... the ship kind. Marg and I returned home yesterday from a week of cruising on the Zuiderdam, north to Alaska. Going to Alaska meant another item crossed off my bucket list. In a word, the trip was 'fantastic'. It was my first and Marg's third cruise. I'm hooked now. It was almost decadent to be so well looked after and so well fed, from start to finish.
Yes, it was expensive, as vacations go, but worth every penny spent. We wisely chose a forward upper deck stateroom with veranda. It was great to sit outside undercover, even when it was raining, and watch the beautiful scenery roll by. For the most part, our cruise through the Inner Passage was very smooth. No fear of being sea sick, wearing our anti-motion wrist bands.
After leaving Vancouver, we visited Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. For a map of our cruise, see http://www.alaskacruisefromvancouver.com/alaska_cruise_zuiderdam.htm
We both took the historic train ride to the Klondike from Skagway. Marg also did a wilderness boat tour out of Ketchikan while I enjoyed remaining aboard the ship that afternoon. Most of the gifts and souvenirs that we bought were from the ship's duty-free shops.
In my next couple of posts, I'll put up some of the pictures I took along the way. I'll have to be very selective because I took over a hundred shots!
No comments:
Post a Comment