Barbara Thompson

Sunday, March 5, 2023 Happy birthday to my sister, Nancy! We were in Brazil two days ago and tonight we went to see Bruce Springsteen. Man, do we live the best lives! The tickets were sold with dynamic pricing – meaning as we were looking at tickets the prices were going up. The first tickets […]

Saturday, March 4, 2023 And just like that, we are home again. I was so glad to get on a Delta flight last night, it was odd. It felt like a really long day getting to Sao Paulo and getting to Delta felt like we were already almost home. It was lovely to look at

Friday, March 3, 2023 I am writing this first thing in the morning, because I don’t know if we will get a chance later. We fly 4.5 hours from Manaus to Sao Paulo, wait 5 hours, fly 9.5 hours to Atlanta, wait 2 hours, fly 2.5 hours home. Here is yesterday’s quiz – we had

Thursday, March 2, 2023 Night has fallen on the Amazon. The 30 passenger speedboat heads against the barge dock alongside the ship. Passengers step excitedly onboard. The engines thrum as the water soars in a wall of water eight feet high on either side of the boat. We make rapid progress across the Rio Negro

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Happy March! I think spring is just around the corner (because I am in Brazil and it is 90 degrees). It was doughnut day at breakfast, which was pretty exciting because breakfast is exactly the same every day. The unfortunate part was that there was no way to know about it

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Happy Birthday to Sean and Sue! We started the day out by going piranha fishing. They docked a barge right next to ship that let us walk right onto our little boat. What a great idea. We had a great ride down the river – Keith said it felt more Jungle

Monday, February 27, 2023 We were out on deck before 8am this morning! The naturalist, Richard, is out there every morning, taking pictures that he is willing to share with us. I figured his GIANT camera and excellent skill would be all that is needed to get great shots, but I thought I should get

Sunday, February 26, 2023 It was a sea day tonight, as we sailed along in the Atlantic Ocean. It was grey and overcast, then really rainy. Keith started out by practicing while whale watching out of our balcony window. He did not see a whale. Or a dolphin. Trivia at noon – Donna and Elio

Saturday, February 25, 2023 Happy birthday to Karen and Marla! Today also marks six years since we lost our brother-in-law, Thom. We are thinking of all of them today. Today was a really unusual cruise stop. We were officially on French Giana soil, on one of the Îles du Salut (Islands of Salvation) (oh, such

Friday, February 24, 2023 It was a sea day today. We had to be up and ready at noon for trivia – and we barely made it. Given enough time, we can waste all of it. We found Regina and Brad to start, then gathered two people from nearby – Elios and Donna – to