I watched the QE2 sail past my garden last Friday evening around 7:30 immediately followed by a huge modern ocean liner, Navigator of Seas (IIRC). The older liners are so much more beautiful than the newer floating hotel designs. Will be sad to no longer see her cruise past while I’m tending the barbecue or sipping a Pimms.
To me, the QE2 is the most beautiful liner ever. The modern Carnival-style cruise ships (and the QM2) look way too top-heavy and blocky, but the QE2 has wonderful, very sleek lines, like the ocean liners from their heyday in the 1940s and ‘50s. She looks fast even at the dock.
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Quite the view from your garden. Nice post.
I absolutely agree, the QE2 is a truly beautiful ship, while the newer ships are... NOT.