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Titanic: Vegas

Even though I feel horrible, I've been continuing to do things. Yesterday, after eating breakfast, I went to the Titanic exhibit. It was amazing! I have been in love with everything Titanic since an early age (what is it about a sinking death ship that makes people so enthralled?), seeing all the artifacts and hearing the history was fantastic. What I got out of a lot of the stories was that the majority of people aboard that Titanic weren't supposed to be on it anyway. There was a strike that re-routed a lot of passengers who were destined for America on other ships, to the Titanic. What a stroke of shite luck?! Also, with few people in the exhibit, I was able to really experience it. There were rooms that were re-created to look like the Titanic. The first was a hallway that was supposed to be from third class and a door opening to a third class room. Then onto second and first class where there was a re-make of the grand staircase. It took my breath away. And a first cla...