Di Princess

Thanks for all your replies. On Princess (37 cruises), I have always taken cruise line air and paid the $100 to modify to go in early to embarkation port and stay over in disembarkation. It seems that their air has always been less expensive for open jaws and I can pick my airline and itinerary. I will need to just wait until 360 out to look for myself. I will also look at the links you have suggested.

Di

I am booked on a Viking River Cruise in 2015 doing the Viking Var from Prague to Cologne. I have Viking Air from LAX. In what cities will my connections be, going and coming? :confused:

Thanks for your answers.

Donna I.

I am booked on a Viking River Cruise in 2015 doing the Viking Var from Prague to Cologne. I have Viking Air from LAX. In what cities will my connections be, going and coming?

Thanks for your answers.

Donna I.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/time-magazine-cover-one-world-trade-panorama_n_4910736.html

Time Magazine Cover Shows Breathtaking View From Top Of 1 World Trade Center: The cover of the latest issue of Time magazine is simply stunning. The new cover features a 360 degree panorama view from the top of 1 World Trade Center in New York City. The building is the tallest in the Western Hemisphere, and Time described the photo as "unprecedented" in a post Thursday. The image contains "567 pictures that were then stitched together digitally," and the result is breathtaking: The magazine said that it took "months" of negotiations to gain access to the antenna-spire at the top of the building, and then eight more months to design and construct an apparatus to capture the image. Visit Time for the magazine's comments about the cover.

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http://time.com/world-trade-center/

Story by Josh Sanburn Introduction by Richard Lacayo

A View Reborn

For years after the 9/11 attacks, nearly all the activity at Ground Zero was downward—digging through the piles of debris, excavating a vast pit to restore the ruined transit lines, preparing the foundations for the new buildings that would emerge there. Even the memorial that opened in 2011 was an exercise in the poetics of descent—two vast cubic voids, each with water cascading down all four sides, carrying grief to some underground resting place. For years after the 9/11 attacks, nearly all the activity at Ground Zero was downward—digging through the piles of debris, excavating a vast pit to restore the ruined transit lines, preparing the foundations for the new buildings that would emerge there. Even the memorial that opened in 2011 was an exercise in the poetics of descent—two vast cubic voids, each with water cascading down all four sides, carrying grief to some underground resting place.The memorial has turned out to be a lovely thing, but what the site still needed was something that climbed, something that spoke to the idea that emotional burdens might not only be lowered into the ground but also released into the air. Now we have it: One World Trade Center, the glass-and-steel exclamation point, all 1,776 feet of it, is nearing completion close to where the Twin Towers once stood. No doubt the new building’s official dedication will open the way to a necessary debate over its merits as architecture and urbanism, its turbulent design history and the compromises made over the long years it took to get the thing built. But in one important respect, One World Trade Center has already succeeded. It has reclaimed the sky. And this is the view from there. Kevin Murphy says he has the best office in America, and I’m not arguing, not here, 1,250 ft. above New York City, from a vantage point so high that the Statue of Liberty looks like a toy and the Brooklyn Bridge seems so small and close, we could reach down and scoop it out of the East River. Not when lower Manhattan, once as quiet as a Quaker meeting, hums like a well-oiled engine more than 100 stories below our feet.

