Hey everyone! I know it has been a little while, but I'm trying to wait to write a lot for when I can put up pictures to go along with the narration. It's a lot more fun if you can see the things I'm telling you about.
This morning we are in Paradise Bay on the Antarctic peninsula. It's the first landing on the actual continent of Antarctica (instead of just the islands making up the archipelago around it) so everyone was really excited to get on land. I took a quick 30 minute hike up a steep and snowy mountain (and by mountain I definitely mean hill) with my friend Yura for some scenic views, and then we managed to slide the whole way down on our butts! I didn't mean to at first, we were just messing around and having a snowball fight, but it didn't take long to realize that it was the fastest and most fun way to get down. We were told off when we got to the bottom though. Apparently it's "dangerous," but I think that's only if you're over 60 and run the risk of breaking a hip or something. For us, it was just a good time :)
We took a quick zodiac tour around the harbor where we saw some gentoo penguins, weddell seals, humpback whales, and some very big icebergs! As we rounded one of the smaller bergy bits (yes, that's what they are actually called) we came upon another zodiac fully supplied with glasses, champagne, and one very cute, very cold bar manager :D We had a lovely toast to the Antarctic wilderness and off we were again to cruise around the bay.
As with every excursion, upon returning to the ship we were greeted with hot chocolate with a choice of liqueurs including kahula, bailey's, grand marnier, tia maria, etc. My favorite is the white hot chocolate with creme de menthe!
Well I guess I'm off to lunch now. We're having chili con carne and beers out on the pool deck and I want to get some before it's all gone :)
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