{"id":196,"date":"2026-03-30T21:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fonh.com\/sacruise\/?p=196"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:21:35","slug":"blog-5-day-3-5-uruguay-march-13-2026-sail-the-ocean-to-rio-march-14-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fonh.com\/sacruise\/uncategorized\/blog-5-day-3-5-uruguay-march-13-2026-sail-the-ocean-to-rio-march-14-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4-5 – Sail the Ocean from Uruguay to Rio de Janeiro (Mar 14-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Day 4 our real first day at sea! Dad got to go on a \u201cBehind the Scenes Tour\u201d of the ship and listened to the General Manager over the ship tell multiple hilarious stories of things he has encountered over the past 15 years of being in charge of the comings and goings of all personnel and managing of all the shore excursions in which we partake.\u00a0 One of his stories was when they went to Greenland and they had made arrangements for a group to play native musical instruments and dance.\u00a0 Only to find initially that no one showed up to do the performance and then when they finally were able to get someone, it was a single person pounding on some rocks.\u00a0 Another instance came in California where a seal had gotten on board and they couldn\u2019t get it off.\u00a0 He figured out that it liked salmon and was able to get the seal off the ship by leading him to the ocean by feeding him the salmon they had for the guests\u2026only the seal wouldn\u2019t leave now that it was receiving free food.\u00a0 In the end they fed the seal 85 pounds of salmon that was supposed to be for the guests. We saw and heard about the high level of commitment and standards that Viking holds everyone to.\u00a0 We heard about their servant leadership.\u00a0 Where once a month the leaders make and serve dinner to the crew that report to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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During the rest of the day, I went to several presentations. The first about what we\u2019d see as we cruised across the Southern Atlantic\u2026Whales, Dolphins, & Birds\u2026and where to look for them.\u00a0 Another was about a number of different Ocean cruises and what you\u2019d see on them, from the Mediterranean, to the South Pacific, to Asia, and finally the Antarctic.\u00a0 And then a talk about the history of our space program and getting to the moon.\u00a0 All very enjoyable and enlightening.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 5 – Our second day at sea.\u00a0 A slow day for us.\u00a0 I went on a tour of the bridge and saw how they steered and managed and controlled the ship\u2026very fascinating.\u00a0 I was told this was a masked booby. I\u2019ll leave Michael to correctly identify this bird.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u00a0 had dinner at Manfredi\u2019s, an Italian restaurant on the ship.\u00a0 We made reservations for a table of, where the other 4 were assigned by the Viking staff. We met Andre and his wife Maisse, from Quebec and Pat & Tom.\u00a0 Mom had an incredibly tender and delicious beef tenderloin. After the meal, they surprised us with a beautiful red encased cheesecake for our anniversary!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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