Melbourne

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Monday we explored the scenes of Melbourne via tour bus including the view from Eureka Skydeck 88 stories above the downtown streets and the Shrine of Remembrance, created after WW I to honor those who served and since updated to honor all fallen military personnel. Finally, we had a wonderful tour of the Aboriginal and Melbourne history sections of the Melbourne Museum plus a tour of the Royal Exhibitions Building across the street, still a marvelously constructed building still used, after more than 100 years, to hold exhibits and festivals.

The following afternoon, at sea, we got a special behind the scenes tour of the ship, seeing where the crew works hard to give us The Regent Experience. Everywhere we went from the chain locker (anchor chain storage), through the liquor and wine storage lockers, through the laundry and crew mess decks, to the electronic media center we met friendly and cordial staff members proud of their work spaces.

This afternoon we received word of the horrible earthquake in Christchurch, which we left a week and a half ago. We're worried about our friends there and all the good citizens of that fine city.

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Comments

[DON LUNDEEN]

Finally got around to read your Blog. It sure is interesting and so detailed! Hope you will have loads of pictures and/or videos when you return.