Today was our first time with feet on the continent and not on islands on it's shelf. Wow, just wow! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world right now. The day started off with snow, rain and high winds so we were told we had to abandon our morning landing but then shortly after an announcement that we are going to Danco Island instead which is a more sheltered area. It was an incredible morning because our zodiac saw a bunch of whales when we went cruising. They were curious and came pretty close to us and gave us a show of their tails. Just absolutely amazing. Then we did our landing to explore Danco Island which had a lot of Gentoo penguins, some fur seals, and various birds that fly. I took my
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