Hi there...
Just a quick note before I "turn in". The party, tonight, was wonderful. Beautiful round tables with hand stitched cloths, and high pale purple rose topiaries for the centerpieces. The band was terrific and easy to dance to ...many ship's officers were on hand to greet us and renue acquaintances. Oh! the glamour was fun...it is always fun to 'dress up' and to be in a historic place...but so much more fun was seeing people we had met last year. Many were here again for this cruise and it felt sort of like "old home week" when seeing some folks. There was such an air of excitement among all of us...as few have traveled to all the places we shall go...and there is much mystery yet to be revealed. FYI...there are 328 world cruisers in all...! (the ship holds a total of just <1000 passengers).
I am glad that all of our excursions are booked and I won't have to "wait in line" once on board. Although many excursions were closed in Hong Kong, I googled for info re: things to do in Hong Kong, and as a result, a wonderful new E-Mail friend is holding two tickets for us to go on a "junk cruise" for the mid evening in Hong Kong Harbour for coctails and to watch the lights of Hong Kong as well as the famed lazer show there. It will be fun to finally meet this kind gentleman who has helped me with this plan...once we arrive. These kind of circumstances and the opportunities to meet people all over the world certainly holds a specail allure for me, personally. I have been criticized for spending too much time E-Mailing on the computer, but, for some reason feeling connected to others accross the miles feels wonderful and hopeful to me.
Being here is a wonderful experience...as this is the historic place of the golden globe awards and in all the halls are pictures of movie stars at various ages and stages in their career. Our floor highlights Sophia Lauren...what a beauty. HOW can one compete with her??? Other halls have JFK, and Marilyn Monroe, and of course, Frankie and the list goes on and on. I am struck with the fact that the pictures show them as such young people...perhaps just starting out in their career...they were SOOOOO young. Ah! Hollywood !
We had the opportunity to go to Rodeo Drive today and I felt torn, yet, was still a bit jet lagged, and so, chose, instead, to relax and to even nap this afternoon. Sometimes sleep is a luxury one cannot afford to miss !
With that in mind...off to be with me...for, we leave at just after 11a for the ship.
Will email you from there in a day or so...after we get our "sea legs".
much love to all........
nancy
WELCOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS !
Welcome to our BLOG... !
A BLOG is a place to share information and commentary about the life experiences of a person or couple. This is an opportunity to share our lives with you, and so, we shall attempt to keep you all up to date on our life together.
ENJOY !
Our World Cruise 2008 has come...can't believe it ! The time has flown and we are starting the cruise tomorrow. We'll be away from Jan 2008-May of 2008. I will be posting frequently, so, please, check-in often and comment "whenever the spirit moves you", (as my mother used to say !). PLEASE, check the section about "how to comment"...it may help you when you choose to do this after reading a section.
It is my hope that, at any time, but, especially, during this cruise, we ALL will use this site to stay "connected" with oneanother, dispite the vast geographical challenge...and feel wonderful about the sharing of thoughts and feelings, altogether.
I shall post pictures from the ship and from various places we visit...but most will be on 'shutterfly' and you will be able to access them via this BLOG by clicking on the HYPERLINK I shall place within the posting. If at any time the hyperlink doesn't work, then type the address into your web browser to go to shutterfly and use the password to access the OTooleworldcruise2008 collection...whenever you would wish to do so.
We hope that you will feel welcome and think of this, sort of, as YOUR SITE, too.
a message from,
Nancy and Patrick
A BLOG is a place to share information and commentary about the life experiences of a person or couple. This is an opportunity to share our lives with you, and so, we shall attempt to keep you all up to date on our life together.
ENJOY !
Our World Cruise 2008 has come...can't believe it ! The time has flown and we are starting the cruise tomorrow. We'll be away from Jan 2008-May of 2008. I will be posting frequently, so, please, check-in often and comment "whenever the spirit moves you", (as my mother used to say !). PLEASE, check the section about "how to comment"...it may help you when you choose to do this after reading a section.
It is my hope that, at any time, but, especially, during this cruise, we ALL will use this site to stay "connected" with oneanother, dispite the vast geographical challenge...and feel wonderful about the sharing of thoughts and feelings, altogether.
I shall post pictures from the ship and from various places we visit...but most will be on 'shutterfly' and you will be able to access them via this BLOG by clicking on the HYPERLINK I shall place within the posting. If at any time the hyperlink doesn't work, then type the address into your web browser to go to shutterfly and use the password to access the OTooleworldcruise2008 collection...whenever you would wish to do so.
We hope that you will feel welcome and think of this, sort of, as YOUR SITE, too.
a message from,
Nancy and Patrick
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