(Honeymoon story continued…)
It was Wednesday morning of our honeymoon adventure and we only had a few hours until we resumed our journey. So I spent my morning doing what every other red-blooded American girl in New York would do – I went shopping. I was looking for something specific (for the life of me I can’t remember what) so I dragged my husband from store to store until in exasperation I finally gave up. Besides, it was time to go, so we grabbed a cab, loaded all four of our suitcases in the back, and told the driver to take us to the Brooklyn Terminal, Pier 12.
I was so excited I could hardly stand it. I had never been on a cruise before and we were getting ready to sail on the best cruise of them all. Are you ready to know where we were going?
Any guesses?
Okay, I’ll tell you. England. We were taking the Queen Mary II on a six day, five night journey across the Atlantic Ocean all the way to England. Even now, it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. I had my passport in hand and all of my gowns in my suitcases – I was ready!!
Of course it took us an hour to get through the line and once we were finally on the ship, we had to go to the main deck to receive instructions on what to do in the event of an emergency. (Not the first thing you want to hear if you’re even the slightest bit nervous about being separated from land). I even got to practice putting on a life vest.
Then it was time to say goodbye. You should have seen the party on the decks! Oh wait, you can…
A band was playing and waiters were passing around complimentary champaigne. People were waving at the small boats passing by and everyone was having a good time.
Even though we weren’t drinking, we were excited to be there too and anxious to leave the shore.
But since the shoving off portion of the trip was taking quite a long time, we decided to go check out the room. Here we are, number 48 on the sixth floor.
We had a lovely cabin complete with a tiny bathroom and shower and the best feature of all – a sliding door leading to a deck!
That is where we watched New York slip away as we moved out to sea.
Once we hit the open waters, we went ahead and unpacked. Before we knew it, it was time for dinner. The first night was business casual, so we dressed accordingly and then headed towards the Brittania Restaurant. Because we were on our honeymoon, we had asked that we not be sat at one of the large tables and instead were given a small table to ourselves. This was to be our table for the remainder of the week.
We were given a beautiful menu from which to make our selections.
The menu contained several choices and consisted of an entree, an appetizer, a salad, and a dessert. They even offered health-conscious choices from the Canyon Ranch Spa for those of us who were watching our waistlines.
Our first dinner was superb! And after dinner, we were given a special treat:
I have to say, I was pretty impressed so far. This was my first cruise and I didn’t know what to expect but I wasn’t disappointed. Now if I could just make it through the night without getting seasick, it would be the end to a perfect first day at sea.
Stay tuned for Day Five where we learned how to do the Cha Cha…
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