San Antonio and Coquimbo, Chile



San Antonio

We are now having beautiful weather!  70 degrees and sunny.  We are  enjoying the pool deck after all the cool weather. The Oceania crew put on a "Country Fair" for us on the pool deck.  Crews from the spa, housekeeping, entertainment, the gift shop etc had booths to try our luck at silly games.  It was so much fun and we were awarded tickets for a drawing of ship logo items!  We only have happy memories--no prizes!  Racing to put pillow cases on and "whack a head" were our favorites.




Pete has been riding the stationary bike faithfully and I've been doing weights with an ocean view!  We usually go to stretch classes also.  The staff is wonderful not to mention steam room, warm towels, robes, slippers, gatoraid and great showers! After all this exercise we need to relax on the pool deck! 
Best lounge set up EVER!



The nightly entertainment has been wonderful.  Last night featured David Klinkenberg who was so amazing with his fiddle playing.   One of the guests volunteered to play any song she wanted on the piano and  David was going to make it a duet.  She got up there and played the piano as he accompanied her perfectly.  It was so beautiful that everyone swore they had practiced this---but no!  She played a song she had written and he just picked up the melody and it was terrific.  We had a good time talking to David later in the evening.  Being able to spend time talking to these artists is GREAT fun.  We get all their life stories---so interesting!

Our fellow travelers are so pleasant and many of them have retired to a life of cruising.  They have been everywhere--one lady 135 countries!

Coquimbo, Chile

This port stop was not so scenic---we are on a large commercial dock with barges and container cargo ships all around.



We walked along the craft booths at the pier, enjoyed large seals at the pier, and the fish market.  Pete stopped at every one taking it all in--they all looked alike to me!  They certainly all smelled the same!



A walk along the bay

Giant seals on the rocks
 

The markets and craft areas are very low pressure--no one in your face to buy their wares!  There are no beggars around.  All of South Americas the same way!  That was a surprise for us.  We walked about a mile to this very modern 4 story indoor mall.  All the U.S. favorite stores here!
 
Modern mall

In the Mall-- all the U.S. favorites!



The view from the open air 4th floor mall was worth getting here!  This is the Millennium Cross the first thing you see from the ship!


The top left corner is our ship--Serena

 

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