Cruise part deux

 So, yeah, sorry this post is so late. :P  Here's a few highlights of our cruise.  And now, our ship:

We had a tour of the galley, here's a little taste of the artistry of our crew. :)  Yes, it's all fruits and veggies.

A refreshing drink before a tour.  Yay for free stuff! :)

 Us on the first day. It was lovely weather, and rather breezy.

Mum and Dad on the first morning.

 Our dining area.  The windows overlooked out the back of the ship.

The first sunset view from the ship.  A little slanted, but beautiful all the same.

Our first port was Ketchikan, where my cousin and her family lives.  We had a great time getting a tour from the "locals".

Here I am overlooking a river overlooked the pathway that used to lead to all the brothels that used to be rather popular with the men a few decades back. ;)

Below is me loving on my cousin's little black kitty.  She was sooooo happy to be petted.  I wanted to take her home, but didn't think they'd let me for some reason . . . :(

They have some gorgeous forests and plants in Ketchikan, I had to get a picture.

Micah wishing there still were brothels here . . . lol . . . j/k   But, yes, another view of brothel row.

 The "young folks".  My sister, her husband, us, and my cuz and her husband.  We are a good-looking crew, if I say so myself.  It was sad to say goodbye later that afternoon.

Aunt Karen and Palin, best buds. :P  We found her acting the "momma grizzly" in Ketchikan and catching fish evidentally.

The dining on our cruise ship was FANTASTIC!!!  Some of the best food I've had anywhere.  We hope to take this particular ship again somewhere new sometime, mostly because of the food.

Here's our water, showing the famous "baked alaska" we were served for dessert.

Me trying frog legs for the first time.  It might not be my last, they weren't bad.

 More dinner shots.

 Janelle and hubby.

The entertainment was also top notch!  We went almost every night.  Some nights you just gotta be lazy on a cruise . . .

 Our theatre.



The main attraction (and most awesome) were the acrobats.

 And more.  They were beyond talented.  Micah liked them so much, he's friends with them on facebook.

And the last day and evening on the ship was bittersweet.  We got some nice cruiseship pictures though.

Farewell pretty ship.  We'll be back again someday.  Micah and I are determined to become "gold" captain club members someday.  (Which means a lot of cruises, which would just be oh so hard to put up with.)

If you haven't been . . . go.  Simple as that.

Snapshot Tuesday . . .

I haven't been posting all that regularly, but I wanted to at least give you a glimpse of the cruise until I get around to posting more details.  I really ought to do it tomorrow before I get into the swing of school again.  Meetings and such start wednesday this week.

Our first formal evening dinner.  You can see my relatively freshly cut bangs, which I haven't been brave enough to do since I dunno, 10?  But, not bad no?

This was our second formal night dinner.

Let me tell you now, the food was superb.  We were on the Celebrity Infinity, which is evidentally known for some of the best food you can ever get on a cruise.  They had lots of different types of cuisine and quite a few vegetarian options that Micah enjoyed (he's not really vegetarian anymore, but still eats veggie most of the time).  I ate vegetarian now and then . . . :P  In the meantime, I tried anything on the menu I hadn't tried yet, including lobster, scallops, oysters, and even frog legs.  All were tasty enough though the frog legs truly do taste like chicken and the oysters tasted like the spinachy, buttery bread crumb topping put on it.  The scallops were lovely and the lobster was ok.  I don't think I'll really try most of this again though, because normally they're not cheap to get a hold of and some of it wasn't good enough to try again.  But, at least I can say I tried it!  Aren't I brave? ;)

More later on glaciers, animal impressions done live by our own Alaskan expert, and whales!