Saturday, April 23, 2011

Best Memories


Memories that will linger:
Dubai with its magnficient tall buildings
Suez canal and the Panama canals—as fabulous in their own way as the pyramids.
Queen Elizabeth itself and the massive complication of making it run, the line of waiters in the morning, the turned down quilts in the evening (how will I manage to turn down my own quilt at night?), the afternoon tea in the Queens Room—exactly like the one upstairs only they bring it to you, being called “Mum” by staff at every opportunity.
Wandering Rome, Athens and Lisbon on our own and especially seeing the Sistine chapel (on tour) again.
The infernal formal nights.  Our delightful table mates.
The welcoming events in the morning—the Samoan dancers in the rain, the Indian Railway band, the Hong Kong dragon dancers, the sailaway in Sydney and especially Perth with thousands of purple flags not to mention the three Queens with fireworks in the snow of New York City.
Traveling through the pirate zone the preparations and razor wire, the onboard security, the constant watchers on the deck.  We expected no trouble and had no trouble, but still it was an event.
And all that wine.

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