Well! Let me just say that whomever said cruising was a relaxing vacation, well they downright LIED!
For two whole weeks I was not so much as relaxed for even a minute! Well, maybe a minute. If'n we were in port then we were up at 7.30am and off the boat soon after not returning until about an hour before we needed to. Then followed the regulation showers, changing, feeding kids and getting them to kids club and then dinner for adults. The kids clubs finished at about 10.00pm (although there were late sittings until 1.00am - which we used a couple times) and the kids partied up as hard as we did - they loved going to the theme nights and dancing up a storm with the Cruise Director' staff, whom we became really good friends with. Bed however, was never before 12.30 or 1am. Days at sea were not much more quiet either as there was always "something" happening that we had to go do (VBG).
By the time we staggered off at Los Angeles two weeks later, we had plenty of email addresses, and the promises from a few staffers that they would be visitin us at the end of the year when contracts were up!!! Guess we convinced 'em just how good Oz is.
The week in LA was great too, non stop go-go-go. I swear Wayne's parents had more stamina than I did.
But now, with aching feet (I woud hate to say just how much walking we did) and a bit of a cold/flu from the changes in weather, I have gone back to work to relax......
Oh and I managed to find Undercover Quilts in Seattle....or was it San Francisco? Some gorgeous fabrics and some very amazing quilts hanging up. Staff were nice - and they have an eBay shop too!!
Next year's holiday is much more sedate - a week and a half in Tasmania in late March for the Go-Kart nationals, and then 2 weeks in Queensland in the September school holidays.
Onwards and Upwards I always say!