February 1, 2014. Norwegian Star. The End.

This cruise is coming to an end. We are right now rocking and rolling up the Pacific coast. Tomorrow morning we will depart the ship in Los Angeles. Getting off a big cruise ship is not an easy task but we are hoping for the best. This morning at breakfast, a couple at an adjacent table were pouring over the list of the day’s activities, marking out what the were attending. It was difficult because several items on the list overlapped the time so they were trying to decide what they really wanted to attend. We had seen the same couple at lunch last week, doing the same thing, which I am sure they did every day. The cruise line provides many different activities, none of which Ken and I attend. We have often said that we should travel by freighters as we never use the casino or bingo or classes or entertainment. One of the best parts of being on a cruise is the cabin steward. Every morning, while we are at breakfast, he comes and makes the bed and cleans the bathroom and every evening while we are at dinner, he comes and turns down the bed and leaves the newsletter for tomorrow’s activities. It is a wonderful luxury. Tomorrow will be a long day. Ken and I fly to San Francisco and check into a hotel where we will stay until we leave for New Zealand. Travel days are always long days but here we go.