Thursday, June 21, 2012

Cruise Summary & Seattle again

It’s hard to find any fault with the Westerdam (Holland America) cruise. The food was outstanding, we both need lots of exercise when we get back home. All sorts of functions were run throughout the day and night. I think we only missed one trivia session and amassed a collection of various paraphernalia by winning more than half a dozen and running no worse than equal second place.

We met lots of people and are great fans of sharing the evening meal with other couples.

Claire saw more of the shows than Peter and enjoyed herself joining Peter in the casino later on.

We thoroughly recommend this cruise to others. But be sure that the trip includes a day in Glacier bay.

Seattle

Paul and Zoe picked us up from the cruise and we decided that while we were in town we would go to the EMP Museum. The museum has a great mixture of exhibits. Some to do with Seattle’s influence on American music through a impressive range of artists including Jimmy Hendrix and Nirvana. One feature was being able to listen to interviews with various people connected with either the music or the sci-fi and horror movie industries.

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There was also a sound lab where you could jam in sound proof rooms or individually learn to play bass, lead guitars, drums etc.

The was a sci-fi and horror exhibition with a good collection of props from the various eras of sci-fi  and horror movies. It also housed a collection of interactive displays where you could interact with your sci-fi fantasies.  Great afternoon.

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On Paul and Zoe’s suggestion we all played putt putt golf the next day. It was one of the best putt putt courses Peter had seen. The competition was fierce with Peter winning in the end. It was great to spend time with Paul and Zoe.

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