Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ROYAL CARRIBEAN BRILLANCE OF THE SEAS

WELL I JUST RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM OUR HONEYMOON OF WHICH WAS A 2 WEEK EUROPEAN CRUISE THAT HIT UP THE COUNTRIES OF FRANCE, ITALY, GREECE AND TURKEY. WE FIRST FLEW INTO BARCELONA AND HUNG OUT THERE FOR DAY AND THEN BORDED THE SHIP. BARCELONA WAS SO MUCH FUN AND LOTS OF SIGHT SEEING. WE LOVED CHECKING OUT THE BUILDINGS BY "GAUDI" AND HIS FAMOUS PARK THAT HE DESIGNED CALLED "PARC GUELL" OF WHICH MOST OF HIS STUFF LOOKS LIKE WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, OF WHICH I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU MAKE A TRIP OUT THERE. WE REALLY GOT A KICK OUT OF THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HAIR STYLES IN BARCELONA. I KNOW HOW WE ALL TALK ABOUT THE MULLETT HERE IN THE STATES BUT IN BARCELONA THE GUYS AND SOME OF THE GIRLS ARE ALL ABOUT THE MULLETT BUT IN A NASTIER AND CRUSTIER VERSION. I AM TALKIG ABOUT THEM HAVING THEIR WHOLE HEAD SHAVED AND IN THE BACK 5 LONG DRED LOCKS POPPING OUT. EVERY WHERE YOU LOOKED TONS OF KIDS OUR AGE BOTH GUYS AND GIRLS WOULD BE ROCKING THIS FAMOUS HAIR STYLE. SO EVERYONE KEEPS ASKING US WHAT WAS YR FAVORITE PLACE AND I KEEP SAYING THAT EACH PLACE WAS DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER AND I LIKED IT ALL BUT HOW EVER TURKEY WAS VERY A INTERSTING PLACE. ALOT DIFFERENT COMPARED TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES THATS FOR SURE. EVERY COUNTRY AND CITY WE WENT TO EVERYONE WAS SUPER FRIENDLY AND REALLY NICE EVEN IF YOU DID NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. AS FOR BEING ON THE SHIP THAT WAS TONS OF FUN AS WELL. THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS TO DO ON THE THE BOAT SUCH: PUTT PUTT, SWIMMING, ROCK WALL CLIMBING, GOING TO THE MUSIC THEATER, SHOPPING, ATTENDING THE DAILY ACTIVIES ON THE BOAT, RELAXING IN THE SUN, GOING TO THE ARCADE AND AT NIGHT YOU HAVE THE DISCO BAR. THERE ARE ALWYS THINGS TO DO ON THE BOAT OR IF YR NOT IN THE MOOD THEN JUST KICK BACK AND RELAX WITH AN ADULT BEVERAGE OR 2 AND LAY OUT IN THE SUN. WE MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE BOAT AND THESE 2 GIRLS FROM NORWAY AND SWEDEN THAT ALSO WORK ON THE BOAT BUT THEY WERE ON THEIR VACATION. THOSE 2 GIRLS WERE THE NICEST GIRLS WE'VE MET AND HAD A BLAST HANGING OUT WITH THEM FOR THE 2 WEEKS WE WERE ON THE BOAT. THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE IT WAS BLUE SKIES AND 80 DEGREE'S BUT HOWEVER ON OUR LAST DAY ON THE SHIP WE WERE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG WIND STORM COMING FROM NAPLES ITALY AND HEADED BACK TO OUR PORT IN BARCELONA SPAIN. THIS STORM WAS SUPER NASTY AS THE EVENING WENT ON. THERE WAS HIGH WINDS BLOWING AT 80MPH AND 15 TO 20 FOOT WAVES HITTING THE BOAT AND TO MENTION THE BOAT WAS SWAYING TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT AND UP AND DOWN, IT WAS SUPER SCARY. WE WERE SUPPOSE TO BE BACK IN BARCELONA AT 6:30AM BUT THE CAPTAIN CAME ON THE PA INFORMING EVERYONE THAT WE WERE 6 HOURS BEHIND DUE TO THE BAD STORM. ALSO DURING THIS STORM THE WINDS OR THE WATER BLEW OUT 3 CABIN WINDOWS OF WHICH INJURIED THESE 3 LADIES BY HAVING THE GLASS SHATTER ALL OVER THEM AS THEY WERE LYING DOWN. SO WE EVENTUALLY MADE IT SAFE BACK TO BARCELONA AROUND 12:30PM WITH NICE WEATHER AND THE SAD PART WAS THAT WE HAD GET OFF THE BOAT AND HEAD BACK TO REALITY. ALL AND ALL OTHER THAN THE STORM THAT WE WERE IN WE WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. IF YOU EVER DO THAT KIND OF CRUISE DO IT CAUSE THE WEATHER IS NOT TO HOT AT ALL AND YOU WOULD LOVE IT AS MUCH AS WE DID.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Pontiac store owner stabbed to death; police have suspect in custody

October 23, 2009, 10:12AM
The owner of a popular store in a Pontiac shopping plaza has been found murdered inside his store.


Police cars and mourners gathered at Three Doors Down on Huron Street. Pontiac police say they have a suspect in custody, who is thought to have stabbed the man to death during a robbery.


The Oakland Press reports that Three Doors Down was a hippie-style boutique well-loved by clients who could find things there that they couldn't find anywhere else.


“I just found out he’s gone,” Mary Pollick said outside the store. “I pray to God they get ‘em. He was a very good guy.”