Cruise craziness and even MORE honeymoon photos

I added Stink Pants' pictures to the honeymoon gallery. There were so many that I had to add another volume!

Warning: Honeymoon Photo Galleries Vol. 1 and 2 now contain nudity!
Granted, it's all "art" but just a warning for the penis-faint-at-heart. We took a lot of statue crotch shots.

I still haven't added captions to the pictures, so you'll just have to guess at what you're looking at for now.

This honeymoon was awesome. Oh, so awesome. Being cruise virgins, we didn't know what to expect. Stink Pants' mom and her boyfriend went on a Caribbean cruise, and they both highly recommended it. My singing teacher Darcy said she went on a cruise with her hubby and the Alaskan sights they saw were magnificent!

Cruising is not for everyone. Yes, you get to see a lot of different places, you get to be pampered, your meals are made for you, and you don't have to pay because technically you've already paid for them. Basically, you are in a ritzy floating hotel with entertainment every night and a different city every day. It's really extravagant. The cruise line we went on, Princess Cruises, puts an emphasis on culture and art. Guests have to dress up for traditional dining (or they can just go to the crappy 24-hour buffet, but why have sandwiches when you can have steak?). There are boutiques, art auctions and wine tastings (among other things). Other cruiselines (according to our fellow passengers) emphasize fun and family by having things like rock-climbing walls and ice-skating rinks.

Cruises are good if you want to see a good number of different places in a short amount of time. Typically, the ship docks around 7 or 8 am, and departs around 5 or 6 pm. So cruises aren't good for getting to know a place and getting immersed in the ambience and charm of a destination. It's kind of like a sampler pack. For me, out of the places we visited I know I'd like to go back to some of the Greek islands, and definitely Venice, but I'd be okay if I didn't go back to Kusadasi, Turkey again. Kusadasi was nice, but compared to the other places, it wasn't as nice.

I do wish we had eaten out more during the cruise, instead of coming back to the ship for food. We didn't start doing that until the middle of the cruise, and Stink Pants and I missed out on some Italian cuisine. I also wish we had spent more money on presents and souveniers. Stink Pants' love of saving money prevailed on our trip, and we missed out on a great opportunity to buy some really awesome Christmas presents. Booo.

Oh well. All in all the honeymoon was still awesome, and I'm going to hold onto our memories and experiences for a long time. I have to. Stink Pants says we can't take any cool vacations for a great while. (Dang that frugleness.)