bison2013

Loving your amazing photos! Sharing- Our excursion along the Great Ocean Road to the Apostles (not on this trip) was magical- the driver launched Pachelbel's Canon in D as we crested the hill on the highway and saw the Southern Ocean for the first time. Remains one of my favorite memories of Australia. Nice to see the Apostles are (mostly) still standing! That ocean is relentless...

Fully agree- the 'mandated' visits hosted by the Turkish govt coops are where we bought our beautiful rugs. Arrived on time via courier, lovely to look at and given the recent hardships of earthquakes etc in Turkey, we were happy to support this dying art form. And have a souvenir to pass on to our next generation of travelers.

Agree with this- as a user who would be in the category to pay more for additional band width if that was an option. As a rural user, we know the tricks to keep band width demands as low as possible and yet still function with tools like Zoom etc.

Without this man's vision and investment, any areas of rural NA would have no access to stable internet... and now apparently the same goes for while at sea. So, thanks are indeed offered.

Probably unpopular opinion but we choose to work while travelling. This sometimes means using online tools like Zoom etc. The option to 'pay more to get more' is not a problem and I expect this will be the norm shortly. Much like we see with the excursion offerings. I don't see this as a nickel/dime issue as long as those who want to use minimal bandwidth have that opportunity. Thank you Elon and your army of satellites for giving me an office with a view!

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Interesting that they did not have any pics of the food... out of character based on how much other footage they collected.... Made us laugh anyway at what niggles some folks enough to dress up for the video to over 'share'

I appreciate this information- we have had the same with facilities that indicate 'heating' is provided in off season Europe. Where the 'heater' is the air con turned up to a higher temp... a very slow and (to a Northern American) unexpected system to what we are used to. Being aware of this potential in advance vs discovering it on site is the goal with these posts- so thanks again to @GeorgiaPeach51 for posting.

If you are going to travel to Naples for Pompeii, consider adding a ferry ride over to Capri. It is closer to a full day trip if you go from the ferry landing, then upwards (and back to the ferry terminal) so may not work with your timeline. Like many on this board, one trip will whet the appetite for more time in the different regions so don't feel you need to see everything in one visit...

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This is often the case with these excursion contract tickets. We have even had to be very careful with mainline airlines esp with code shares and/or when using award points. The dreaded 'mixed cabin'... Diligence and persistence like you demonstrated is what is needed on the part of the traveler.

Has anyone received an update from VO regarding dock location for Barcelona? Seems to be a mid October onwards change. Spain ports topic doesn't have any updates except links to popular press articles. I did try Viking chat but I was not able to get clarity.

GoogleFlights allows you to track prices for the date/routes you are interested in and will send you an alert if a significant from normal price change has occurred (higher or lower). Best advise is when you find something in your price budget, book it and then monitor for flight changes. While each airline is different, when the airline makes a schedule change, it generally opens up other options for you to look at with better timing, fewer stopovers (generally the most expensive flights are direct) etc We always book direct with the airline vs using third parties. Interesting that most on these boards are happy to use a TA for cruise booking but choose to book flights, hotel etc directly.

also when sailing on an angle.. latitude matters as well as time of year.

We choose side for morning vs afternoon sun on our balcony. Not sure when you are sailing, but in warm weather we want afternoon shade...