Puerto Montt

Let's Go Dancing With The Stars

The cruise line I work for recently added a “Dancing with the Stars at Sea” show onboard several of its ships. The competition uses modified dances from the “Dancing with the Stars” TV show. Stars from the actual show will be on our ship this summer for a special themed cruise, but members of our cast are the pros in the competition. We taught three 1 hour classes last cruise (waltz, jive, cha cha). Six passengers were selected and paired with “pros” whom which they competed with in a huge production show. One winner will be selected from each cruise through November and then they will compete against winners from other ships on another (free!) cruise in January. This was a huge learning process and a lot of work, but it has been rewarding and passengers really seem to enjoy it.

 

 

Easter

We lucked out and just happened to be in Buenos Aires for Easter so a few of us went to the new pope, Francis’ old church, the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. It was beautiful and packed with tourists as it is now an even bigger part of history. There was memorabilia for sale on the streets including magnets and shirts displaying the happy new pope. One of the newspapers took our picture in front of the church so we may be in it and many different news channels were filming inside. The service was in Spanish, but easy to understand. Happy Easter!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oppa Esera Style

We began rehearsing during the last cruise for a crew show organized by one of the singers, Esera. He is basically Beyonce in male form. His voice is angelic. While it was his show, he made sure to include everyone in some way whether it was in a movie, a dance number or a joke. We kicked off the show with “Let’s Have a Kiki” which turned into a flash mob. As I had mentioned in a previous post, we had a Kiki themed birthday party and no one knew what it meant. Hopefully they do now! Esera sang several songs including some of his own. My favorite part of the night (other than free wine and pizza) was dancing while he sang “Love On Top” by Beyonce. We learned the dance from the music vid and had a blast on stage. We closed the show with another flash mob to “Gangnam Style.” I think Esera needs to go on tour. He is a star and put on a truly unforgettable performance.

Sheep!

We went shopping in Ushuaia and stumbled upon adorable chocolate sheep in the window of a store called “Ovejitas de la Patagonia.” They are filled with dulce de leche and taste muy delicioso. The lady that works in the store is super sweet and let us sample a bunch of yummy things. Aren't they cute!?

 

Lunch in Montevideo

We went to lunch at the meat market in Montevideo. It's super close to the port and definitely my favorite place to eat in South America. The steaks are massive and the wine is great. We love our medio y medio. So many of our friends left the ship this week so it was nice to go out together one last time.

 

Back to the Falklands!