Wow - what a sight when we awoke!! We can finally see little islands covered in forests, and seals popping their heads up alongside the ship. the whoe area is just soooo serene, sooooo beautiful, so quiet as we slowly, quietly motored along the Inside Passage. We also saw lovely waterfalls and bald-headed eagles, and many snow covered mountains. We arrived at Juneau around lunch-time and then went on a tour to the Mendenhall Glacier (didn't get as close as I wou...

It seemed today that we were out a sea (a very calm sea) but it was Queen Charlotte Sound. This morning we had breakfast up at the Cafe del Sol - the buffet style - very nice. The boutique was having a sale on Swarovski jewellry, so I bought a necklace and matching earrings (which I wore to the formal dinner/cocktails with the Captain that night). Tom and I also bought some t-shirts & sweaters. After lunch we took Sophie and Charlotte back to the children'...

Up early again today to organise and prpare for our transfer to Vancouver. Our hotel shuttle took us back to Sea-Tac airport where we found an ATM!! A neaby coach driver had closed his doors and left his keys in the coach. Tom was able to squeeze his arm in and retrieve the keys for them. Our Quick Shuttle bus turned up 30 mins earlier than expected too!!! We left at 9.00am and eventually arrived at Canada Place, Vancouver, just after 2pm. At the border ...

This morning we got ourselves up, breakfasted and packed up again - ready to go. We checked out by 11am and found our 11.15am shuttle turned up 15 mins early - no time to get some cash from an ATM! The shuttle took us to LAX where we checked our baggage in, nice and early. My carry-on bag was a bit suspicious to the security people, so they passed a paper swab over the outside (to check for traces of drugs??) and it was okay. We couldn't find any ATMs so still n...

Up early today for a 7.30am pick up from our motel for our day at Universal Studios. We headed straight down for a tour of the back lots. They've added some Jurassic Park props, and are currently filming the "prequel"to The Flintstones, & "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas". After the tour we watched the Animal Actors Stage Show, met Benji and then went down the 3 sets of escalators to the ET ride. We then watched The World of Cinemagic & lined up for Ba...