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  1. I'm confused. Are Air Tags allowed or not? I'm using Luggage Forward next week for the first time and I would like to put air tags in if they are permitted. On the LF website it says that they aren't allowed but friends have told me they used them and had no problems.
  2. Yes, it was very nice meeting you on the Quest. I especially enjoyed your anniversary party. I'll be on the Odyssey for the Grand Pacific voyage so our paths won't cross. Maybe some time in the future. Be well.
  3. I don't usually comment on threads about clothes and I don't even own a pair of jeans, but I had to jump in here because of an article I read yesterday in the Off Duty section of the Wall Street Journal. On the front page of that section which is published on Saturdays and covers fashion, decor and food, the lead article covering essentially the whole front page is this article: Glamorous Denim: A Guide with the sub-title From haute-couture runways to red carpets, jeans have emerged as formidable formalwear. I thought it was an interesting coincidence to see this thread and that article at virtually the same time. BTW, Hi Julie. I hope you and Keith are both well.
  4. Bob, I have enjoyed reading your "Live from..." too and I know how much time it takes to do that from my own experience. I also know that when you're doing a cruise with lots of sea days it's easy to lose track of what day it is, especially when you're changing time every day. (Sailing east and losing an hour every day is my least favorite BTW - I hate those 23 hour days!) I think you've given everyone sailing on the Sapphire soon a good taste of what they will be experiencing. I'm just sorry that you caught a cold and I hope you're feeling much better now. You and Holli enjoy your last days on the ship and have a safe trip home. I'll look forward to the next time you cruise and do your reporting. Fair winds and following seas.
  5. I don't want to hijack Bob's "Live from..." but I just wanted to say hi Sharon. I hope you and Bruce and Jake are well. I've kind of lost touch. Cheers.
  6. Over the years we used a guide named Sylvie diCristo several times for stops on the French Riviera. She always did an excellent job. It has been a while so I'm not certain she still is a guide but here's her e-mail address in case you want to contact her. dicristosylvie@gmail.com
  7. Closing the Acropolis because of heat is not an unusual occurrence in July. Eleven years ago my daughter and I were in Athens and fortunately took a tour to the Acropolis early in the morning. By noon the place was closed because the temperature had risen so much that walking around there was like being on a marble frying pan. On that cruise we sailed from Venice to Rome and I don't think I felt cool at any time when I was ashore, but that was when she could go so we did. Coincidentally while we were away it was just as hot at home in eastern Virginia. I vowed to never travel to the Med area in July or August again.
  8. I wholeheartedly agree with this. I have done a cruise like this in both directions and think the temperatures one can expect would be the deciding factor for me too. The last time we went in May and it was already getting very hot in some of the ports.
  9. Last year before I cruised on the Encore from Istanbul I spent a couple of days there. I did a Bosphorus cruise which was very interesting and which I just booked on my own. I also used a driver and guide arranged through a company called Sea Song. Their website is at seasong.com. My guide was excellent and I would highly recommend his services. That company also does shore excursions from other ports in Turkey.
  10. I was able to watch the video again. Thank you. Yes, just about everything is blooming here right now. When I went out today, there was a pale pink “snow storm” of cherry blossoms at the end of my driveway. Now if the pollen would just go away.
  11. Yes, I was on the Quest. Thank you very much for the link. I've bookmarked it and will enjoy watching the video and sharing it. It was a marvelous trip!
  12. Does anyone who was on this voyage have the web address for the video that Kieran made of our voyage? I have lost the address and would like to be able to see it and show it to my family. TYIA
  13. I'm glad you finally got it Pat. I hope you and Bill have a wonderful cruise on the Ovation. I'll just miss you. I'm boarding on the 23rd in Dover.
  14. I just disembarked the Quest having done 58 days of the Grand South America voyage. On only one occasion did I see a man wearing a t-shirt and flip-flops in the dining room and that was pretty early on. Yes, many men didn't wear jackets most nights, but all that I saw were wearing collared shirts. Perhaps I was in a different part of the dining room from Markham. Nor did I see baggy, drooping trousers. I ate in either the dining room or TK on all but three nights. While not Michelin starred, I thought the food was quite good and I was always able to find something I enjoyed. The changes being made to the TK menu are especially welcome. I had lunch on three or four days in the restaurant and never saw more than four tables occupied. The menu on the days that I dined there was not the same as what was being offered in the Colonnade. I thought the entertainment on this cruise was exceptional. The cruise singers, dancers, and musicians were outstanding; in addition they were genuinely nice people with whom I enjoyed dining. There were a few service hiccups, particularly when new staff joined the ship, but in my case these were quickly corrected. Almost without exception, every staff person I encountered tried very hard to accommodate whatever request was made of them and always with a smiling face. Was the cruise absolutely perfect? No, but it was most definitely very, very good in my opinion. When I read the comments above, I wondered if I had been on a different ship because my experience was so very different. Just to add a little context, this was my 53rd cruise and I have a couple of hundred days sailed on Seabourn. My late husband and I always set sail with the expectation that we would have a good time and we always did. I have a couple more cruises booked on Seabourn and I look forward to having just as good a time as I had on this just ended one.
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