Final Stop- #8 Le Havre (for Paris/Normandy), France

 Day 12 - Sept 27, Saturday 

Well, this is the last stop of our long vacation/cruise! We didn't have time for the 2 hour drive to Paris from the port, but we got to see a little bit of France. We could definitely tell we are in a foreign country- everyone is speaking French, and there are no English signs anywhere. It's very beautiful here too, it was all fogged in this morning when we left for our tour- "Romantic Honfleur". We almost missed our coach because I got the time wrong. It was very confusing because the time changed up an hour, but my watch or my phone did not change. We would've enjoyed the tour more if our guide didn't talk so soft, so fast and with such a strong French accent. She gave us all these little EarPods to wear, but it didn't help much. We saw lots of houses with thatched roofs, wonderful outdoor markets and thousand year old churches. Awesome day!!

They have these cool thatched roofs all over the countryside and neat houses!

We got back to the ship around 1:00 and just went up to the wonderful buffet to eat. Now we are so full we will skip the fancy sit down dinner at 7:30pm and won't even go to the last show. We are tired. LaVerl especially is feeling 'not good'. I got our suitcases all packed and ready to place outside our door so they can take them wherever so we can get them tomorrow when we leave the boat. It's been a super amazing cruise, we saw so much and loved everything. It was maybe just a little too much for my sweet husband to handle. He wants to, he just gets too tired and hurts. He is really sad about his health right now! We just have to be glad and feel blessed that he has been able to do as much as he has been for this long!!

NEXT STOP- SOUTHHAMPTON, LONDON- Our flight leaves at 3:45pm and we arrive in Phoenix at 6:30pm on Sunday!!  Yay!!

Day at Sea....

 DAY 11 - Sept 26,  Friday

We really look forward to a restful day at sea. We can sleep in, eat when we want and do what we want. The time change an hour forward, but our phones and watches didn't change, so it was a bit confusing today to know what time it was. There was a 10am show- a 'Culinary Demonstration and Galley Tour' and I was the only one that made it because of the time mix up. It was fun and I got to see the kitchens where all the work takes place. LaVerl rested most of the day while me and Tammie played some cards. She and Cliff got 'the gunk' too, so they aren't feeling great. Later LaVerl got in the hot tubs with Dean and Wade. We all met up for dinner in the Symphony Dining at 7:30 and at 9:30 I went to the evening show, (by myself), to watch "Theatrical Show: Born to Dance" with lots of dancing and singing. It was wonderful! I only took a few pictures today....

I choose to eat 'Baked Alaska' for dessert. 

The end of another wonderful day on our cruise!

Stop #7 Edinburgh (South Queensferry), Scotland

 Day 10- Sept. 25, Thursday 

Today was super cool! We toured all around the awesome old city of Edinburgh and then the castle. Our tour left the ship at 1:30 till 6pm. We had a great tour guide that told us lots of information about everything, which none of it I remember. I will just post lots of pictures! I took 92 and LaVerl took more. He was not able to tour the castle with me- too much walking.

We had to ferry across on the 'tender boats', the bridges were amazing. The red one was for the trains!

Here 'college' means school. We saw little boys running around on the soccer field.

Our guide was Scott, he was great!

Beautiful OLD buildings everywhere!!!

Then we went to Edinburgh Castle, where the Crown Jewels of Scotland are. 

I couldn't take pictures of the Crown Jewels, but there were pictures outside.

The fireplaces in the castle are MASSIVE!

I learned that it was Scotlands King James that commissioned a new version of the Bible to be written into what we now call 'the King James Version'. 

Ok, that's enough castle pictures, it was just so cool!!

We walked back down the Royal Mile to get to our bus.

LaVerl went to bed and I went to dinner with everyone. This chocolate brownie dessert was the perfect ending to a great day!