Today is our last day and we are now travelling into New York for a 11 a.m. arrival.
Last night we made it to dinner feeling quite merry – what is it about a very good vodka (or five) that leaves you with absolutely no hangover. After visiting the Queens Lounge and having two raspberry cocktails (champagne/brandy/vodka x 2) finishing our wine left over from the previous night I can assure all readers that I was far from sober and crawled back to our room to collapse into the lovely comfortable bed. Hubby decided to hit the casino one last time and came back with quite a bit of cash, having failed miserably at the blackjack table and dropping his last $10 into the $1 slot machine and winning in excess of $500 he was one very happy bunny.
This morning with a heavy heart I dragged myself out of bed and we made it down to breakfast (for the first time ever!) It was the first time as previously we have not made it as we haven’t been hungry but we realized that as we had a long day ahead we should set ourselves up for the day.
We have been told that we can continue to use our room for as long as we need it which is nice to know, but we are completely packed and have just used the room as a base to leave our small overnight bags. Talking of which, last night was a mercy dash to the shops to purchase a QM2 holdall as our cases are stuffed to the hilt and all weigh 22.7 kg – just .3 kg shy of the airlines weight limit. Yes I am the packing queen – and am grateful that we purchased a luggage scale which has been the most useful purchase for us. The addition of another travel bag means that our attic is overwhelmed with suitcases, most emergency last minute panic purchases.
After breakfast we grabbed the camera and proceeded up to the very top of the ship up to the viewing deck which was packed with people all ready with cameras to take pictures as we proceeded under the Verrazano bridge. Hubby was snapping away as the forward part of the ship (excuse the lack of technical terminology) proceeded under the bridge, then as we passed under and everyone did a 180 degree turn to take a picture of the funnel going under the bridge the camera died on us as the battery ran out!!!!
We are now sitting in the Queens Grill lounge, which is slowly filling up with people ready to depart the ship, it is 10.10 a.m. and we are due to arrive at 11.00 a.m. We have had a police escort all the way and a police helicopter has been hovering overhead as we approach Manhattan. We are going to catch up with a few people that we have befriended during the course of our holiday and now I am going to close down. The ship is just turning as it prepares to come along port side and we are now at the end of our trip on the QM2.
I will post ‘post-cruise’ notes when I am back in Bermuda but for now, au revoir and thank you everyone that has supported my blog and made some lovely comments which have been most encouraging. (nice to know I’m not ‘talking’ to myself)
Cheers everyone
Last night we made it to dinner feeling quite merry – what is it about a very good vodka (or five) that leaves you with absolutely no hangover. After visiting the Queens Lounge and having two raspberry cocktails (champagne/brandy/vodka x 2) finishing our wine left over from the previous night I can assure all readers that I was far from sober and crawled back to our room to collapse into the lovely comfortable bed. Hubby decided to hit the casino one last time and came back with quite a bit of cash, having failed miserably at the blackjack table and dropping his last $10 into the $1 slot machine and winning in excess of $500 he was one very happy bunny.
This morning with a heavy heart I dragged myself out of bed and we made it down to breakfast (for the first time ever!) It was the first time as previously we have not made it as we haven’t been hungry but we realized that as we had a long day ahead we should set ourselves up for the day.
We have been told that we can continue to use our room for as long as we need it which is nice to know, but we are completely packed and have just used the room as a base to leave our small overnight bags. Talking of which, last night was a mercy dash to the shops to purchase a QM2 holdall as our cases are stuffed to the hilt and all weigh 22.7 kg – just .3 kg shy of the airlines weight limit. Yes I am the packing queen – and am grateful that we purchased a luggage scale which has been the most useful purchase for us. The addition of another travel bag means that our attic is overwhelmed with suitcases, most emergency last minute panic purchases.
After breakfast we grabbed the camera and proceeded up to the very top of the ship up to the viewing deck which was packed with people all ready with cameras to take pictures as we proceeded under the Verrazano bridge. Hubby was snapping away as the forward part of the ship (excuse the lack of technical terminology) proceeded under the bridge, then as we passed under and everyone did a 180 degree turn to take a picture of the funnel going under the bridge the camera died on us as the battery ran out!!!!
We are now sitting in the Queens Grill lounge, which is slowly filling up with people ready to depart the ship, it is 10.10 a.m. and we are due to arrive at 11.00 a.m. We have had a police escort all the way and a police helicopter has been hovering overhead as we approach Manhattan. We are going to catch up with a few people that we have befriended during the course of our holiday and now I am going to close down. The ship is just turning as it prepares to come along port side and we are now at the end of our trip on the QM2.
I will post ‘post-cruise’ notes when I am back in Bermuda but for now, au revoir and thank you everyone that has supported my blog and made some lovely comments which have been most encouraging. (nice to know I’m not ‘talking’ to myself)
Cheers everyone
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