We slept late today, but got up when Sean, the Whale Guy, made an announcement about seeing fin whales from the deck. Philip went out and saw a few spouts. By the time I was wrapped up warm enough to go outside, they must have been gone although I did see some lovely birds, probably cape petrels. We skipped breakfast but went for lunch in the dining room. We have been traveling a week now and have had some wonderful food, but it felt like time for a hamburger. A...

What a night!! The storm that prevented us from stopping at Stanley kept the ship bouncing around a lot last night. About 2:30, we were awakened by jolting movements of the ship and the thundering noise of the waves hitting. That lasted several hours while we tried to sleep. I took my first Dramamine of this voyage, and it worked sufficiently. We weren't even in the Drake Passage yet, but it was the roughest sea that I have ever seen. The spray completely covered...

The latest thing we have heard is that we are not going to stop at the Falkland Islands after all. The rumors that the weather will be too bad are true now. When the captain made his daily noon announcement, he said that he wouldn't decide until later in the day, but that the weather report was forecasting wind of over 40 knots. They do not launch the tenders unless the winds are less than 25 knots and will stay that way reliably throughout the day in port. We ar...

Today was the first of many sea days. It takes two full days to get to the Falkland Islands where we will anchor outside the bay and take tenders into Stanley. It has been a nice day. We tried the trivia game contest which was sort of fun, but challenging in the way I don't like (rather British-centric) so I don’t know if we will go again. I tried to see the ship’s blog of the trip on the white iPads they have for guest use, but they weren’t wor...

Yesterday, we were up in time for breakfast in the hotel. It closes at 10:30 during the week so we needed to make an effort to get up still adjusting to the time change and lack of sleep on the overnight flight. It was slightly better than yesterday, but still nothing special. The waiter today was more interested in providing service than the one yesterday. After breakfast, we walked outside for just a bit and found that the market had been set up in the street i...