Saturday

Every day in every elevator of ms Amsterdam there was a mat showing us what day of the week it was. There were 12 passenger elevators - think about the stack of mats for all those elevators! And we never caught anybody changing them, although one day we got on an elevator that was one day behind; that was confusing!

Rainbow

Our next port was Ushuaia (oo shwy uh), Argentina. Berthed next to us was the Star Princess, carrying twice as many passengers as the Amsterdam--big! Just before we disembarked a rainbow appeared and it was that rare sighting - a full bow!

Towel animals

Each night on the Amsterdam our stateroom steward would leave a little towel animal on our bed. Here are a couple of endearing ones.

Valparaiso

Finally, we are on board Holland America's ms Amsterdam in Valparaiso, Chile. This view from the ship was taken to show the colorful boats moored there but it also shows the general makeup of the city: tall buildings near the water and the rest uniformly small residential homes.