Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Tuesday (and last day) in Catalinaville

The Carnival Paradise docks in Catalina every Tuesday morning. This is what we woke up to. It was so fun to see the Paradise again because Limo Man actually took me on our first cruise on the Paradise for my 50th birthday and here it was again. A little deja vu from the balcony!
This is the Catalina Island Inn where we stayed while in Catalinaville. It's such a beautifully restored Inn but watch out...there is no elevator. We stayed on the 3rd floor and had a wonderful room with a great view but those stairs! Yikes!
Here's a front view of the Inn from across the street.
Just down the street from the Inn is the Hotel Metropole. It is right on the corner and behind the Metropole is a small boutique shopping center/courtyard. There were a few statues of eagles so I just had to get a shot of this guy before we left.
We stopped at the Cantina for lunch and then went on a walkabout up the hills on the Mt. Ada side of Avalon. I kept seeing this house from our balcony that had so many flags flying that I just had to find it.
Sadly our time on Catalinaville was over and we had to get back on the flyer to come home. Here is a shot of the Paradise that Limo Man took from the back of the flyer.
Impressive huh?

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