We woke to a beautiful and already warm day with temperatures heading toward 95. The hotel restaurant has an amazing breakfast buffet of fruits, cheeses, meats, egg dishes, and pastries of all sorts. We enjoyed a really great breakfast. Afterward a few of us attended Christmas service at St. Nichols church. The church dated back to the mid 1800's and was really quite beautiful We were surporsed to find the church only 1/4 full for a holiday service. There were no children and it was a good guess that there was noone under 40 in the congregation. After breakfast we walked back to the hotel and enjoyed some free time before meeting in the lobby for Tom and Bobbie's Christmas surprise.
At 12:30 PM we met in the lobby and were informed of our surprise tour to Tigre and the river delta. We would be leaving the city and heading north and out of town to the river delta. Our tour along the way was guided by Valeria who graciously left her family at home and opted to lead us. We stopped in San Yisidro for a short walk, a visit to the cathedral, and some ice cream. Then it was off to Tigre to board a river boat for a cruise of the river delta and the tributaires and canals of the Parana River.
The boat was quide luxurious and we had the entire yacht to ourselves. We road the delta looking the summer homes and docks. Families were enjoyed picnics and swimming. It was unbearably hot and the somewhat cool breeze standing on the back of the boat was a welcome. The river curise lasted about 90 minutes followed by a drive back into the city and to our hotel.
After several hours of rest, swimming in the hotel's fabulous pool.and simply relaxing, we all met in the restaurant at 8::30 PM for our Christmas Dinner and gift exchange. Andrea and Denise arrived in the afternoon just after we had left for the day trip and were excited to join the group. We had the hotel dining room to ourselves and with a beautiful table and lovely dinner, we enjoyed the evening and the great company.
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