Day 6 – December 31, 2025 Puerto Madryn, Argentina(Day 4 on the ship) Happy New Year’s Eve!!! 🎊 We arrived in Puerto Madryn around 7 am and had breakfast delivered to the room since we needed to be in the Constellation Theater by 7:30 for our excursion. Today’s adventure: a trip to see the penguins […]
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2025 Regent Antarctic CruiseDay 4 – December 29, 2025 At Sea(Day 2 on the ship) Today was our first full day aboard the ship—and a relaxing day at sea as we cruised along the Argentine coast on our way to Puerto Madryn. We started the morning slowly with coffee in the room before heading to Compass Rose for
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2025 Regent Antarctic CruiseDay 3 – December 28, 2025 Buenos Aires, Argentina → Regent Seven Seas Splendor(Day 1 on the ship) We were up around 7:30 am, took quick showers, grabbed a light breakfast, and headed just a few blocks from the hotel to visit Recoleta Cemetery—one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. Established in 1822
Day 2 – December 27, 2025 Buenos Aires, Argentina After touching down in Buenos Aires around 8:30 am, we made our way through customs, grabbed our luggage, and met up with the driver John had arranged to take us to our hotel—the gorgeous Alvear Palace, where the cruise line put us up for the night
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2025 Regent Antarctic CruiseDay 1 – December 26, 2025 Wendell, NC → Miami, FL → Buenos Aires, Argentina Our adventure officially began early on December 26. Since we spent both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Dad’s house, we needed to be back home in time for our 2:30 pm airport pickup. We rolled in around 9:30 that
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2025 Regent Antarctic CruiseDay 66 – July 24, 2025 – Hveragerdi/Keflavik, Iceland to HOME!!!! We all met for a walk before breakfast and ate around 9ish. There was no rush this morning as our flight didn’t leave until 4:45pm. Finished packing up, got the car packed and took one last walk around before heading out. John drove to
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 65 – July 23, 2025 – Hveragerdi, Iceland We met for breakfast at 8 and then had an hour’s drive to Geysir Geothermal Field. The Great Geysir, the original one, is no longer active yet the geothermal field around it still steams, boils and bubbles nonstop. The term “geyser”, used internationally, describes eruptive hot
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 64 – July 22, 2025 – Hveragerdi, Iceland We went for a short walk along the river before breakfast and took some pictures. It’s very beautiful here! Breakfast was good with some skyr yogurt and fresh fruit along with eggs, bacon, cucumber and a cappuccino! We headed to Reykjavik and to the Reykjavik Museum,
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 63 – July 21, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland to Hveragerdi, Iceland John got in a workout while I had to wash my hair (ugh!) and then we met for breakfast. The car came and picked us up and we headed to the airport. Easy check in and flight was only about 2 hours to
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 62 – July 20, 2025 – Westport to Dublin, Ireland Great breakfast again and Michelle and I split the oatmeal with Bailey’s, and I also had bacon and an egg. We chatted with Angela a bit and then headed out about 9:30. Angela is a wonderful host and while the beds were small, I
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 61 – July 19, 2025 – Westport, Ireland Great breakfast with some oatmeal with Bailey’s Irish Cream added and some French toast with maple syrup and cinnamon. Nothing like a great breakfast full of carbs to get you going, lol! Will be needing them for our hike today in Connemara Park. At the park,
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 60 – July 18, 2025 – Waterville to Westport, Ireland Good breakfast and packed up ready to go. On our way to our next stop, Westport (about a 4 ½ hour drive), we will head towards the Cliffs of Moher. A brief history of the cliffs: We headed to Tarbert to catch the ferry
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 59 – July 17, 2025 – Waterville, Ireland Met for breakfast at 8 am and we made the decision to go ahead and do laundry at the launderette at the gas station since the weather was crappy this morning. We went to Revolution Launderette, of which is a chain all over the UK, and
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 58 – July 16, 2025 – Kinsale to Waterville, Ireland Took a walk this morning knowing we’d be in the car for quite a while today. Another great breakfast with homemade scones, yogurt and eggs/bacon. Grainne and Paddy have been wonderful hosts and have a beautiful house and do a great job. We would
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2025 Italy/Scotland/Ireland/Iceland 2025Day 57 – July 15, 2025 – Kinsale, Ireland A great night’s sleep and a good breakfast with fresh yogurt and berries and I had porridge, and a boiled egg and John had an omelet. Grainne makes homemade scones and today was blueberry and they were delicious! We met a guy from Colorado and another
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