Murphy works at the top of a building that is so much more than four walls and a roof: One World Trade Center is a statement of hope and defiance written in steel and glass, a marvel of persistence, a miracle of logistics. It is the tangible expression of a people forced quite literally to dig deep for new footings after an unspeakable blow, and there were many dark moments when it was hard to believe that anyone would stand here again. “I’m like everybody else, looking at this place in amazement,” says Murphy, who leads the team of ironworkers that has pieced together the skeleton of this skyscraper. “This is going to define New York.”For the past 12 years, it sometimes seemed as if New York’s defining feature would be a 16-acre gash that wouldn’t heal. Tangled in political power struggles and red tape, the site cleared by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, long ago lost any luster of post-9/11 unity. Nine governors, two mayors, multiple architects, a headstrong developer, thousands of victims’ families and tens of thousands of neighborhood residents fought over this tiny patch of real estate as if every clod were holy and every windswept acre held the fate of the Western world. Progress came in fits and starts. A forced marriage between two architects with divergent ideas for the building — the site’s master planner, Daniel Libeskind, and David Childs, 1 WTC’s lead architect — slowed the pace. Three years passed after 9/11 before the symbolic cornerstone signaling the beginning of construction was laid. Two more went by before a design for the memorial was finalized. All the while, 1 WTC, the only building on the site that would reach the heights of the Twin Towers, was little more than a gaping hole in the ground. As the years passed and the delays mounted, it was impossible not to wonder, What’s taking so long? And worse, Have we lost the capacity to rebuild? The answer, in part, was just beneath the surface: 10,000 workers attempting one of the most complicated construction projects ever in one of the most densely populated places on the planet. The design, almost entirely Childs’, called for a 104-story tower that includes a bomb-resistant 20-story base set on 70-ton shafts of steel and pilings sunk some 200 ft. into the earth. This unseen subterranean structure would support 48,000 tons of steel — the equivalent of 22,500 full-size cars — and almost 13,000 exterior glass panels sheathing a concrete core crowned by a 408-ft. spire whose beacon would glow at the symbolic height of 1,776 ft. (eclipsing Chicago’s Willis Tower as the tallest building in the western hemisphere). The structure includes enough concrete to lay a sidewalk from Manhattan to Chicago. And that was just one part of a 16-acre project that was the equivalent of building five Empire State Buildings on a plot of land the size of a suburban shopping mall — while tens of thousands of commuters traveled under the work zone each day.But the long wait was also the result of a nearly impossible mandate: One World Trade Center needed to be a public response to 9/11 while providing valuable commercial real estate for its private owners, to be open to its neighbors yet safe for its occupants. It needed to acknowledge the tragedy from which it was born while serving as a triumphant affirmation of the nation’s resilience in the face of it. “It was meant to be all things to all people,” says Christopher Ward, who helped manage the rebuilding as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “It was going to answer every question that it raised. Was it an answer to the terrorists? Was the market back? Was New York going to be strong? That’s what was really holding up progress.” Almost 13 years later, many of those questions remain unanswered. The market has roared and slumbered, though financial firms have returned to lower Manhattan and the surrounding neighborhoods are buzzing with energy. The nation remains on perpetual terrorism alert, though this fact no longer hampers us from going about our daily lives. But at least one answer is known. While 1 WTC may not be all things to all people, its completion signals that America’s brawny, soaring ambition — the drive that sent pioneers west, launched rockets to the moon and led us to build steel-and-glass towers that pierced the clouds — is intact. Reaching 1,776 ft. has ensured it. Getting there, says Childs, has been “the most complicated manufacturing event which is never to be repeated. I mean, it’s a onetime event.”

Building Down to Build Up: One World Trade Center shares its 16-acre site with other massive projects built at more or less the same time: the transportation hub, which links a series of underground trains that need to operate as work goes on around and above them; a subterranean vehicle-security center, atop which a park and church will eventually sit; the 9/11 Memorial, designed to be the site’s central gathering point while doubling as the roof of the vast belowground 9/11 Museum; and three other large office buildings. In response to its crowded neighborhood, Childs believed 1 WTC needed to be distinctive and concise — as if the site’s complexity called for the opposite in the design of its landmark building. “Ask an 8-year-old who spent her spring vacation in Washington to draw something she remembers,” he says. “She can get the Washington Monument dead right. There’s something powerful about that, at the heart of the city, organizing it all.” The building’s exterior is made up of eight isosceles triangles, and as it rises, it morphs from a square into an octagon and then into another square, turned 45 degrees from the first. It gives the appearance of twisting, with the glass triangles meeting in the sky. “This has a clear, logical, geometrical ending to it all,” Childs says. But before anyone could think of reaching that ending, it was necessary to build down into the thick bedrock that underlies Manhattan to plant the structures that would support the 3.5 million-sq.-ft. tower. Construction began on April 27, 2006 — four years and 228 days after the 9/11 attacks. The early work was time-consuming and labor-intensive. One challenge was to build around the PATH train, a major artery linking New York to New Jersey, without disturbing the infrastructure. The solution, requiring 18 months of planning, was to proceed by hand, without heavy machinery. “You had people down there with picks and shovels and mini-excavators, maybe digging a foot a night,” says Dan Tishman, chairman of Tishman Construction, which manages construction at the site. “It was a surgical approach.”

