11/22/14 - I don't even know where to start but here we go. Of course, I won't remember alot of things since I did not keep daily notes but will confirm the highlights of the trip. 11/4/14 - Aunt Esther took me to the airport and I left from Tampa, Florida and arrived in Miami, Florida to join my niece Deborah for a 17 day trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ushuaia, Argentina and on to Antarctica. We then checked in for our flight to Buenos Aires. We arrived at 4:40am on 11/5/14. 11/5/14 - It took us a minute to figure out how to get to the hotel. We finally got on a bus that promised to get us there. Sure enough. They were very kind and we were able to check in early. We were on the 9th floor looking out over a major street and park. It was beautiful. We then started to explore the city via foot or subway. We saw lots of parks and a really old cemetery where Eva Peron was buried. There were military colonels, government personnel and various wealthy families buried there as well. We toured a catheral which was right in middle of town. We talked to the pink house which is actually like out white house. I did alot of walking that day because at times our subway map would takes us one way and we learned that there was a dead end!! 11/6/14 - We decided to take a fast ferry to Uruguay for a few hours. We landed and walked a very old, old town that still had stones for streets. We had a little lunch and returned to Buenos Aires. As were getting our tickets and passing through immagration, we soon learned we did not have the proper document with us to re-entry Argentina but with some discussion, we were able to pull the document off the computer so finally back on the ferry without any extra fees. That evening we went to a tango show at Cafe Tortino which was absolutely great. 11/7/14 - In the morning, we got a private car that took us to the airport and we are on our way to Ushuaia (city known as the end of the world). When we arrived, we were transported to the hotel by the cruise line and then checked in. We soon learned that some other individuals were at the same hotel that would be on the cruise. When we got to the room, it had a strong perfume type of scent so Deborah opened the window to get some fresh air. We then went to dinner with a group of 8 of us and that started our friendships for the next 11 days. 11/8/14 - We explored parts of Ushuaia with some other friends and then off to the ship for boarding at 4:00pm. The ship is very small and that made it very interesting because we were able to get acquainted with a lot of people. There were 108 passengers on board and I forgot how many crew members but I think around 70. More later.