency in Santiago due to riots related to an increase … Continue reading →

We’ve had a wonderful time with the grandkids and with Josh & Carlin. Thanks also to Dr. Everts for clearing up a problem Laura had with her dental implants so that we can travel later this month on our big … Continue reading →

Grandkids time! We’re in Birmingham, AL, today and for the next few days to spend some time with my oldest son’s (Josh) family! The grandkids are just getting up so more on this later and some pictures! Woo hoo!