ITINERARY DETAILS

ITINERARY DETAILS

Right now it is snowing in Erie as we anticipate our Mediterranean and Transatlantic cruise Tuesday. A lot of snow is predicted for tomorrow, but we sure hope that it clears by Tuesday! 

We are leaving Erie at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning to fly to Cleveland then Newark. From Newark we will fly off to Barcelona about 7 p.m.

Europe’s time zone is six hours ahead of us, so if we arrive in Barcelona at about 10 a.m., it will really be about 4 a.m. in Erie. That’s important to remember since we are activating my cell phone and we don't want to wake anyone up in the middle of the night!!

Here is our itinerary:

DATE/2013	PORT OR AT SEA	TIME	PLANS
11-27/28	BARCELONA, SPAIN HOTEL PULITZER	ALL DAY!	GAUDI’S LA SAGRADA FAMILIA, WALK LAS RAMBLAS, EAT, AND RELAX
11-29	BOARD RUBY PRINCESS STATEROOM C218	BOARD BY 1 P.M. SHIP DEPARTS ABOUT 7 P.M.
11-30 (BRIAN’S BIRTHDAY)	TOULON, FRANCE	IN PORT 8 A.M. TO 6 P.M.	WE ARE GOING TO AIX EN PROVENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12-1	LIVORNO, ITALY	IN PORT 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M.	WE ARE GOING TO FLORENCE ON OUR OWN FOR THE DAY
12-2	CIVITAVECCHIA, ITALY	IN PORT 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M.	ROME TOUR OF THE CATACOMBS AND SEVEN HILLS
12-3, 4, 5	AT SEA		RELAX!!
12-6	FUNCHAL, MADEIRA, PORTUGAL	8 A.M. TO 5 P.M.	TOUR ON OUR OWN
12-7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (B1’S BIRTHDAY), 13	AT SEA		RELAX
12-14	FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA	7 A.M.	FLY TO ERIE!

 

I am almost finished packing and my checked bag only weighs 33 pounds!!! I'm doing good! Tim's weighs 40.  My carry on and tote will be heavy because I am taking both the 10 inch laptop and my iPad, plus my DSLR camera and my Canon SX260. Technology!!

CELL PHONE: This time we are sure my phone will be operable in Europe. If we make calls while in port it will be $.99/minute. From the cruise ship the cost is $2.49/minute. We can send texts for $.50 each and receive texts for $.05 each. So now we can be reached and  it won't really cost that much! This cost is sure better than the $30/minute it cost when I lived in Aix in 1967-1968!!!

UPGRADE:
I have to say that TK is doing the happy dance today!! He got an upgrade email first thing this morning. Originally we were booked for an inside stateroom. That was fine with us really because we don't know what the weather will be and the cruise was so reasonably priced. NOW, we have a balcony stateroom!!! That is frosting on the cake to be colloquial!!

Now we are just finishing up some last minute details before we leave on this new adventure.