IntrepidFromDC

GREAT PICS!

Did you get chills or anything considering you're cruising and visiting Titanic graves? I ask because over the course of the nine years I've been cruising, "Titanic" came up in conversation a handful of times and just one time did I feel creepy about it. I still wonder why "just that time", like maybe a relative of a survivor or victim was on the ship with me?

I agree.

Caesar salad, but they don't broadcast that it's available. You have to ask for it. I don't know what other possibilities there may be because if I'm in that line I'm usually CRAVING pizza.

As Cramer would say BUY BUY BUY! It's more likely that Carnival would file for bankruptcy (reorg) than for the stock to go to zero. The price of a stock is the last transaction price and who would sell shares at zero? In all seriousness, I had Lehman shares when it went bankrupt and although the stock was "worthless" I waited four years with a strange ticker in my brokerage account (something like "LHM##") and wound up getting paid something like $17. If it goes to zero and you want to sell, I'll buy all of it.

Albino broccoli?

You, Sir Double Dare, are living on the edge! "Is there bacteria in glacier water? To find out, scientists collected snow and ice samples from 21 glaciers over the years 2010 to 2016. Each was melted and then tested to see what was in the water left behind. The researchers found 968 unique species of bacteria, 98% of which had never been seen before." 😱

Thanks for posting all the pics of Messina. I saw more of it from your pics than the two times I was there (mainly because I had excursions both times).

In this pic you can see the Pride docked in the small bay/port of Messina. In the distance, the entire mountainous region you see is the tip of the toe of the boot.

Maturity is overrated. 😁 🏴‍☠️ "Why is the rum always gone?"

Hope that loyalist got a good dose of impressment.

Question: Are you using a cellphone to take/post the photos and have you found a way to get those spaces between the photos other than uploading them one at a time? TIA.

Very interesting and you piqued my curiosity! It was written at as a four paragraph poem then later turned into a song and we only sing the first paragraph!

Look at that handsome young man!

Jimbo, can you share what tour guide said about the two-story structure? Like from what dates and by whom it was constructed and used? It really is a magnificent ruin.

As usual, Cheng enlightened all of us. 🙂

At the end? What's wrong with those people???

Looks like nap time at Husband Day Care. 😁 🏴‍☠️

Pirate Punch just because I like ordering it in a pirate's voice, and Zombie (all-time favorite). 😁 🏴‍☠️

This is a three-and-a-half week trip I had scheduled in 2020 but covid closed down cruises, Italy, etc. The trip will include a 10-day cruise and 13 days training around Italy: Rome - 2 days Cruise - 10 days - Naples (I'll do Positano, Sorrento and Pompeii small group guided tour excursion), Sicily (Mt. Etna climb and Taormina excursion), Mykonos, Santorini, Athens, Olympia, plus a port in Turkey that Carnival has changed twice and who knows if they're done. Pisa - 1 day Cinque Terre - 3 days Parma - 1 day Bologna - 2 days Venice - 3 days Pre-covid negative tests are still required due to Greek restrictions. I have been on 21 cruises, all Carnival (Caribbean and Alaska), and I have been to Europe nine times but never for this long. For this trip, I have done extensive research and so my days at each port are packed as are my days in Italy. For example, I'll be eating at the TripAdvisor #1 and #2 restaurants in Rome, having secured reservations months ago. I am a foodie and thank God the Pride has a Steakhouse restaurant because I can only stand so much MDR food and Lido is hit or miss too. I am really looking forward to that orange habanero sauce at Blue Iguana, though. Speaking of Steakhouse, the one on the Pride is "David" and some time ago they placed a fig leaf over David's "monkey" and I'm wondering if it's been removed for the less conservative and more artsy Europeans. As if the stress of covid tests combined with non-refundable trans-Atlantic airfare wasn't enough, this email I received an hour ago is an example why so many say never book your flight the same day as your cruise: english | deutsch Dear customer, Your flight LH417 on 09.08.2022 from Washington, D.C. to Frankfurt is cancelled. Please accept our apologies. We are currently looking for alternatives for you and will be in touch shortly. You can check the actual status online at... Tick tock, Lufthansa...