THE QUEEN MARY

Another tourist attraction on our to do list for LA was staying at the Queen Mary. For this of you who don't know is a retired British ocean liner. It used to sail from Southampton to New York as an express service. So we decided to stay on it during our mini weekend break and it was impressive. We were able to wander around it and see all the different parts of the ship which has been preserved to give us an idea of what life was like on the ship.

It was fun to stay on the ship. The rooms had a lot of the original features left in it and the more modern things in the room were put in as much as possible in keeping with the time period. I have to say I loved having portholes to open in the morning! 

There was a lot of love for Britain on board the ship. The gift shop was filled with British items and lots of Americans getting very excited over them! There was also an exhibit on board dedicated to Princess Diana. It housed some of her clothes and also now some clothes belonging to the Duchess of Cambridge. It was funny to see their take on the British Royal family. A lot of the information we already knew but it was refreshing to see someone loving our monarchy like we do (especially Prince Harry!)

Overall it was a worthwhile experience and another item to tick off our ever shrinking American to do list!

H