Shellie May and the SS Columbia

"Goodbye, SS Columbia! We al love you very much!"

Shellie May and machinery

Even the machinery outside the SS Columbia is beautiful and clean!

Shellie May the purser

We were amazed by the level of detail. They had a purser's desk!

Shellie May and the Grand Staircase

Wow, this is reminiscent of a staircase in a...certain...famous ship that may have struck an iceberg in 1912...

It's pretty up here, but dare we try going downstairs...?

Shellie May exploring the SS Columbia

A little cloudy, but what a beautiful view!

 

I'm sure these are functional, but they sure look like part of the scenery!

Shellie May finding a place in the S.S. Columbia

This looks like a nice place to sit.

Or how about here?

Shuffleboard!

Shellie May on the S.S. Columbia

Hmm...are we sailing to Queenstown...?

Shellie May wants to sail

So we went to the SS Columbia. I wanted to go up in it very, very much, but I don't know much Japanese and I was shy to ask if we could. So we waited about 4 minutes and then I finally just went for it!

I was instantly rewarded by this view, which is very reminiscent of one of the only known photos of Titanic.  (You can see it at http://imgur.com/gallery/QsCzd as of right now!)