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10 minutes ago, pjo said:

Tamie,

 

Thank you for the reply.  Hopefully we can all meet up on this cruise.  We are coming in to London 5 days pre-cruise so let me know if we can meet for dinner in London.  It looks like you are all set for Le Havre.  We have been to Barcelona several times before so we are free lancing there as we have already seen the most important sites.  In Italy we have booked Romeinlimo for Livinoro, Rome and Naples.  We have used Romeinlimo before and they are nothing short of excellent.  Let me know what you are doing in Santorino and Athens.  In Split I think we are doing a Segway tour.  Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Paul

 

Paul - we are also booked with RomeinLimo at all 3 locations (Rome Highlights, Florence/Pisa, Naples/Pompeii) based upon reviews here and Trip Advisor.   Athens we booked PK Travel for Full Day Athens Tour.   Santorini might be a taxi to Oia then back to Fira - not sure yet.  Split we plan to walk around the palace and city since its so close to the port. We only have 2 days in London for free time before the cruise (flying Tuesday, sightseeing Wed & Thur.).  We plan to do a double-decker bus tour and since we are staying at the St Ermins, we can walk to most key sites for additional viewing.    Not sure our plans for 2nd day yet.   We are staying 3 nights in Venice after the cruise before heading back home too.  We have just started researching what to do there too.   

2 weeks in October, might even get to watch a football game with you (assuming they show them) if your Patriots play our KC Chiefs again in their regular season matchup during that time.  They haven't published the schedule yet, but we are ready for rematch:)   Take care....

29 minutes ago, pjo said:

We actually did book this cruise.  For the Le Havre stop we have contacted Overlord tours for a tour of Normandy.  We are waitlisted on the 9B tour on October 12th.  This tour is limited to 18 people and we are the first 5 to have signed up for this tour.  It takes 8 reservations for the tour to officially “open.”  This company comes highly recommended so if you are interested contact Rebecca at Overlord tours.  Hopefully  we will meet up on this cruise.  We are also booking most tours through private companies.

 

Paul

 

 

Thanks for the update Paul.   We are also looking at Overlord tours, but #9 which is the private tour for 8.  We are a group of 4 and I just found another couple to join us today on CC, so hoping we can identify 2 more to join us and make our 8.   This makes this tour only 12.50 higher than the group of 16 and we can do more with our day.   Glad you thought they were a good choice too  - that makes me feel better with our selection of this company.  Reviews were great.  Enjoy your tour and see you on the ship.   

As a note, we booked private tours/transportation in each port in Italy and at Athens if you need any recommendations. 

Tamie

Thanks for sharing this option.   I think we would greatly benefit from the commentary of the tour guide though and security of having them "know where they are going" for low stress trip:)   Thanks again!

Did you end up booking this cruise?  We are on it and another couple of friends.   We are busy planning our excursions at each port - most will be private tours.    We are looking for fellow cruisers to join a tour of the American-focused sites on the Normandy beaches and general areas at our Le Havre port stop.