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Saturday, January 7, 2012

ROYAL CARIBBEAN INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS - ACCOMODATIONS

ROYAL CARIBBEAN

INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS

Thanks to a credit card company, we were able to take a 12 Day cruise using points. Our airfare and cruise were free. We boarded the Independence of the Seas in Southampton, England. Security and check in at the port were very smooth. After a short wait in the waiting area we were given the green light to board this 160,000 ton ship which is one of the largest cruise ships in the world. The ship has a staff of over 1300 people. The Promenade is the centerpiece of the ship. A wide walkway down the middle of the ship that features dining, shopping, drinking and entertainment. There is a Champagne Bar, Wine Bar, English Beer Pub, Coffee Bar, Pizza Parlor, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, Barber Shop and places to buy perfume, clothes, gifts, jewelry, alcohol, tobacco and most everything else you might need on a ship. The ship is like a giant floating hotel. There is a front desk, concierge and tour desk. Our cabin was a port side balcony with a huge patio that allowed us to view the ocean and ports during the cruise. We had a great cabin attendant named Mark who provided room cleaning at least twice per day. This is a big ship. Really big. Takes a few days to figure your way around.
Click links below for more posts on Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas;
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/royal-caribbean-independence-of-seas_07.html
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http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/large-and-beautiful-showroom.html
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/king-lear-dining-room-for-lunch-royal.html
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/royal-caribbean-independence-of-seas_08.html
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/royal-caribbean-independence-of-seas_8766.html
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/royal-caribbean-independence-of-seas_27.html
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/independence-of-seas-portofino.html
http://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2012/01/johnny-rockets-diner-is-on-independence.html

THE BOSS LOVED HER UPPER BUNK THAT WAS
BROUGHT DOWN EACH NIGHT BY ATTENDANT

IMPRESSIVE PROMENADE DOWN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SHIP

ROYAL PROMENADE IS WHERE THE ACTION IS

FRONT DESK ABOARD THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS

BEAUTY ON THE HIGH SEAS

IMPRESSIVE DETAILS AND ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT

GRAB A SLICE OF PIZZA , BEER OR WINE DAY OR NIGHT

STATEROOMS OVERLOOKING THE ROYAL PROMENADE

ENJOY BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM EVERYDAY!

24 HOUR SEATTLE'S BEST COFFEE

VINTAGE WINE BAR WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HANG OUTS

GREAT SERVICE BY FRANKY IN THE VINTAGE WINE BAR

HALLWAYS TO STATEROOMS ARE LONG
AS A FOOTBALL FIELD

BALCONY STATEROOM WITH BUNK BEAD IN CEILING

SEATING AREA, FLAT SCREEN T.V. AND MAKEUP/DESK AREA

SMALL SHOWER

BATHROOM

CLOSET SPACE WITH SHELVES AND A SAFE

SMALL DESK AREA

Monday, January 2, 2012

HARRODS DEPARTMENT STORE - LONDON, ENGLAND

HARRODS

LONDON, ENGLAND

Harrods is the first department store where I wish we could have spent more time. Between the Champagne Bar and Food Hall I could have lived here for a long time. You have to see Harrods to really appreciate it. The store is not only beautiful but filled with everything you could ever imagine. The Food Hall where you can buy prepared meals or everything from meats to vegetables, cheese, bread, candy, seafood, steaks and everything in between. Simply amazing.

Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to reopen in 2013.^[1]
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m²) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m²) of selling space in over 330 departments. The UK's second-biggest shop, Oxford Street's Selfridges, is a little over half the size with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m²) of selling space.^[2]

The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique—All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Hall, are world famous.

Throughout its history, the store has had a total of five owners. On 8 May 2010, Mohamed Al-Fayed sold the store to Qatar Holdings for £1.5 billion.