Alaska Cruise con't

7/29 we arrived in Juneau. The weather was perfect, no rain!! We lucked out because we were told it had rained for 3 weeks straight.

Once we got off the ship we boarded a bus to Mendenhall Glacier. After that we went on a Whale Watching trip. We have a good time on both trips, but the whale watching was our favorite. They guarantee that you will see whales. At first we saw some Humpbacks that were only skimming the water. Disappointment set in, but it was long after that those whales put on a wonderful show for us.

Alaska Cruise con't

7/27 we left Seattle on the Norwegian Pearl. Looking forward to a wonderful adventure to Alaska. The first day on the ship we found out that maybe the cruise wasn't going to be as enjoyable as we thought. It all started when we went to the main dining room, which is free in the Freestyle cruising that Norwegian advertises.

Well, we learned quickly that there was a "group" of 800 people that had reserved the dining room for the whole cruise !! There was another free dining room, but getting in there was like breaking into Fort Knox !! Now we were mad. So off to the Buffet we headed (I don't like buffets).....and to our surprise most of the "group" was up there and there were no tables. Finally we found a table and ate. Not happy about any of this.

The next morning we managed to get into the main dining room for breakfast. The Assistant Matre'D told us that we could reserve the other main diningroom for dinner, but you could only reserve one day in advance (all cruise lines do that). So we got a reservation for that night. The service in that diningroom let a lot to be desired, but the staff was friendly.

We also had some rough seas that first day. That didn't bother us very much, but the "group" would continue to be a thorn in our sides throughout most of the cruise.

The show that night wasn't very good. We only had one other cruise to compare with and that cruise had Vegas style shows every night. No so on Norwegian. There was only one show we enjoyed. Not much in the way of dancing on this cruise. The one disco with a dance floor didn't have very good music and the dance floor was filled with children the only night I went. To be fair, it may not have been like that the other nights.

Norwegian loves to give lectures !! Lecture after lecture and most were held in the main lobby area so it could be heard almost in all the public places. That was very annoying.

Guess you figured out we weren't to happy with Norwegian. I don't blame the "group" for any of this, but Norwegian didn't handle it very well considering the rest of the passengers was the largest group on the ship.

Alaska Cruise

The date 7/25/08, my husband and I leave our home in PA and drive to Shearton Hotel at Newark Liberty Airport, NJ. We arrive around 8:30PM EDT. We leave the hotel at 6:00 AM to go to airport. We wait, and wait and wait..... Apparently we got to the airport to early. We meet our friends Gloria and Al at the gate....they didn't arrive to early. Board plane and go to Seattle Airport. Check into a Radisson Hotel around 11:00am PDT. Leave the hotel and take a Metro bus to downtown Seattle.......all sorts of mayheim and madness ensues by this time.

"You have to go to the Market" "Oh the Market is so much fun" "Make sure you see them throwing fish" (trust me I wanted to throw more than fish by the time this "adventure" was over). I told my husband and friends I just need a little something to eat to hold me over (I get very cranky when I am hungry). Also, because they all know I have MS I cannot sprint down 4 blocks to anywhere, so why were they sprinting ??

We get to the market and there must have been a million people there !! I kid you not !! A million !!! (OK I'm exaggerating). But there were a lot of people there. No place to sit, my head almost exploded trying to see if I could find something to eat. Anyway, by now we are all mad at each other, or should I say they were mad at me. I see a restaurant upstairs, we climb the steps....and it is a Bolivian restaurant (sorry, don't eat Bolivian). So down we go and I spot an alley with a pizza sign. I bolt in there...they follow, we get food (not very good food), finish our tour of the Market in 5 minutes and take the Metro bus back to the hotel saying that we HATE Seattle !!!

As you will see our opinion changed after the cruise.

Finally !!

I created this blog then I couldn't figure out how to get back. I am not the most computer literate person in the world, but at least I am here again. I wanted to show you my fall foilage photo's.

Enjoy !!

Michele

I was reading someones blog....geez I forgot her name already....LOL Well anyway, she posted a picture of her mini poodle Molly, so I just had to show off my Magic. They are twins !! Magic just got a haircut.

I rescued him from a local park. A man was going to leave him chained to a softball field fence !! Luckily I was able to talk to the man and ended up walking out of the park with him. That was 5/15/03....he was 7 months old.

I brought him into our fur family of our dog Noah and two cats, Lorca and Bear (Bear has since moved to Arizona). They all get along great.

Have a great day and for those who live where it is hot (like here today) stay cool !!

Greetings to all my fellow lovers of photography and scrapbooking. I am new to blogging and so I will start off slowly.

I have lived in the Northeast region of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania all my life. I am married for 35 years and we have 3 sons and one Granddaughter.

I started photography (amatuer for sure) about 6 years ago. I currently am using a DSLR Sony A100 camera. I've come a long way since my first digicam an HP 1.3 mgpixel.

Scrapbooking started about 4 years ago after our son's wedding. At the time I had no idea how big scrapping was. Currently I have 11 albums I am working on. I also love most paper crafting and altering.

I look forward to discussing my passions with you.