March 5, 2016 - Very quiet day today finding our own rhythm aboard. Reacquainting myself with Nenad, the IT god, I'm now wired. Today, I'm catching up with the blog, as I've neglected writing since we left Coral Springs for Rio.
There was a very good lecture by Terry Breen, cultural anthropologist for Regent, discussing the 2016 Olympics. Following the successful bid for the Olympics, reality set in and Rio has been working like mad to clean up the city, complete the venues located in five places around the city, many of the venues were used for the PanAmerican Games so Rio had a leg up. The biggest challenges Rio faces in the sprint to the finish line in August are two fold: money to finish in time and cleaning up the Enseada de Botafogo for the water sports - which is still filled with raw waste.
Lunch was a trip as we met a fascinating couple. They looked like street people, he very large, long hair and scruffy beard, from Montreal; she thin and wrinkled from Martinique. Finding out that her parents arranged for her marriage and at that, she headed to Paris for 6 years, but on her return, there was still a list of potential husbands waiting for her! So once again she took off, this time to Montreal! This couple celebrated their 50th anniversary with an around the world cruise on Seabourn and now cruising MIA r/t on Regent for 72 days around South America!
I've been hard at work since lunch and am headed for a Rosetta before going up to dress for dinner...Formal optional tonight! Jewels and Champagne! I'm there! Tomorrow Champagne and Caviar for breakfast! Oh the life!
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