Day 3

December 23^rd 2007

All our plans to wake up at 7:00am and explore the city went down the drain when we woke up to discover that we missed the alarm and it was 9:00am. We managed to get out by 10:00am and walk up and down Valparaiso Street. Most things where just opening up so there wasn’t much we could do. We managed to find an electronics store and I got a hair straightener. We looked at some local arts and crafts and then headed back to the hotel to check out and head to Valparaiso Port. Before checking out the front desk wanted me to confirm that I did actually want to throw out all the stuff that was in the trash can.

When we got to the port we got in line to embark the ship. We were well on our way in an hour and half. Believe it or not the only visa they checked was the Chilean one. We got to the ship and proceeded to check in. We filled out our shore excursion forms and then participated in the Mandatory Emergency Boat Drill. We then headed to the Sailaway Party with Cruise Director Archie and Staff. We ate some and then walked around the ship familiarizing ourselves with the different sections of the ship. The waters were quite choppy so the ship was bobbing quite a bit. We filled our thermos mugs with drinks and walked around the ship a bit. We were kinda tired so around 9ish we headed to our room and promptly went to bed watching Mona Lisa Smile.