I'm finally getting around to doing a post about our cruise. I guess it seemed a little daunting because there's a lot to say, but I think I will break it up into segments.....Anyway, David and I went on a cruise to Alaska June 9-16. It was the first cruise either of us had been on and we had a great time. We were able to get our ocean view cabin upgraded to a balcony, which was really nice and also gave us a little more space.
We spent the first afternoon/evening getting situated and finding our way around the ship. I was excited about the food and being able to dress up and go to dinners in the formal dining room. I had escargot one night (which David found somewhat disgusting and wouldn't try) and we both had filet mignon and lobster tail on another night-it was nice to have fancy meals and try some things that I've never tried before. They also had entertainment on the ship most of the nights-we saw the magician and a comedian that were pretty good. Every day when our room was cleaned, they would make an towel animal-I got pictures of a few of them, but there was also a scorpion and an elephant.
The cruise was round trip from Seattle, WA and our first dock was in Juneau, AK. Juneau is Alaska's capitol and although I lived in Alaska until I was 12, I had never been there before. I actually hadn't been to any of the places in Alaska that the cruise docked, so it was nice going to new places. It was raining in Juneau for pretty much the whole time we were there, but we still had a good time. We walked around and looked in a few shops and then stopped at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox church which is a historic church there. I also took pictures of the Capitol building and the Governor's mansion. In our exploring we came across a very pretty river and it was so green-it made me sad that I live in the desert now. After walking around and exploring, we decided to get out of the rain for a while and went to the Alaska State Museum. They had some very interesting exhibits about various tribes native to the area and other interesting history. After the museum, we rode a tram up the side of Mt. Roberts. The view was a little foggy from the rain, but we still could see the city and out into the ocean. We saw a rehabilitated bald eagle and saw a presentation by the Tlingit (klin-kit) tribe that operates the tram. We hiked a little trail while we were on the mountain, but it got windy and the umbrella blew inside out. So, after that we were pretty cold and wet and decided to head back to the ship.
link to Juneau pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/schmelode/Juneau
link to pics taken from our cabin balcony: http://picasaweb.google.com/schmelode/ViewFromCabinBalcony
link to pics of our cabin:
http://picasaweb.google.com/schmelode/TowelAnimalsAndCabin
more to come soon...
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