{"id":18470,"date":"2020-12-25T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=18470"},"modified":"2020-12-21T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:04:14","slug":"that-old-time-rock-and-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=18470","title":{"rendered":"That Old Time Rock and Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Christmas in Antarctica originally posted by Linda Lou Burton December 25, 2005\u00a0 from Port Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica<\/em> – Kiddies all over the world spend Christmas afternoon playing with their new toys, or scowling about their new sweater from Auntie Marge, wondering why she didn\u2019t send something they really needed, that is, electronic. The kiddies on our ship spent the afternoon inside a volcanic caldera. I don\u2019t know how many of them went ashore, but even if they didn\u2019t, it was a beautiful sight. Myself, I viewed it from the ship but offer photos taken by the crew. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We came into this great natural harbor through a 200-meter-wide entrance known as Neptune\u2019s Bellows, for the winds which often howl through. Once inside, perfect calm. We anchored at Port Foster, the name given the waters inside ring-shaped Deception Island. A volcanic caldera! The last eruption was 1970, and most of the damage done was due to a massive mudslide. Home to British, Norwegian, and Australian whalers or researchers at various times during the past, it\u2019s mostly a tourist stop now.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Main attraction: swimming! Steam vents from the volcano offer waters warm, bubbling from the black volcanic sands. Did our contingent swim today? Ya, you betcha! Ten brave and hardy souls came back bragging, grinning big, the Australians, we are told.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Coffee and Christmas cakes on Dekk 7, to celebrate.\u00a0Then time to leave. The ship moved out into Bransfield Strait, then on to Gerlache, headed towards the Antarctic Peninsula itself. We hit open waters, during the dinner buffet.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The ship swayed left, the ship swayed right. Passengers with plates full of pickled herring grabbed the railing, knees buckled, hang on tight. The servers managed better, more accustomed to the movements of the ship. Still, there was a crash, a stack of glasses broke against the floor.<\/p>\n

I had my wristbands on, pressing tight against the acupressure point. Do not get seasick, I told myself. We laughed at each other, \u201cGet the fork into the mouth. Don\u2019t miss!\u201d The water sloshed back and forth inside our glasses. Some bites of bread, that is all I wanted. \u201cIt\u2019s better to be seasick with your stomach full,\u201d I\u2019m told. I ate some more.<\/p>\n

My room. That is where I wanted to be. I grabbed the handle of the dining room door, went hand to hand from rail to rail. To the stairway, down one floor. The hallway to my room is fitted with good railing, which I held to tightly.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s the bed. I am there now. And there I stay. Rock and roll. Burp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christmas in Antarctica originally posted by Linda Lou Burton December 25, 2005\u00a0 from Port Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica – Kiddies all over the world spend Christmas afternoon playing with their new toys, or scowling about their new sweater from Auntie Marge, wondering why she didn\u2019t send something they really needed, that is, electronic. The kiddies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4118],"tags":[244,4216,4214,4217,4215,4213,4218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18470"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18623,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18470\/revisions\/18623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}