Queen Mary 2

First of all let me just say that we found a trip for Penny! The Queen Mary 2 has a Kennel! All pets are allowed! They even sell Queen Mary cat and doggie bowls, neck collars, sitting mats and animal clothing all sporting the Queen Mary and Cunard logo! Penny can be treated like the Queen she is on this ocean liner!

The Queen Mary 2 is the largest and grandest ocean liner in the world. We could not think of a better way to end our European Lieber-Trip than with a transatlantic voyage home on the Queen Mary 2. This ship holds about 4,000 people and they serve over 15,000 meals a day! The Cunard Cruise Line is known for their “Whit Star Service” this means they pledge to make this a legendary, elegant and memorable cruising experience.

To our surprise when we boarded the ship, we had gotten an upgrade and we had some lovely gifts waiting for us in our room! Thank you! Our days on board were spent winning our Cunard Golden Tickets (very similar to the Holland America Dam Dollas), playing trivia, darts and other games like shuffle board and quoits. Of course Josh won at quoits beating a man probably twice his age, this is an old Lieberman tactic that we learned from our dad when he goes and plays tennis, we finally figured out how he wins! Also, Scott got first place in darts! We also did get a perfect score during one of the trivia events (they repeated the quiz from earlier in the week and we remembered the answers)! We need to give a “shout-out” to our new friends from Worcester; she threw a bean bag into the pool and has a sock puppet, but that’s ok because she is from Worcester so we do understand! We also got to experience a planetarium and an audio walking tour of the ship!

On the first night in the casino we were playing 50 cent tokens on roulette in honor of Stacy’s birthday and we both won! At first I was paid out as if we were playing with dollar tokens and then when Scott was getting a payout he caught himself and paid Scott in 50 cent tokens and he then proceeded to pay me again with the 50 cent payout! I made three times my actual winnings! Holla! On this cruise we met two French girls who sat at our table and had a blast with them, we did some dancing like Marilyn Monroe (the British will understand that). We attended an Ascot Ball where all the women wore some crazy hats, played baggies and wacky bowling and we are happy to report that neither of us ended up making any donations to the casino. Sally spin the wheel, Sally spin the wheel!

This cruise was great!

It is 5:30am on August 31, 2007 and we have just cruised past the Statue of Liberty, you know what this means, we are home! It is has been an amazing journey filled with good times, lots of laughter, amazing sights and opportunities. The friendships that we have made and the ones we have been reunited with along the way is what truly helped make this a journey of a lifetime! Thank you all for everything! Well, I guess the real question is, where are we going to go next summer?