Monday 6 August –
Berth 92 Los Angeles.
I was on a
city drive by with just a couple of stops on the way, we left the Port and got
onto the Freeway and headed to Olvera Street which is the oldest street in LA
and is very Spanish as this area was settled by the Spanish and then later
handed over to the US.
We drove past
Disney Theatre, many Government buildings and we then set out towards Hollywood
Bowl which is an enormous natural outdoor amphitheatre and is one of the most
renowned music venues, the only problem was that there was a function on and we
could not get near it so we had to drive past.
We saw the letters ‘HOLLYWOOD’ up on the hill although it soon
disappeared behind trees and buildings.
We also drove
past the area where they had the Oscar presentations and the area had chairs
and barriers because there was a function on in the evening.
We then drove
through Beverley Hill and saw a number of beautiful houses and we even saw the
little house where Marilyn Munroe lived.
We were
supposed to stop at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre which is an iconic Chinese
inspired Los Angeles movie theatre; it has a walkway paved with the cement hand
and footprints of numerous celebrities from Clark Gable, Brad Pit and
Lassie. As you can see, I said supposed
as our bus driver could not find a parking spot so we didn’t stop. It was very disappointing as all the other
tours managed to stop and the passengers really enjoyed trying to find their
favourite stars.
It was the
day after the anniversary of Marilyn Munroe’s death and there was a wreath and
other flowers on her star.
We stopped at
the Farmer’s Market for lunch and I had a
fantastic southern dish of gumbalyunya which is a dish from ‘down South’ of
rice, seafood and beans, huge meal but luckily 2 men from the ship were passing
and they helped me eat it.
Unfortunately
we headed straight back to the ship, the trip was a disappointment as we were
back early and also didn’t get to see te footsteps which was the main reason I
chose the tour.
I decided it
would be the ideal time to have a swim as most of the passengers were either on
shore or asleep in their cabins and the weather was perfect. I changed, grabbed my sun screen and went up
onto deck 12 and guess what, all the pools had been emptied and so no
swimming. Darn.
Sail-a-way
commenced at 1700 hrs and we proceeded to leave Los Angeles, this city did not
have the same feeling as New York and it had a different feeling. The passengers who went to see the Universal
Studios said that they had a fantastic time and it was well worth the $150 they
paid to go through the studios.
Tuesday 7 August –
North Pacific Ocean.
Another day
at sea, the weather is overcast and the seas are rough and we are experiencing
slight gale force winds, it seems that there are two small hurricanes around,
one on either side of us. We are
travelling 19 knots and trying to outrun the weather, the ship is very stable
and I think it would take a lot to throw this ship around.
Lots of new
faces on board today, it seems that most of the new passengers are Aussies on
their way home. This is the last section
and it is mainly consists of sea days, think there are only about 4 ports left.
A lot of the
passengers have re-booked for next year and yes, so have I, Princess has
offered a fantastic deal of a saving of $10k and $4k on-board spending. There are 12 new Ports to see and of course
some of the fantastic ones from this cruise, I will find out who reads my
Blog!!
Wednesday 8, Thursday
9 & Friday 10 August – Pacific Ocean.
The weather
is slowly warming up although it is still necessary to wear long sleeves when
you go outside. It seems that the health
on the ship has settled down although there are a number of older passengers
are suffering from chest problems.
Thursday was
a formal night and we have only three left, things are coming to an end, the
songs the choir are practicing will guarantee that there are no dry eyes in the
theatre.
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