Queen Mary, Long Beach LA

Our stay on the Queen Mary was intended to be a treat to round off the second leg of our American adventure but there were far more negatives than positives to the experience.  The most negative was the cost of all the compulsary add-ons.  After enjoying generous US hospitality and welcome this was a shock to the system which didn't sit well in a setting that was supposed to give a taste of British oppulance.

The most positive was sitting on recliner deckchairs on the promenade deck sipping smuggled-aboard red wine from plastic cups taken from our cabin.  We watched pelicans dive for their last fish of the day as the sky changed from blue to pink to velvet indigo complimenting a cityscape that came alive with coloured lights.

Queen Mary:  corridor to cabin

Queen Mary:  marquetry





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Ah... this!