As some of my readers might know, I chose to cruise out of Los Angeles, so that I could visit my uncle. When I originally planned this trip, my 90 y/o uncle was taking care of himself and his wife in comfort. Unfortunately, things changed since then. In trying to care for my aunt, not setting limits, he fell and broke his hip. Now, both my aunt and uncle are in separate care facilities, and my uncle was just told that he will never be able to live on his own again. He was not in the right frame of mind for us to visit.
I'm glad that RQS and I scheduled a day of sightseeing in Los Angeles in addition to visiting my uncle, as neither of us thought that the day before the cruise was a wasted day. Yes, we could have done more things if we had done more research. But we accomplished a lot by visiting two museums and taking advantage of serendipity when we could.
We were both impressed by the level of service provided by Princess. Yet, we were unhappy with the Princess App. The app was slow, and didn't always provide the information we needed. For example, when we needed to find out the hours for the main dining room, the app did not provide that information. When we wanted to find out what performers were in the main theater and the times of their shows, we could not find that on the app. We were better served by reading the paper Princess Patter. Not everything was bad about the app. But Princess has a long way to go before the app can replace many of the things best done the old fashioned way.
This trip made RQS feel that we need to spend more time in California on our next visit. Not only is San Francisco worth more than spending just two days there. But the same could be said for San Diego as well. Only Los Angeles stands out as "a suburb in search of a city." And who wants to visit a suburb when one can visit a city?
