South America Atlantis Cruise Trip Log Sumary

SOUTH AMERICA TRIP (BRAZIL – URUGUAY – ARGENTINA)
Saturday, Feb 2nd 2008 through Tuesday, Feb 19th, 2008
Flight Information – Continental Airlines

Note: (subtract 4 hours from below times to get Austin time).                                                            Cruise Information:  Cruise Itinerary   Celebrity Cruise Line   Ship:  Infinity   Stateroom: 7156

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Currency Conversion:

Trip log (brief points):

Day 1 (Saturday Feb 2nd 2008)

• Fly Austin to Houston
• Dinner – Houston airport @ Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

Day 2 (Sunday Feb 3rd 2008) 1st cruise day

• Arrive Rio de Janeiro
• Singer Frenchie Davis (ship’s night entertainment)

Day 3 (Monday Feb 4th 2008) 2nd cruise day

• Ship docked in Rio de Janeiro all day / night
• Tour of Corcovado (Christ Statue) & Tijuca Forest
• Bus ride through Ipanema & Copacabana Beaches
• Indoor pool on ship
• Sambodromo Samba school parades

Day 4 (Tuesday Feb 5th 2008) 3nd cruise day

• Ship docked in Rio de Janeiro all day / night
• Sambodromo Samba school parades
• Bedtime: 4 am
• Ipanema Beach 1-4 pm
• Banda de Ipanema (street parade)
• Let’s Rock (ship’s nightly entertainment)
• Mark Farris playing piano and singing

Day 5 (Wednesday Feb 6th 2008) 4th  cruise day

• Breakfast by pool
• Ship left Rio at noon for Buzios
• Mexican Buffet for lunch
• 4pm Muster Drill
• “Dog Tag Party” by pool
• 6:30 pm arrival in Buzios (tendered)
• 7:30 pm visited Buzios (10 minute tender ride)
• Very nice dinner at Estancia Don Juan
• Pam Ann Show (ship’s entertainment) GREAT SHOW

Day 6 (Thursday Feb 7th 2008) 5th  cruise day

• All day in Buzios, ship left at 6pm
• Ferradura Beach
• Bar do Chico on beach – fish lunch
• Austin gathering in the Champagne Bar
• “After the Ball Party” poolside

Day 7 (Friday, Feb 8th 2008) 6th cruise day

• Parati, Arrive at 8 am leave 8 pm
• 10 am tender to town
• Buggy Ride through old town
• Explore ‘new’ town
• Lunch at Bar Coupe
• Bought a red mask for our mask wall
• Caipirinhas with the Toronto boys and Irish lady at Bar Coupe
• Ice cream at Sorverteria Italiana Miracolo
• Tender back to boat at 4:05 pm
• Spectacle of Broadway (ship’s entertainment)

Day 8 (Saturday, Feb 9th 2008) 7th cruise day

• Santos, Arrive 8 am leave 10 pm
• Stayed on ship
• Pool games:  Synchronized Swimming
• Special Dinner – SS United States
• “Tribu Party” poolside

Day 9 (Sunday, Feb 10th 2008) 8th cruise day

• Porto Belo, Arrive 10 am leave 7 pm
• Walk in town
• Bombinhas Beach
• Back to town
• Long walk back to ship
• Classic Disco T-Dance
• Hypnotist Michael Swenson (ship’s entertainment)

Day 10 (Monday Feb 11th 2008) 9th cruise day

• Florianopolis, Arrive 9 am leave 10 pm
• Praia Mole (beach)
• Snacks at beach at Bar do Deca
• Late afternoon snacks at Rancho do Trapiche in Canasvieiras
• Back to ship 5:50 pm
• Gale winds arrive around 10:30 pm

Day 11 (Tuesday Feb 12th 2008) 10th cruise day

• Full day at sea with gale force winds
• Most activities cancelled or moved
• White party move to tomorrow
• Bingo
• Mark won $180 gambling
• Ships nightly entertainment, Deborah Gibson

Day 12 (Wednesday Feb 13th 2008) 11th cruise day

• Punta del Este, arrive 9 am leave 6 am Thursday
• Rali Museum & Casapueblo Tour
• Lunch in town at Charly
• Playa Bravo & “Hand on the Beach” sculpture
• Dinner at El Tonel Parillo (grill for two)
• “White Party” poolside

Day 13 (Thursday Feb 14th 2008) 12th cruise day

• Montevideo, arrive noon, depart 8 pm
• Morning, relax by pool on ship
• Tour city on foot
• Plaza Constitucion down pedestrian street to Plaza Independencia
• Walked to the Rambla
• Lunch at Tavern La Corte on Plaza Constitucion
• Bought mask for mask wall
• Mercado del Puerto (bought soccer shirt)

Day 14 (Friday Feb 15th 2008) End of cruise

• Buenos Aires – Disembarkation
• Florida Street Pedestrian Mall
• Obelisco
• Plaza de Mayo – Casa Rosada, Cabildo and Metropolitan Cathedral
• Galarias Pacifico
• Plaza San Martin
• Cruzat Beer House (late lunch)
• Buller Brewing Company (dinner)

Day 15 (Saturday Feb 16th 2008) – Buenos Aires

• Plaza Vincent Lopez
• Empanada snack on Av Quintana
• Recoleta Cemetery
• Market Place outside Cemetery
• Basilica de Nuestra Sra. del Pilar
• El Sanjuanino – Empanada Lunch
• Floralis Generica
• Mercado de San Telmo
• Plaza Dorrego
• Bar El Federal
• Plaza de Mayo
• Casa Rosada
• Café Tortoni
• Empire Thai (dinner)
• Bar – “bulnes class-lounge & cosmopolitan bar”
• Bar – “Flux”

Day 16 (Sunday Feb 17th 2008) – Buenos Aires

• La Boca
• Bought Mask at Patagonia
• Bought La Boca Juniors Soccer shirt
• San Telmo Antiques fair
• TerriTorio Brew Pub
• Antares Pub in Palermo Viejo
• Pub-Disco Contra in Barrio Norte for Osos night

Day 17 (Monday Feb 18th 2008) – Buenos Aires - home

• Puerto Madero
• Lunch – Cabana las Lilas
• Jardin Botanico Carlos Thays
• 11:40 pm flight home

Day 18 (Tuesday Feb 19th 2008) – home

• 9:40 am arrive – Austin airport

 

 

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