N and R Travels: Feb 2/3 At Sea

The first half of the first day after we left the Falkland Islands the sea was a little rough, but not as bad as in the Pacific. It calmed down as we went farther north, I think that as we put more of the bulk of South America to our west, it protected us. By the Feb. 3d the seas were calm.

We went to another excellent lecture by Terry Bishop on The WWI Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. After having achieved great success in a battle in the Pacific, German Admiral Graf Spee was confronted with a larger English fleet off the Falklands and his battle force was destroyed and he was killed.

That evening we went to a Liars Club show, where they had presented four words, one at a time. Each of five people from the ship’s staff gave a definition for the word, and we had to decide which was correct. With a lot of help from the Activities Director, we got two out of the four They were words such as arrhenotoky, noseconology, and flummery. Dorothy and Betty, pictured is Margaret who was on our Mediterranean Cruise.

The next day 2/3, we had another cooking demonstration with French Master Chef Jean-Jacques Dietrich and Senior Executive Chef, Wolfgang Maier. They prepared Cornish Hen “Grand Mere”, Lime Marinated Salmon with Apples, and Hummus with Pita Bread.

Nancy and I went to Bingo in honor of Dorothy, and Nancy won two out of the five games.

Terry Bishop gave another excellent Lecture on the Battle of the River Plate (near Montevideo and the end of the Graf Spee. The Germans built a pocket battleship and named it the Graf Spee, after the admiral killed in the Falklands. It raided merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic. It was damaged during the battle of the River Plate, and entered the neutral port of Montevideo for repairs. It was forced to leave without adequate fuel or ammunition, so rather then having his men killed, the captain scuttled the ship outside the Montevideo harbor, where it still rests.

Terry Bishop has a lot of talent as a speaker, humorist, and as it turns out troubadour. He entertained us that evening with Tales and Tunes from a Troubadour. He is British and has that wonderful British wit and mellow singing voice.