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Thanks , we are doing well. Back on the road after the unfortunate and regrettable accident on our World Horizon trip in January. We leave on Friday for 7 weeks in Europe and just rebooked the World Hoizon trip for January 2024 😀. He may not be able to lift his carry on into the overhead bin yet, but he can pull it along until we get on board 😂

I too love the fact that someone would use redolent in a sentence. My fear these days is that we will lose the power of speech ( and only text) along with the richness of language. I have often said to my children ( who are in their late 30's ), think about the feeling that you get when someone says a situation is "bad " vs when they say a situation is "horrendous" . That shows the power evoked by language. OK now I feel really old 😆

Seems like a non answer to a pretty simple question to me ; it’s either yes or no. End of story.

Just an FYI as I am not sure if anyone else on this sailing has been notified ( or noticed ) , but 10 days ago I received an email from Sea Dream with final e-docs, Health Form , itinerary etc. When I went on-line about a week later to look at the voyage ,I saw that two ports were different than what was on the itinerary that I had just received .on line it showed Zakynthos in place of Cefelonia and a day at sea in place of Santa Maria del Leuca . When I questioned Sea Dream about this they told me that they would contact the itinerary department head to see which was the correct itinerary . Just received an email from them yesterday confirming the itinerary change . Would have liked to visit Cefelonia but a day at sea is always a good thing 😎.

You are correct with the closing hours of Homed. They are open from 8am to 22:00 7 days a week which is great. Rapid antigen is quick , PCR takes longer they say although for all of us going on Azamara , the rapid antigen one day prior to embarkation is the way to go ! Everything with this Covid testing is so fluid it is amazing that we travel at all ; so kudos to everyone that is willing to run the Covid gauntlet 😀

Sounds like AZ realizes that there are some problems with the PCR option and is prepared to test you for free at the pier .. Just curious, where and when did you have your PCR test done ?

According to the Greece Travel website - https://travel.gov.gr/#/. - 7. What is the situation with cruise ships? As of 14.05.2021, cruise restrictions have been completely removed, always imposing very strict protocols that apply to these activities. well, that makes it clear as mud 😉. I would question the problems that some people have had with PCR tests as we don’t really know for certain what form of test or paperwork they had. To be really sure, I would just get a rapid antigen test 1 day before. It is definitely 1 day .

Very, very true. It took me about 3 looks at the site to realize the difference between Preparing for your cruise requirements and the Boarding requirements 😉

We are also staying at the Electra Palace but their testing times at their sister property will not work for us. They recommended Homed which does a rapid antigen test and is open 24/7 . We plan to stop off there first thing in the morning , get tested and continue on with our tour that day. It is about a 5 minute walk from the Electra Palace. No appointment necessary, 10€ for rapid antigen.

The Azamara requirement page ( Explore Well at Sea ) has several tabs. The first one , Preparing For Your Cruise, is the requirement for entering Greece ,which is only to be vaccinated if you don’t want to take a test. then if you click on the second tab, Boarding, that one is the requirement to board the ship, which is a negative Covid test. Travelling these days is not for the faint of heart 😉

I guess my first question would be , are you sure that you are flying Iberia ( or Level which is some Iberia type of flight ) which is a direct flight that departs SFO at 7:55 pm. If that is not your departure time then you are on a connecting flight that ,while sold as Iberia, is flown by American or one flown by British Airlines. Or was it a different flight when you first booked it ; could it have Iberia and then it was changed to Level due to Iberia cancelling you original flight ? If indeed you are on that Level flight and you paid for premium economy you should absolutely get a refund for that.

Did you just walk in and get it done or did you have to make an appointment ?