Hi, Lee,

I finally booked my air on BA and arrive at Heathrow 10 AM on Thursday 14 August. I think it was Alex from the Churchill Inn that suggested Coastal Cars Airport Services so I booked with them just last night. No deposit needed, :D just arrival time & date + airline and flight number:

WEBSITE: http://www.coastalcarsairportservices.co.uk/contact-us

On Feb 28, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Coastal Cars <coastalcarsairportservices@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Donna,

Our price for this transfer would be £108 (cash) or £112 if paying by card

Kind regards, Lee

Thank you for the info, we shall book you in. Our driver will meet you in the arrivals hall with a name board. PETER

Cheers,

Donna

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I did write to them at:

http://www.thebeatlesfabfourtaxitour...FQHHtAod5V8A3A

They said that I cannot do it in August when I am there off the Crystal Symphony because that is their busy season and they do not need the business except in the winter - Duh! :cool:

I just wrote to the Fab Four Taxi Company:

booking@fab4tours.co.uk

and asked them if they will honor this deal in August when I will be there for one day on the Crystal Symphony.

It is only good to buy for one more day.

Town: Do you know the value (regular price) for this tour? Thanks for all your help on this forum.

http://www.fredolsencruises.com/Our-Ships/Our-Cruise-Ships

Our Cruise Ships: Step on board our friendly, welcoming Fred. Olsen Cruise ships and start your holiday with a smile. Our cruise ships are smaller and more personal, so you’ll feel relaxed and at home straight away. Each of our beautiful cruise ships has their own distinct personalities, but what they do have in common is the comfort and great service that we are so proud of. From great bars and restaurants through to entertainment and relaxation, no matter where your cruise is destined you can rest assured that you are in for an unforgettable journey.

Explore Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch and you’ll find out why we like to think our cruise ships are a little bit special.

Balmoral is our largest and newest cruise ship, named after the Scottish home of the Royal Family. Still smaller than most cruise ships today, there are 710 cabins and suites and generous public space for the 1,300 guests on board. The main restaurant is Ballindalloch (named after the Speyside village and castle), while the two other formal restaurants are Avon and Spey – named after two of Scotland’s most beautiful salmon rivers. There’s a comfy pub with occasional live music or comedy, cabaret and shows in the Neptune Lounge, or drift away with a cool drink and spectacular seascapes in the Observatory Lounge.

Black Watch cruise ship is a hark back to those days, when quality and service were taken for granted. Sleek and intimate, with cabins and suites for 804 people, Black Watch was voted 'Best for Entertainment' in the 2012 Cruise Critic 'Cruisers' Choice UK Awards’*. Only UK cruisers voted, and they were especially impressed with our service: “they consistently went the extra mile”. So, be captivated by the entertaining cabaret at the Neptune Lounge,and fire-up your taste buds for a treat at the Glentanar Restaurant. Or, share a relaxing drink over panoramic views across the ocean in our Observatory Lounge.

The Braemar: With 150 years’ of sailing heritage behind us, our service on this beautiful cruise ship is sure to delight you. Braemar will capture your senses - with large windows, polished wood, shining brass fittings and decadent fabrics. A five-deck high atrium area and cascading decks at the stern give Braemar space and intimacy in perfect balance. A well-stocked and all-inclusive cruise ship, Braemar has a number of restaurant and bar facilities for passengers. Have a tasty lunch at the Palms Café and a delicious dinner at our grand Thistle and Grampian restaurants. Refresh at the Marquee poolside bar, or have a cosy drink in our Morning Light Pub. Spin to the music at the Neptune Lounge, and take afternoon tea at the Coral Club. Leave the world behind in our serene Atlantis Spa, and surround yourself with horizon, as you walk the promenade. *Small ships category

BTW, THAT PINK COLOUR YOU USE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ !

