Southampton  April 21...........Docked in dear old England for the day, and the weather was beautiful.Tony came and picked us up and drove us to his home which is only 30 miles away.Elaine and the two grandsons were there, then Wendy and Robert arrived with our three granddaughters, followed by Sandra, Helen's cousin. We all had a great lunch out in the garden. Quite a family get together.Our American friends from the ship really enjoyed their visits to Winche...

Sunday Jan 28... ......Anchored In Honolulu for the day. A really wonderful place, although it has become a large, modern city. We spent some time tracking down a large material shop in order to select costume material for the "Timber Pines Hula Dancers". After that it was a bus to Waikiki Beach and The Royal Hawaiian Hotel.This is the original old hotel in Honolulu before all the modern stuff was built. It's a wonderful old place. We had Rum Punche...

Mon 22 Jan. You may have read wildly exaggerated newspaper or TV reports aboutNorovirus on board QE2. Yes, there has been some but it's no big deal. By taking sensible precautions and following the ship's procedures it can be avoided. We are OK so far and we only know of one other person personally who got it and she was confined to her cabin for two days.We actually benefited from it. We had a half day tour booked for Los Angeles at $49 each. The Captain...

Today we drove down the Florida Turnpike to Fort Lauderdale. A very pleasanr drive with not too much traffic. I was surprised at how much open country is still left in Florida. As a good Floridian I had the urge to concrete it all over and build houses and golf courses everywhere. No, not really, but it will happen!We had good dinner in Tokyo Sushi, great Japanese restaurant just across from the Holiday Inn Express on 17th Street where we are staying the night. I...

Still here at home, but time is getting short. Lots to do before we sail.Right now we are awaiting visa from China, India, and Australia.