Queen Elizabeth - Sunday Nov 28, 2010

Trip Home, Fall 2010 (10 of 14) :

A very unexpected bonus of the visit to Amsterdam was to see the Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth. We saw Queen Mary on her maiden visit to her home port of Southampton at Christmas 2003, and we saw her again in Lanzarote in at Christmas 2007. I believe Queen Victoria entered serive about 2007 and Queen Elizabeth in 2010. All are huge, magnificent ships and I believe were the largest cruise ships afloat on their maiden voyages. Of course, as the baby boomers age, there is an arms race in cruise ships and no title survives for long. I must admit to a sinking premonition as I looked at the ship. A kind of "Titanic Moment". I hope (and I'm sure) that I am wrong!

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