Hi Jack and Marsie, Just wondering what you decided re the cruise tour to M.P.?We are in the same age group as you and decided to do the tour through Princess as it was a 6 day, instead of the usual 3 day ones that I had seen offered elsewhere. It is expensive, but at our ages, we'd rather leave the worry and organization to someone else, and others that have done it have seemed to be happy with that tour. Hope to see you there! Dave and Nicole

Hi, Dave & Nicole: You Made the right decision. You will not be sorry because you will not do better. Did you ask about the Hiriam Bingham Orient Express Train? ;)

We took a 3 night overland tour with Princess to Machu a few years ago. We LOVED IT! Even though expensive, we had a wonderful time and thought it was worth every cent! I have not seen a 6 night land tour. That would be greatl!

Strange because I am under the impression that there is only a 6-day tour to Machu Picchu. :confused:

Oh, now I see, it was just an Overland Tour.

In 2008, I was working at Princess in Customer Assistance doing call-outs. The cruise was different. I did the 16-day on the Star Princess, from Buenos Aires to Santiago and the Tour afterward. Not heavily advertised (or at all), the Hiram Bingham Train, that is $500 extra, is not-to-be-missed.

There were 2 buses (about 60 pax) on the Tour. We flew from Santiago to Lima, stayed in a hotel one night, and flew to Cusco the next day. I had obtained a script from my doctor for the Altitude Illness and started taking them 2 days before disembarkation (according to the instructions).

In Cusco, we stayed at the Hotel Liberator, which was an old palace and very beautiful. As soon as we arrived at the airport, residents ran up to the van with coca leaves in a sandwich bag for $1. So I stopped taking the Rx and put the leaves under my tongue. In the very large lobby of the Liberator, there was a huge pot of hot coca tea, 24 hours a day. I filled up a few coke bottles with it and drank it all day. Great breakfasts there.

On the H-B train, we had a 6-course breakfast, including champagne with orange juice. Coming home, it was a 6-course dinner with unlimited wines and cocktails. It is a 3-hour trip up the mountain. Gorgeous scenery. Being on the train, 5 of us had a private tour guide. A small Inca lady, she looked about 25 but said she was in her 40's with perfect English. :D

Being the sacred place, the Llamas were very friendly. At the end of the day, our guide looked up at the sky and said, "It looks like rain. It is time for us to go. On the bus going down the mountain to get back to the train station, we saw a double rainbow. Such good luck.

Yes, I would definitely go for the Princess Tour. Our 2 guides were just marvelous and, being a Single Lady, I felt extra care from both. I tipped them each $50. GO with PRINCESS. U will only do it once, and you will love it! ;)

You'd be very hard-pressed to get to LHR for an 1105 flight. Harwich is 70 miles Northeast of London, LHR is 15 miles West of London.

Personally I'd see if there was anything out of LCY.

Hello, Scottbee,

I have never heard of this airport. What does LCY stand for??? :confused:

I need to fly from LAX > London about Wednesday 13 August to arrive in London and then get a Taxi directly to DOVER. I have a booking at the Churchill in Dover for 3 nights pre-cruise.

The Crystal Symphony disembarks in Dublin, where I will stay for 7 days and fly home on 1 September.

What Airlines and Airports should I use? Thank you for your help.

Donna I.

I am on a British Isles Crystal Symphony cruise next year, disembarking in Dublin. I recently discovered the website for the Paddywagon Tour Supplier. They have 2 of the best sales videos I have ever seen:

http://www.paddywagontours.com/tourV...p?id=160&cat=4

I want to spend about a week touring Ireland. I am Scots-Irish. I had thought of renting a car and B&B's; however, these tours sound like a good value. Probably mostly youngsters. They have their own Hostels. I wrote them yesterday (info@paddywagontours.com) but have not yet heard back as yesterday was Sunday.

They have on their website that you can also chose a B&B or Hotel for an extra charge.

Has anyone used Paddywagon Tours for either a day tour or the 1-week bus tour?

Thanks for your help.

Donna I.

Besides counting calories, I also count carbs. The waitstaff should be able to tell us the numbers. I am not diabetic, just trying to lose 40 more pounds. Thanks for the advice on good and bad choices. Love Chocolate (my Downfall). :eek:

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Hi, Ann,

Please send your Spreadsheet Information for Slot Pulls to me at:

donnaiworldtravel@gmail.com

Thank you very much.

