Cruisers

So the world's largest ocean liner visited Fremantle over the weekend and I have to say THAT"S A BIG BOAT! Heather and I were sleeping and wanted to wake up at 8:30am to see its arrival at the scheduled time of 8:40am. The Queen Mary 2 blew its foghorn at about 5:45am and I nearly peed the bed. Reports say you can hear her horn for 16 kilometers. Considering we're not even a kilometer from the harbour, it was quite loud. During the day the passengers filled the junk shops around town with their fanny-packs and knee high socks w/ birkenstocks. Some of those 4,000 cruise passengers decided to ride the train back to Fremantle from a visit to Perth. Out for a long distance bike ride we chose to catch the train home. Unbeknownst to us, the trains were packed with the cruisers leaving very little room for us and our bikes. Don't worry there weren't any casualties. Well, I did hit an old asian lady. BUT SHE WAS ASKING FOR IT! Haha The QM2 stopped in our fair town as part of its 'round the world tour. Tickets for this journey start at 19k a person for an inside room. (no windows) Not bad! If you consider the cost of flying to all of the stops, food, lodging, and souvies 19k isn't that much. Yeah, I factored in souvies. How can you travel anywhere and not buy at least a postcard or two?! (or 20 in my case!)

Happy Travels.