Our next port was Hobart. This was my second time in Hobart but my third time to Tasmania. Sir Pat and his Ladies in Waiting (Fran, Barbie, Joan and myself) decided to do the hop on hop off bus. It became very hot so this was the ideal way to see Hobart. Actually we never hopped off but had a good tour of the city. Then we headed for the Hadly Hotel for a beer and lunch. Unfortunately, the bar was closed but the Hotel Clerk opened up and got us a beer even though we had no food. This hotel is a beautiful old hotel with great features and we had been there in 2011.
I had a lovely dinner at the Pinnacle with Peggy. HAL gave me a dinner for two as compensation for being flooded out. Peggy was also flooded out of her cabin so I invited her to join me and we laughed a lot through the dinner.
CSI had another cocktail party and it gives us an opportunity to see early eaters. So often you only see those who eat at the late seating if you eat at that time too or visa versa. That night the Aussie Boys gave a performance and it was one of the better acts and I thoroughly enjoyed the show.
I have become the de facto tour director but I really screwed up in Adelaide. I was here in 2008 but because we were at a new outer port I really blew my tour duties.
In 2008 I went to a cultural center which included shops, outdoor cafes, music. Etc. I wanted to return to this and I kept looking at the Adelaide map but finally decided it must be the Festival Center. Wrong. Wrong city. The city I wanted to be in was Port Adelaide where we had docked when I was on our QE2. It was necessary to be shuttled to Adelaide. Adelaide is a large city and we did walk down to the Festival Center which is by the River. It really turned out to be a lovely time in spite of my screw up. Many black
swans were in the river. Unfortunately I have not been fired as tour director.
I had been to Adelaide in 2008 but that was on a tour where we went to a winery and then to a marvelous wine center run by the City and a quick tour of the city. This added to my confusion.
Hi, Judi --
ReplyDeleteMy memory of the 2008 tour of Australia is fading as well. If I recall correctly, we had to take a train into Adelaide (or was that Perth)? Oh well, we had a good time whatever. Was it Adelaide where the main street was closed to traffic and they had a street fair going on with performers and competitions? That was where we went into an arcade and saw a shop with a sign in the window that said, "We have Oprah's favorite bra." LOL. Even down under they have the Oprah influence.
Glad to hear that someone remembered you on Valentine's day. The flowers are lovely.
Wishing you smooth sailing.
Grace