Sundays in My City - Special Days - September 26, 2010

Sundays in My City - Special Days - September 26, 2010

It's always fun to have friends visit.  It gives me the opportunity to play hostess in my

adopted city of San Francisco.  The weather was spectacular and I got some great

photographs everywhere we went.  My friend, Sherry Arndt, and her cousin, Nancy,

were here, then I went on board the Radiance of the Seas, a nice vantage point for

pictures of the city.

The Radiance of the Seas is one of my favorite Royal Caribbean ships.  I've had the

pleasure of sailing on her six times in the past.  She holds about 2500 passengers and

is the perfect vessel for Alaska waters, with glass everywhere, including the elevators. 

Most of the bars have ocean views, which I love.  When I went on board ( she was

docked at Pier 39 ), most of the passengers were off the ship ).  Hotel director, John

Denton and his wife Marisa, came down to greet me and we went for coffee in the

Windjammer Cafe before I was left to wander the ship on my own, saying hello to crew

that I knew and taking photographs.  I had dinner on board in the evening, then spent

some time with my cellar master friends before dropping them off at Matrix, one of the

popular clubs in San Francisco to party with other crew members.  It isn't often that a

ship overnights, giving the crew an opportunity to get out and have a little fun.

This is the atrium area of the Radiance of the Seas.  You can see  two elevator

shafts on either side of the large glass area.  There are also elevators across from

this that look right out on the ocean.

This is the pool deck on the ship, normally full on such a beautiful day but most folks

are off the ship in San Francisco.

The pool bartender is having an easy day so far!

The casino is always closed when the ship is in port so the casino staff have a

nice long break in San Francisco!

Entrance to the Schooner Bar, one of my favorite drinking places on any

Royal Caribbean ship

Seating area for the Schooner Bar with nice ocean views

The heated solarium with its lovely indoor pool - nice on those cooler Alaska days.

Another solarium view

Seating in the Windjammer Restaurant, buffet style, on Deck 11,

for those who prefer casual dining

Windjammer entrance

The ship's atrium, as photographed from the Lobby Bar

With dear friend, Lucy Tejano, bartender at the Lobby Bar

Indian cellar master, Sachin Lopes, with his American "mother"

Radiance of the Seas, Hotel Director, John Denton, and his lovely wife,

Marisa Merken, ready for his birthday celebration

View of Alcatraz from the deck of the Radiance of the Seas

The Golden Gate from the pool deck of the Radiance of the Seas

Great San Francisco view from the ship

Boats docked at Pier 39 marina

The Golden Gate Bridge at sunset

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