Sitka Hotel

... and a much smoother sea.
Weather cloudy and some rain. After breakfast we attended a
interdenominational worship service. Started getting ready to go
ashore in Juneau where a college friend was to give us a tour of the
area. Dale pushes a mean
wheelchair. Thanks from Lynda. What good service after a big problem
just getting a wheelchair to take Lynda form room to gangway. Juneau
has very nice state buildings and a long history. Saw the ...

This Celebrity Cruise has set times for dinner. We chose the first seating at 6:00 o'clock. I can see why people prefer no set seating times (freestyle cruising). Sometimes it is hard to make that time period as I was very busy soaking in a hot tub.

At dinner we sat with the same people each night. We were lucky as we had a good group. We had a mother and stepdaughter (Carol) seated with us who were loads of laughs and an ...

... Russian nesting dolls'. You know, those Babooshka thingies that all fit inside each other. They are EVERYWHERE. Fortunate really, as we were tasked by one of our American friends (Maz) to bring a set with us to L.A., in a lovely shade of blue. Without giving too much away... I think we managed to find a set. There were also Obama nesting dolls (yes, the family all fits inside... very concerning as one would think Michelle might be the ...

... what I could see. Grabbed some breakfast and went back to my watch post and soon began seeing humback whales. We saw about 5 or 6 humpbacks by the time we got to Sitka. Once in Sitka, we got off the boat and had a cab waiting for us to take us into town and show us around. We stopped at the Russion Orthodox church to look around but it was closed so we just checked it out from outside. The next stop was the Sitka National Historical Park where we toured the park and ...

Sitka - Steeped in History On May 2,1670, the Hudson's Bay Company was incorporated by virtue of a charter signed by King Charles II of England. It granted the company exclusive rights to all the land in the Hudson Bay watershed (about one third of present day Canada). It was the bold explorers and shrewd merchants of the Hudson's Bay Company who explored and exploited the Canadian West in the name of fur trading. The Hudson's Bay Company exercised great power and became a de ...

Once again a rainy start and we have been through the narrowest portion of Peril Strait and Sergius Narrows - the narrowest point of the Inside Passage and now are docked at Sitka. The Tlingit people thrived undisturbed on this island paradise until 1799 when the Russians arrived and established a fort. The Tlingits were hostile to the Russians and attacked and killed most of them. Two years later more Russians came and fought a 6 day battle with the ...

... Sitka. Along the way, we played Bingo, watched movies, ate food, played games, listened to music, ate some more, and gambled. The only real problem I encountered along the way was the sea sickness. I am really not designed for this sea faring lifestyle. I don't konw what it is, but I just can not deal with the motion of the ocean. Fortunately I was still able to participate in the various activities on the ship, but the rocking was ...

... If you get the urge for popcorn, check into the movie theater and you might get lucky like I did and get a bag of fresh-popped popcorn while a movie was being played 10. Be sure to tell any of the maitre'd's how you wish to dine---with company or not and they will do their best to accomodate you. I prefer larger tables for socializing and then learning about or sharing new experiences with my tablemates. 11. On many mornings, the tour groups were ...