Happy St. Patrick's Day!

March 17, 2016 - Well, in fine tradition we started our day with Irish Coffee and continue to enjoy them throughout the day. I am pacing myself, as there is a long way to go... Funny, they are serving Bushmills in the Irish Coffees, not Jameson - Bushmills is for the Protestants from Northern Ireland, while Jameson is from Southern Ireland, and quite Catholic... But after two, no one really cares!

It's been a quite day as we make our way out of the Amazon. We dropped off our pilots this morning and will exit the Amazon early evening, meanwhile, we are still surrounded by the Cafe au lait of the Amazon.

I have to admit the ship is dong a grand job of celebrating St. Patrick's Day - nothing the crew is particularly accustomed to. There are green balloons and shamrock balloons in the atrium, lunch offered a fabulous green shamrock cake, with a rainbow, leprechauns  and pot of gold, as well as a beautiful shamrock shaped loaf of bread. There was corned beef and cabbage, colcannon soup, and even an Irish potato and chicken pie!

This afternoon we're all planning on attending a "St. Patrick's Day Teatime" followed by a "St. Patrick's Party! I'll fill you in!  I can only tell you that by the end of the day, we'll all sure to be green!

I didn't plan this trip as a bucket list destination, it just happened, but how fortuitous. It has been an adventure, a luxurious adventure, but an adventure none the less. And once again, you realize how blessed you are, how lucky to have air-conditioning and to be cruising on the beautiful Seven Seas Mariner with an entire staff dedicated to your enjoyment and well being. We must seem like aliens to the natives; we arrive on big ships, we bring money, take a few pictures, buy a few of their crafts and then slip back onto our ship and disappear, never to be seen again.