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Author Archives: patmathews
Fortaleza, Brazil
April 7, 2018 We had three sea days to travel from Rio to Fortaleza. Our original itinerary was to stop in Recife, but that got changed to Fortaleza. We did find out that the reason had to do with a … Continue reading
Posted in April, South America
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
What a fabulous 3 days we had in Rio. It is actually hard to decide which photos to post – the city is absolutely beautiful. Sunday, April 1, 2018 Well, to get started, on Easter Sunday we were told that … Continue reading
Posted in April, Excursions, South America
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Buzios, Brazil
March 31, 2018 The Passover seder last night was well done! Tom did a great job organizing and running it. There were 104 people there, well over expectations. Quite a few weren’t Jewish but wanted to experience the seder. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Food, March, South America
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Ilha Grande, Brazil
March 30, 2018 We had a great dance party under the stars and moon last night. The ship’s entertainment team sang and we had caipirinhas which is the national drink here. This morning at breakfast, the bunnies appeared! And there … Continue reading
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Parati, Brazil
March 29, 2018 What a beautiful place! The sun was shining this morning and it is a warm day. We were picked up at the ship (at anchor as the port is shallow) by the schooner that took us around … Continue reading
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Santos/Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 28, 2018 We arrived in Santos Brazil at 8 AM. We are in a shipping port and it is the largest port in Brazil. We headed to Sao Paolo with our guide, Pedro ( on the right in the … Continue reading
Posted in Excursions, March, South America
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Porto Bello, Brazil
March 27, 2018 As our cruise director jokes, we are in Porto Bello, home of the mushrooms. Not really. Porto Bello is a quaint fishing village on the southeast coast of Brazil. The harbor is shallow so we had to … Continue reading
Posted in Excursions, March, South America
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At Sea
March 26, 2018 So what did we do on a day at sea? Four miles around the deck. Cooking demonstration with Raffaele Saia, our executive chef, and Sugiri Fnu the chef from the fabulous Red Ginger restaurant. It was Asia … Continue reading
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Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
March 25, 2018 Last night we were invited to dinner with Thierry Tholon, the General Manager, and Alex Norton, the Oceania Ambassador. We had two other couples at our table, one from Australia and one from Vienna. We had a … Continue reading
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Montevideo, Uruguay
March 23 and 24, 2018 Whenever the captain comes on the intercom and it is not noon – when he makes his daily update announcement, we have learned from previous cruises that it is not good news. So when we … Continue reading
Posted in Excursions, March, South America
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