Donna I.

VANCOUVER has the Third highest-priced real estate in the world.

Number 2 is Sydney, AU and Number 1 is Hong Kong.

I recently learned this when I took an on-line course in order to attend a FAM to Whistler and Vancouver. It is very lovely there and does not get to 105 degrees F. like it is here in L.A.

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[Latin, Mind, soul, or intention.] A tendency or an inclination toward a definite, sometimes unavoidable, goal; an aim, objective, or purpose. When animus is used in ...

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What animus mean - The Q&A wiki

It could mean the Jungian concept of the inner masculine self of a woman.

It could mean the Jungian concept of the inner masculine self of a woman.

But more correctly, Animus is a latin word for the soul in a man; in a more general sense it could also mean courage, vivacity, bravery, will and spirit.

An Animus was involved in the game 'Assasins Creed' and 'Assasins Creed II.'

In the game the animus was a machine built to experience your ancestors memories and control your ancestor. However, whatever you did differently in the animus would not change what happened in real life, it's not a time machine.

Anima and animus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the album by The Creatures, see Anima Animus.

The anima and animus, in Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology, are the two primary anthropomorphic archetypes of the unconscious mind, as opposed to both the theriomorphic and inferior-function of the shadow archetypes, as well as the abstract symbol sets that formulate the archetype of the Self. The anima and animus are described by Jung as elements of his theory of the collective unconscious, a domain of the unconscious that transcends the personal psyche. In the unconscious of the male, it finds expression as a feminine inner personality: anima; equivalently, in the unconscious of the female it is expressed as a masculine inner personality: animus.

The anima (animus) can be identified as the totality of the unconscious feminine psychological qualities that a male possesses or the masculine ones possessed by the female. It is an archetype of the collective unconscious and not an aggregate of father or mother, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles or teachers, though these aspects of the personal unconscious can influence the person for good or ill.

Because a man's sensitivity must often be repressed, the anima is one of the most significant autonomous complexes of all. It is said to manifest itself by appearing in dreams. It also influences a man's interactions with women and his attitudes toward them and vice versa for females and the animus. Jung said that "the encounter with the shadow is the 'apprentice-piece' in the individual's development...that with the anima is the 'masterpiece'".[1] Jung viewed the anima process as being one of the sources of creative ability.

In the book The Invisible Partners it is said that the key to controlling one's anima (animus) is to recognize it when it manifests and exercise our ability to discern the anima (animus) from reality.

There is a really good movie in the 50's called the *The Wreck of the Mary Deare*' date=' with Gray Cooper. The storyline is the owners and some of the crew running an old freigther on the rocks for the insurance money on a shipment of aircraft engines. I was told its based on the true story, but I am not sure on that.

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I love those old World War II movies.

Have there been any instances of insurance fraud in the maritime world, do you know? That is, deliberately destroying a ship that was not profitable to obtain the insurance money? In this day and age you never know.

Over the centuries there have been many cases of vessels being sunk, put a aground, a fire for the insurance money, the word (especially when a Captain or crew does it) is called *barrintry*.

When it is a building, it is called "A Jewish Fire Sale."

Disembarkation is a little different than Embarkation.

I usually use the wheelchair Disembarkation & Embarkation.

DISEMBARKATION:

I usually take the Princess Citytour to the airport. U will B advised to go to a certain lounge where all are disabled & their traveling companions.

When your number-colour is called, Crew (who R usually dining room staff) will assist U to the terminal to pick out your luggage. They will find a porter for U with a flat-bed trolley and then wheel U out to the curb for your cab or your coach. On the Coach, there is a seat or two in the front with a sign on it for Handicapped. You R all set.

EMBARKATION:

How this is different: I have never seen any crew outside the terminal, only the Porters. Give them your luggage with a tip (so it doesn't go into the sea).

Then, I walk to the terminal. It usually is not too far a distance. The longest distance is after check-in which is where they will take U up the ramp in a wheelchair & on to your cabin.

Fair Winds & Following Seas.