Incredibly slow internet It’s taken me almost half an hour to get connected to the blog site just to post today’s notes. I must tell you, I’m not sure I’m even going to keep trying. We’ll see…. Anyway, here are my notes from today. Well, it wasn’t the sunny, warm Mediterranean today (Sunday). It was … Continue reading "Glo’s Sea Day Entry – 5/27/07"
We are in the midst of docking right now in Palermo… WOW! Very exciting.
We finally made it on board! What a day. It started off at 6:00 AM. We were up, showered and re-packed our suitcases. They were getting picked up at 8:00 AM and we wanted them ready to go! We met Sandy and Sharon for breakfast and had a nice leisurely breakfast. Deb, Sandy and Sharon … Continue reading "Linda’s Embarkation Day Entry – 5/26/07"
Today is our first port of call, Palermo Italy. I’m especially looking forward to this port as it is where my mother’s family is from. My grandfather was born here. Arrive: 7:00am Depart: 5:30pm Here are a couple facts (from the DCL website): The regions best-known culinary dishes include bottarg (salted tuna roe), involtini di … Continue reading "Cruising the Med – Palermo Part 2 –5/28/07"
We wanted to say hello to some folks back home… Sandy has a message for Molly – Mission Accomplished! Deb says hello to the AllEars Team and the Babes. Also, Chet – thanks for the power adapter, it works great. Hello to Tim and Dan – thanks for watching the house. All her friends and … Continue reading "Waving to folks back home"
No idea who these men were, but they were cute and got a kick out of my taking pictures, so they posed for me. They spoke no English. Complete 2007 Mediterranean Cruise Information – Navigators, Blogs, Photos, Excursion Reviews, Podcasts and more! Other Mediterranean Blogs from AllEars® Glo from Miami Guest Blogs – including Chris … Continue reading "Montserrrat Photos Part 2"
All Ears Team Member Glo from Miami is also on the Med cruise with us…. Here’s our blog entries….. May 26, 2007 It’s approaching midnight and we are waiting for room service to deliver Mickey bars, oatmeal cookies and decaf coffee. We skipped dessert at dinner so we could be up on the open deck … Continue reading "Glo and Gary’s Med Cruise"
(It’s Sunday morning, our sea day. I’m trying to catch up on the narrative and hope to finish that today. I am have big troubles getting photos online so they may come in spurts….. Also, the internet connection is iffy… comes in and out, altho MUCH better this morning than last night. Sat May 26 … Continue reading "Cruising the Med – May 26, 2007"
Guest Blogger Chris Mahnken Friday morning, after a stout 3 hours of sleep, making six hours in the past two nights, I got up early and met our crew (Deb, Linda, Sandy, & Sharon) for breakfast. After that we went to the Lobby to hook up with our informal guides (and fellow travelers) Gary and … Continue reading "If this is Friday, it must be Montserrat"
Friday – May25th Here we are at the train station…waiting to board: Left to right: Linda Chris, Guide Gary, Karen and Sandy Here is the monastary on the mountain — you can take a cable car on land or the sky car; we opted for the aerial transport. Gotta go catch the shuttle bus from … Continue reading "Montserrrat Photos"