odd experience

[Jackie]

Hi everyone

We just returned from an almost 2 week long "delayed" 40th anniversary cruise to Canada. We had a wonderful time and the leaves were at their peak in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island! We are really ready to go back and spend more time in Canada.

The cruise was a bit...odd... cuz the ship had just come in from a cruise where people had the Norwalk virus so they made us "sanitize" about every 10 min on the ship...people spraying us constantly with anti bacterial stuff...LOL...took a bit of the pleasure away cuz it always smelled like an old fashioned doctors office. No buffets...everything had to be served cuz of CDC regs when this has been on a previous cruise...at least we didnt get sick and not sure anyone did.

My" odd" experience is that on this ship ...everytime I mentioned my family...as you do on cruise ships cuz everyone gets to know everyone...LOL...when I told people proudly that my youngest daughter was 28 and had DS...I got not even one comment back from...anyone...mostly just blank stares...like ..."what is that?"...or just dead silence prompting me to change the subject quickly. I have never had that happen. The population of this ship (Norweigan) was pretty old...even older than us...LOL...so maybe that's why...dunno. About half way thru the cruise I just stopped mentioning the fact. I did see a family with an adult son with DS...but only saw them briefly so didnt get to visit.

Jackie

[Emilysmom]

Yes, Jackie....that is odd! ! ! I guess I'm glad they didn't respond with "I'm sorry". And yet, if they had said that, you would have had the opportunity to tell them all about Emily and maybe help some of them see what a great daughter she really is!
Glad you didn't get sick! ! !
I'm eager to hear all about this cruise. You know me...........I can't envision any cruise that's going anywhere that's not WARM and has tons of palm trees!

Susan

[Googsmom aka Jennifer]

I was wonderin' where you went?!! I'm glad it was somewhere fun SO happy you did not get sick!!!! Glad your back home safe and sound

[Jackie]

Susan...LOL..I am with you on WARM. I really prefer the balmy breezes. It was only warm enough one of our sea days to sit on the deck...and then we sat in the sun with our jackets on.

We did this mainly for the ports and to see if we had long enough on tours to really enjoy the places. You know us...we travel mostly by 'poking around' at our leisure. We are not used to having time limits...and very short ones in most cases...to see things. We have been thinking about a European cruise, but after living there and taking 'destination' trips where we spend a lot of time in one area on our own...we were not sure we would like the concept of 'tour'.

I think Ed liked the shore excursions more than me because for him just getting on a bus and then back off at the ship on time for the embarkation took all the pressure off of him driving and watching his watch...etc. But don't get me wrong, I did enjoy our excursions. We got to see much more than we could have on our own. The colors were gorgoeous and Nova Scotia is just beautiful. Everyone on the cruise seemed to have done a Europe or Baltic one and LOVED them. Alaska got really high marks too...and none of the 'seasoned' cruisers seemed to care to go to the Caribbean anymore. I liked the tossing of the ship but couldn't really read...for me it was like reading in a moving car which tends to make me queasy.

I am glad to be home because we ares supposed to move in a week...but I am thinking of trying to move it back a few days...even if it means I move alone with Ed at work...he really isn't that much help on the actual day. LOL.

Jackie

[advocate4myself]

Jackie, So you are moving to another area where we live? I know it is none of my business but I was just wondering........Debbie