DAY 16---MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

The fact that the cruise is coming to an end is starting to depress me as it means leaving new found friends and more importantly means packing which I hate, hate, hate.

We've all agreed to meet at 9AM for breakfast and get off the ship around 10 AM. I decided to take the scooter and it's a good thing I did as we took a four mile trek. We had some problems as the city is definitely not handicap accessible. You would get to certain street corners and there would be a dip for wheelchairs but nothing on the other side so I would have to ride in the street until I found something. In some cases I didn't so I had to get off and try to push it either up or down the curb and ran it over my foot several times. That wasn't fun. We were out for about 3 1/2 hours and we had a good time. We couldn't have asked for better weather. Today it was sunny but there was a slight breeze. Apparently the people in Uruguay have never seen a scooter so half of the people we saw were staring at this novel mode of transportation.

When we got back to the ship we all went for lunch. Back to the cabin where Enid did a lot of her packing but I always put that off for the last minute. Went to the Constellation Lounge to give out the tips to the bartenders and then went to Dick and Linda's cabin for sailaway and then back to the lounge for our nightly drinks.

As we walked into the dining room Cihan told us we were going to be 9 for dinner. One of the officers we met last night accepted our dinner invitation and joined us. His name was Verdan and he is sure he will be on the Century when we go to Australia. Dinner was very enjoyable but I really hate saying goodbyes. After dinner I finally came upstairs and packed and for some strange reason my luggage is much lighter now than when I came. What's really weird is everyone is saying the same thing.

Tomorrow we fly to Iguazu Falls so I'm not sure when I'll be able to send another update.