Karla and Rick
Buenos Aires to Milwaukee
7 Mar 22 to 7 May 22

The morning started off with Easter Services in the Aula with a grey ski and ocean in the background. It was a nice service with 50 to 60...

Karla up and out the door for today’s 0730 weather balloon launch. Many more people on deck seven than the last time. Lots of interest...

A typical sea day routine. Gym, Karla did laundry, and Trivia. We had a nice Good Friday Service in The Hide, the most people ever for a...

We opted to not do any of the activities offered as we’ve been to San Juan a few times. Had a crazy morning with immigration. Well...

Yes here we are in the BVI where the local currency is the USD. Not that it matters too much. This was a tender port i.e. we didn’t...

We had a wonderful experience sailing on a catamaran on Colombier Bay, Gustavia St. Barts, VI. A late couple caused a delay and reduced...

Beautiful day in St Kitts, blue sky, puffy clouds. Unlike ocean ships where an intercom announcement in your room was rare and almost...

A beautiful sunny day on this Palm Sunday. This was a tender port so after room service with salmon, cream cheese an English Muffin and...

Having been to Barbados before, we opted out of the included Viking tours. Rick went to the gym for a quick workout while I worked on...

We arrived in Bridgetown, Barbados at noon, so the first part of the morning was our usual, Zoom church, gym and breakfast. Barbados...

And the trivia champions are— THE BOYS!!!!! A convincing two-point victory. What actor entered a look-a-like contest in Monaco and...

Trivia today and the boys tied it up to make tomorrow’s day a play for the championship. How high is the Eiffel Tower in meters? There...

Today was very busy for a sea day. I went to the weather balloon launch. We had humidity, high winds and rain. The other launch I...

Kind of a lazy morning. Some gym time for Rick. I took advantage of an early morning and did the laundry. No one else in sight and the...

Today was a busy Sunday with gym, lectures, trivia and a church service. The first lecture was by the ship’s Chief Engineer. Jonny...

Ah Saturday, get to sleep in late. If only we could. Karla is usually up by 6 and I’m hard pressed to make it past 7. We headed for...

Today we gathered on Deck Seven to launch the weekly weather balloon. If you were to look at the deck plan for Octantis you won’t see a...

A very calm sea last night. At one point I thought we had stopped. We’ve traveled 1,000 of 4,000 nautical miles since leaving Montevideo....

A very rocky night last night. Karla saw a wave hit out forth deck window. I slept through it all. As mentioned so glad we can...

We’re off on a 10 sea days’ excursion to Barbados. I think the remaining days will be repetitious. Placing our saliva samples outside...