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Around the World in 128 Days - Day 1 of 4 crossing the Atlantic

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  Travel Day 122 - May 4, 2024 - 16,725 Steps A bit dark and gloomy this morning. Linda found the sea conditions to her liking. Kim's guest this morning was the ship's Staff Captain and he was great. Here he answers a question concerning who is selected to dock or undock the ship when in port. Asked how many languages he speaks, it came to a total of eight, and by speaking, it meant he was fluent in them. As to why so many, he said his parents pushed him to learn as many as he could because it would open the whole world to him with the ability to work almost anywhere. He mentioned his parents spoke 4 languages between them and they moved from country to country as he was growing up due to their knowledge of those languages. His brother lives in Germany, his sister in Austria and his son is finishing up his engineering degree in Italy, but wants find work in the US. Oh, the Staff Capt. and his wife also live in Italy. Nothing like a phone and cup of coffee to pass the time waiti
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Around the World in 128 Days -Cape Verde on a Cooking Excursion

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  Travel Day 121 - May 3, 2024 - 13,438 Steps The harbor at Mindelo, Cape Verde. Fishing boat heading out. And shortly after a fishing boats comes in. It is a beautiful place of blue water and volcanic mountains. Zuiderdam and friends. Sidewalk vegetable vendor. Some of what will be going into the cachupa we will be preparing and eating, which is the the national dish of Cape Verde. One of the meats that go into it is pork. Smiling chef. That's how it's done. Part of the restaurant kitchen where we were "peeling potatoes." Once everything was peeled we were off to visit some of the local markets while the restaurant chef finished preparing the dish and started it cooking. Just how dull was that knife? Walking to the fish market saw the sidewalk vendors out in force. The fish market had colorful fresh fish. And not so colorful dried fish. And there were even photogenic fish photographers. Color of a different sort. The art center. Seeing is believing. Fruit and vegetab
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