Arcadia sails under the Golden Gate Bridge at 0530 hours - a chilly morning air!
0600 - Pier 35 - Arcadia's berth comes into view.Good Day Everyone,
Just a 'quickie' blog to let you know we are alongside our berth in San Francisco. After three lovely sea days we are all excited to be here in the 'City by the Bay'. This is a beautiful region of Northern California on the Pacific Coast.
Front of House Manager Sheldon and Administration Manager Belinda on duty bright and early and looking forward to the day ahead.
Our Security Officer Bob and James get ready to meet the Officials and get the clearance formalities under way.
Looking over to the Bay Bridge from Deck 10 with the other Cruise Ship Wharfs in view. Arcadia had the port all to herself today.
What a beautiful sky.........
Waiter Roy and Flight Coordinator Joseph make sure all is set in the Library for the clearance officials.
Assistant Front of House Manager Michelle and IT Officer Damian see that all is ready for passengers in the Horizon Rooms where the main Immigration Inspection will take place for passengers, followed by crew. Everyone has to attend a 'face to face' Inspection today.
As the sun came up it was a lovely morning.
Arcadia in San Francisco. This is an Inaugural Port of Call for us and there will be a ceremonial Plaque Exchange today at 1145 hours in The Viceroy Room on Deck 10.
Looking over the starboard side of the ship to Fisherman's Wharf. Easy walking distance from Pier 35. It is easy to get on the tram at Fisherman's Wharf and travel to Union Square.
I am sure many of you will recognise this Arcadia Mid Ship Staircase ( the staircase with the blue carpet) leading to The beautiful Orchid Restaurant on Deck 11.
The Dome over the Aquarius Pool is most defiantly closed today. Thankfully there is neither fog nor rain which San Francisco is renowned for.........!
I am sure many of you will recognise this Arcadia Mid Ship Staircase ( the staircase with the blue carpet) leading to The beautiful Orchid Restaurant on Deck 11.Oh how I wish I was heading over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Artists' colony of Sausalito to enjoy a nice brunch with eggs 'easy over' and a fresh American coffee...............!
Best wishes meantime and I will post more on San Francisco once we get on our way to Honolulu. Hawaii is just around the corner...
James.
'I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill........'
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I hope you have enjoyed your day in San Francisco - another place on my "to do" list. I expect it's cold there after the warmth of Mexico. Not as cold as here of course!
I hope also all your passengers arrived and left safely. No doubt a very busy day for all crew.
No doubt you have a few days at sea now, but sailing into warmr climes.
Looking forward to more soon.
Gill
Great to see San Francisco, fantastic photos James. Only 24 days now until we meet Arcadia in Brisbane!
Hi Gill,
You will not be disappointed with San Francisco. I have stayed here on two occasions and there is so much to do. It is a lot colder today but it will warm up as we sail south again. All going well!
Best wishes,
James.
G'Day Danielle,
Look forward to seeing you board in Brisbaine!
James.
hi james this is dominique the photographers mum. thank you so much for your photos and comments its great to see where she is.and i look everyday. her brother(who is away teaching in china cant get your blog to tfollow her travels so i have to cut and paste it on to hotmail and send it to him . I hope you dont mind. The three of us where in san fransisco in 2002 and loved it. Crazy place. most impressive things were the toulets in the levi jean shop and the guy walkingdown the street with a live chicken on his head. It was cheaper for us to hire a stretch limo with a driver guide than to go on organised trips. i will always remember the laundrette at the top of that windie street .it was called 'the missing sock'. sums up the whole crazy but stunning city really. have a good trip to hawaii and look after that crazy daughter of mine please. Nathan her brother and i visited the ship in november when we came to collect Domzie oh if only i was 30 years younger i would be doing what she is doing. very best wishes to you and your crew lea parry
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Right just testing James, because I've done two replies (one to this one and one to the Zihuatanejo entry) and I've keep getting error messages. So I thought I'd do a test before typing up my comment again!
Well I've been eagerly awaiting your arrival in San Francisco so I can look at your webcam. But the webcam is not working ;-(
DD rang me earlier this evening. She was waiting for the all clear for staff to go ashore. She's on countdown for coming home! 23 more sleeps and she'll be home :-)
On the Zihuatanejo entry there is a photo of a man with a weird creature on his hand! Do you know what it is? It's in Cherry's section. I also liked the look of that margarita James. Was it yours and if it was, was it good
:-0)
Well how has your US inspection gone today. I hope Arcadia got through with flying colours!
Weather here at home is set to turn snowy again according to my newspaper today.
Well I'm sat here watching one of my favourite movies - pretty woman - I always end up crying at the end.
