Well the time has come we had to leave the ship and it was not a pretty sight they had to drag me off kicking and crying! Last night Bill went to the superbowl party and I returned the last book to the library and had $20 in my purse so I went into the casino put it in a dollar machine and hit for $400 plus my original $20. Wonderful. We got off the ship this morning after all the hugs and goodbyes we sailed off our luggage waiting. The Concierge was there with a cart for our luggage of course we needed 2 carts and we went outside and there was our guide. What a great guy he took all the luggage immediately and we headed to the Alvear Palace Hotel to drop our luggage and then head to the airport. Now we are in the van the the first words I can think of is "HOLY SHIT" these people drive worse than New Yorkers wait even worse than Massachusetts. We get to a corner to turn left we wait for the left turn signal only problem is the traffic coming also has the light our driver just goes I am holding my breath and saying the rosary. I feel like Shelly in The In-Laws "Did we hit that kid on 34 Street" Now I decided this is not going to work I need to just close my eyes and pray. Okay I open my eyes and we pull up to the most exquiste hotel we go into the lobby to get a safe deposit box no sense bringing my jewelry up to the falls, next we head to the airport. Okay can someone pinch me I feel like I am back in the 50s. Our guide comes in with us gets us situated with boarding passes and we learn even though we have what is considered a carry on in the USA it is 2 meters over the weight. So it has to be checked. They call for a wheelchair and tell me to have a seat at the coffee place. They say it could be 5 minutes or 30 minutes. Okay we wait 30 minutes no chair now I am starting to freak out because it is a long walk and I don't want to miss the plane so we walk to the end of the hall and I ask the policeman where I have to go. He doesn't speak English I dont speak Spanish now Bill is starting to freak out. The cop takes us to the elevator and says 2 with his fingers. So up to 2 we go now all the gates are there and we still don't know where to go so I figure go into the shop they will speak English. Yeah the girl tells me I have to look at the monitor and find the gate okay now to gate 4 we follow the signs go through security in like 2 minutes get there gates 5-10 no 4 follow another sign oh we now have to go down an escalator. Up down. get to gate 4 people no one in charge see a family I met on the ship confirm they are going to the same place and sit. Finally they call it (in Spanish) and we go up to the door we now have to board buses and when we get to the plane we have to walk up all those steps! Lord help me! it was a quick flight 1 1/2 hours and we were landing one drink and a snack box. got off the plane and alas it was a small airport only 4 gates but you did not have to go outside! got our luggage and our guide Gabriella was waiting. Into the car we go to the Shearton Iguazu Falls. Beautiful hotel and we have a suite the entrance and the bathroom were as big as our stateroom we have a huge veranda with the most gorgeous view of the falls. We get settled into the room and go explore the hotel. Buy some hats so our heads don't burn. I guess we should have brought our swim suits oh well! we go down to have dinner and as we walk into the dining room I see a familar face it looks like the ships photographer then I hear Oh Mrs Gilbert what are you doing here and there is Storme from the Shore Excursions desk! I get a hug they are there escorting the crystal group for the day to the falls! It was nice to see the people almost snuck back on board with them! Had a wonderful buffet dinner with Argentina Beef, chicken and all other kind of things. Don't have pictures of the suite but here are a few pictures of the view from our living room and bedroom
have a great night. Tomorrow we are doing the falls.
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