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  1. You do what you gotta do if you want it badly enough. My friend rode Amtrak from San Diego to NYC round trip . She spent 12 days riding the rails . In NYC she took the subway to get around . Why didn’t she fly ? She was walking to a restaurant to celebrate her birthday and when she stepped off the curb her shoe caught the uneven pavement and she fell flat on her face . She broke both wrists and suffered a stroke when her head hit the ground. Can’t fly ! Her wrists have healed however she has suffered another stroke and she has recovered from that too.
  2. Woe , that’s a very dangerous area . I found myself on 47th and just had to go into one of those diamond jewelry stores and came out in possession of a solitaire emerald cut diamond ring .
  3. Beautiful photos and a very good looking couple. Yes , we’ve been to Interlaken as well as Zurich , Geneva , Bern and Basel . I can almost hear the cowbells.
  4. Best wishes to the newly married couple. You pulled off that father daughter dance magnificently . Harry , as kids are known to ask : “ Are we there , yet ? “ I don’t want your review to end .
  5. We last cruised on Cunard in 2019 and it was a classy ocean liner with standards of dress and cerebral entertainment . I’ve mentioned before when we lived in Valencia , CA the US offices of Cunard and Princess were 3 miles from my home . I’ll be watching the US Open tennis championships from Queens today. Have you been when you were healthy ? I’m amazed that some matches ended at 1:30 AM . Why so late ? Djokovic is sure to win .
  6. The ship we are boarding in late September is broken. It’s docked I think in Alaska waiting for a part and some European workers to install the azopod. Somebody posted they are going on our cruise even if they have to push the ship. I’m not worried.
  7. @harryfat1 Did you go to the library and card room ? It’s a nice place to sit and people watch but the shelves are needing books.
  8. @bobmacliberty Best wishes to your daughter and congratulations to your new son-in-law . I’m sure everything was perfect.
  9. My TA prints the final documents, luggage tags + holders and hands them to me in a wallet with a logo on it , of course. There’s a thread on cc on saving money . It was started in 2008 (?) and there’s one comment about a person being so frugal that she wouldn’t buy a stapler to affix her luggage tags to her bags . She taped them and it backfired.
  10. I’m glad you did give us a mini-analysis of the RCI financial report. Now , I’m curious as to where they do their food shopping . I bought “ The Idiot’s Guide to Behavioral Economics “ thinking it would provide info on how customers are lured into buying stuff and more stuff. The joke is on me because it’s more scholarly than I thought . No quick hacks there !
  11. Or , take the Catalina Express in Long Beach to Avalon . Stay at the Pavilion Hotel or splurge and stay at Mt Ida.
  12. I’ve never sailed on Carnival cruise line before so no comment . Haven’t you done that itinerary just recently with your grandkids? Been there , done that! We sailed on the Koningsdam this past January to Hawaii from and return to San Diego . It’s an older crowd and the advantage is no kids . There is a deck devoted to music venues and we especially liked the Lincoln Center quartet. We tried the B B King music hall . It was too loud . We were not interested in anything else as my husband likes classical music and opera . The food was okay . We signed up for Club Orange and had our own dining room and upgraded cabin . We ate at two premium restaurants and the food was delicious and the presentation was very nice. The shows were not up to RCI standards in variety and quality. There were a few that dealt with Hawaii , of course. Major complaint and it’s big : We contracted Covid the last four days and were forced to sit in a room of over 100 people waiting for wheelchair assist because of my husband’s bum knee . I finally went up to the person charge and complained and we were evacuated immediately. I would cruise with HAL , again. And as my geometry teacher told the class in high school many years ago …. Only boring people are bored . We are sailing the Pacific coastal this month and in Astoria we are opting to tour Tillamook and the Oregon coast.
  13. @harryfat1 Yikes ! Thank you for the presentation and admit that you enjoyed it. As a shareholder you probably had the info at the ready. Now , how do they manage to keep their food costs down ? I had found something like this and thought it must be a mistake. Thank you !
  14. Jim , I had previously sent you a couple of these pics . So , I’m assuming you didn’t see them . My friend had a lovely time in Greenland. Their ship was accompanied by an icebreaker the whole time they were there including going through Prins Christian Sund .
  15. Harry , you should put your CPA hat on and look at RCI financial records . How much does Royal spend on food ? Are they spending less per passenger now than in the past ?
  16. I agree about the Met museum in NYC . We have plans to visit the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle. Are you familiar with it ? After seeing his glass flowers at the Bellagio I want to see more.
  17. Very nice photo ! We’ll be in Victoria next month and I opted for the BC Museum and city highlights tour because we’ve never been to Victoria. It looks like a fabulous and peaceful place to relax and enjoy the scenery.
  18. @DaniDanielleHappy Birthday to the Lucky young lady ! @ReneeFLL Ships docking in Halifax used to be greeted by a bagpiper . If you are on a Cunard ship they serenade you arriving and departing. You’d have to check if they still have that tradition.
  19. For Jimbo , Well , this was not so easy for someone who is not computer literate. My friend didn’t specify where in Greenland this was taken . She returned last Friday and mentioned that there were ice breaker pilots on board for the 2 ports they visited in Greenland and for Prince Christian Sound , also.
  20. This one is for you . Kinda cloudy and it’s not even May . Taken from our local newspaper. Just kidding ! Thank you for posting your photos.
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