Travel Tuesday: Southampton

Last April the ship made a port call in Southampton, most of the shore excursions were for destinations an hour or two away, Stonehenge (been there), London (been there and we were going there later in the trip) so we opted to explore on our own.  I was looking for things that would have been there when my ancestors passed through 115-120 years ago. 

The Cruise Line provided a shuttle bus into town, sadly it dropped us in the middle of a modern shopping center. I was surprised at people who were excited about going shopping. We wandered around, stopped in a pharmacy for a couple of things, and Sweet Bear took the bus back to the ship. I walked back to the ship. It was 2-3 miles along the harbour.  The walk allowed me to see Southampton. To take photos of places that have been there for hundreds of years, things my great-grandparents and my grandmother may have seen on their way to the ships.