Anyway, enjoy your day. Not sure how much longer you've got left there. Wish I could find a webcam so I can spot you guys.
Take care
Elaine (aurorabore)
Hi James -
My wife Debbie and I have very much enjoyed your updates as my In-laws, David and Loretta Higgs, have been aboard since South Hampton and will be continuing on with you to NZ. If you should happen to bump into them please give them our love and tell them to jump in front of one of your cameras so we can see them.
Have a safe journey across the Pacific.
Joe and Debbie Chipman
Hi James,
Thanks for the report from San Francisco, i am grateful that i can still load your blog from my Bookmarks, other related P&O sites, i at this moment can't load for whatever reason.
So thanks for the great pictures as usual.
Looking forward to more updates as you travel southwards.
regards to all on Arcadia.
Geoff Witts Perth
Yeah the webcam's on :-)
Hello there James! My parents were with you on the Grand Voyage last year and I dont seem to be able to break the habit of stalking you around the World! Thank you for the tremendous effort you and the Team put into the Blog, it certainly raises the spirits on a pretty grim February day in London. My parents and sisters (A and G) send their very best regards and also a big hi and hug to Sophie - we are still talking about our happy holiday on the Ventura. MJ
San Francisco !
Open Dem Golden Gates,
Here comes James and Arcadia.
Love The Pics
Have been having big problems connecting to P&O UK for the past couple of days and have been unable to get onto the web cams and tracker. How exciting, finally connected and surprise,surprise there is a whole new revamped web site, like unwrapping a present. Aurora is still out of range, has been 5 days now, we can see the Arcadia web cam clearly though and thank goodness for that!
Have a good one!
Abi.
Hi James,
My Parents Jackie and John are with you on their 2nd World Cruise, they sent me this link via Text last night It was great to be able to catch up with you and see the great Pictures.
If you catch up with them around the ship it would be great to see them as unfortunately they are not internet users !!!
Keep up the good updates
Sally
Well James - enjoying so much following you around the World!! Before you know it you will be back on Irish soil......missing you.
The Armonians.
Looking forward to seeing more of your Blog on San Franscisco James, it sure is a great city to visit. I WOnder why you cannot make it over to Sausolito it was one of my favourite places of the stop in San Franscisco, hope you do get over there and take some photo's for the blog. Good Luck with the CDC. Will check out the Europa/Eccles tomorrow and report back.
Cheers
Mary G.K.
Hi James, we are really enjoying the blog, our daughter Emma is one of your glamourous Togs, like Dominique's Mum we are loving following her travels and we feel like we are keeping in touch! It will be Emma's birthday on Sunday and it would be great if you could give her our love on the day! Keep blogging and we look forward to Hawaii! .
Hi james,
Just managed to look at the web cam the sea looks a bit lumpy today, and a few clouds. cant see any-other web-cams clearly, Oriana seems to be the same whatever time i look at it.
anyway looking forward to more updates to come.
Hi Elaine,
Just want to wish you Happy Anniversary in advance for this month,30 years is a long time.
Hi to all on Arcadia.
Geoff Witts Perth
Hi James
Hope all is well on the good ship Arcadia. Did you have a good day in San Francisco? It's a shame you weren't there for longer.
How did the "inspection" go? Did you get a good score?
Hi Geoff
Many thanks for the good wishes. It's next week, so not long now. OH told the commodore that he has been digging a tunnel to get out, but he's only got a teaspoon - he's a cheeky devil!
How's the weather down under? It snowed in parts of the UK again yesterday. Thankfully not where we are! I don't think it lasted long. I think it soon turned back to rain! It's quite grey here today. It's very gloomy today. Roll on the spring. Just been for a wander in my garden and I noticed some buds on plants. Still early days though!
Take care all
Elaine (aurorabore)
Hi james,
Hopefully the weather has been getting warmer as you head south.
Hi Elaine,
The weather here in Perth, has been quite good, not too hot, we are having temps around very high twenties to the low thirties, so no complaints from me.A bit better than the UK by the reports i have read from you and other Blogger's.
Regards Geoff
Well Arcadia will be in Honolulu tomorrow. Bet they are looking forward to that (I know I would be)!
Well the weather here is damp and grey again this morning, but it's not pouring with rain. The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend, but that is the calm before the storm apparently. Next week we are going back to minus temperatures with snow forecast ;-0(
Elaine (aurorabore)
Hi James,
Have followed your fascinating blog since you left Southampton. Thanks for all the good work which is helping to build the anticipation and excitement as we prepare to travel out from the UK to climb aboard in Brisbane on Feb 26 for the return to Southampton.
Jenny & Mike Jones
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