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Jacqui- I am so sorry to hear about your injury. Wishing you safe travels home and a speedy recovery.  Hope to see you on the Norway cruise! Let me know if you need an assist on that roll call. Take good care of yourself!  Lezli 

1 hour ago, kazu said:

So today DH and I went walking - we love walking because you can see a lot of things that you won’t on buses, etc.

 

So we started walking and enjoyed some of the sights.

 

 

 

 

 

The lovely mosaics are along this Avenida.

 

up close

 

 

We from Canada, are always astounded to see orange trees in full fruit at this time of the year 😉. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just love the mosaics on the street and cobblestones.  Not easy walking to some and I have made a misstep or two but we are enchantedl

 

We’ve learned to look down side streets to look for interesting things and wow,

we were blown away at lunch today.

 

Stay tuned but we were blown away at dinner too;  OMG.  Such good food. 🙂 

 

I guess this is a food porn alert for the next post.

 

 

Beautiful! Can’t wait to see it very soon!

23 minutes ago, HELENPSL said:

Can't believe that tomorrow we head down to Miami for our flight to Lisbon on Monday.  You plan for so long and it feels like forever before the time really comes but...the time is now.  Thanks to all of you who posted about the weather being colder than expected.  I think we'll make a quick change taking a heavier jacket and a hoodie if it's warmer.  Appreciate all the info.

 

From the heart I must mention one thing in particular.  Over the years I have been on many great roll calls with people who actually participated and offered wonderful information.  But on this roll call it was amazing.  Of course, we had someone who truly was "the leader of the band."  So Jacqui, thanks so much for all that you've done to organize so many tours and events.  Many people helped in putting tours together but your spread sheet to keep it all together is spectacular...thank you.  We arrive in Lisbon at 5:20AM on Tuesday morning.  Think we'll have a little nap and then be raring to go.  Can't wait to meet everyone as we start this fantastic adventure!!

Helen

I echo Helen’s sentiments. A big Texas size thank you to Jacqui. Bon voyage and see you in Rome. I will be following Jacqui’s live feed until then!

3 minutes ago, kazu said:

Well, now I can say all the bags are packed and we’re mostly ready to go.

Just the carry on stuff, clean up the house and check my notes and make sure I am missing nothing.  That goes in carry on too.  I need those vouchers, train tickets and email confirmations. 😉 

Now, it’s time to get excited 🙂 

 

We’ve been planning this so long, it just kept seeming long away and now the day is here tomorrow.  

 

We miss the dogs - the house is so quiet.  But I could pack and there was no puppy to steal something out (as he does with laundry) so a day without them was good to get down to business - but I did wake up this morning listening to hear if they were moving - and then I remembered they weren’t here.  LOL.

Hard to believe it's finally time!  See you on the 24th.  Safe travels!

Such cuties!  You need to be sure they have everything they need for their vacation, Mom!😉

See you all on the 24th!  Safe travels everyone.  This is going to be a lovely cruise.

Has anyone used romehotels.net to book hotels in Rome? The rates seem almost too good to be true, so I hesitate......