dani negreanu

Many thanks, Dorothy, and much appreciated. As of last week, I / we feel like sitting ducks, in the quiet before the storm... So grateful for the support of your southern neighbors.

Dorothy, Wishing you a very Happy Birthday 💐 @#55worktoplay

+1 Marietta @DaniDanielle

Thanks, I'm checking several times a day. The cruise is Sept. 16th, so all the "blocks" have been released a long time ago...

I've got a bid up offer after being assigned the GTY (ocean view, connected cabin). I'm not happy with the connected, but the category is sold out. Put a minimum bid for balcony.... not holding my breath.

+ 3 😢 🙏 Marietta @DaniDanielle

Check those -- https://transfer-to-oia.gr/ https://santorini-transfers.gr/destinations/villages/oia/ Oia -- by boat, back from Fira -- by cable car.

That's my reasoning too... They'll be busy at least until mid-Sept, and I think Laura mentioning getting 2 puppies by this time. @Arzeena

Of course, @Keksie. I was sure I'll forget at least 2-3 of our Floridian friends....☹️

Fingers crossed our friends in Florida @bobmacliberty @helen haywood @Arzeena @molly361 @ReneeFLL @RFerrington @firefly333 etc. and London, Ontario are OK @A&L_Ont @Ourusualbeach

I had my previous TA call with the cabin # I wanted to switch to, after being assigned the GTY. If you give them the "alternative" number (without mentioning GTY, it worked for me twice...). Might try with: "I'd like to switch from # [if you have the #, even before you got the "official" notice] to this #". BTW, I've been already assigned my GTY # for my next cruise, never got an "official" notice....😕

Given the choice, I'll travel to Europe end of June 😎

+ 1 John @Ozark_Kid +1 Marietta @DaniDanielle

@h20skibum Susan & Mark, Happy 44th wedding anniversary 💐

Thank you, M., for your warm words. Sadly, clearer heads are an extinct species in this area, and the innocents on ALL sides pay the ultimate price 😢

Mark @h20skibum and @HBE4 + 1 @Coralc Patti, so sorry you're dealing with so much pain 😢

M&M -- one of the many Covid victims... My thoughts about your Paris cum London trip -- By now, you've gathered that I like to be "in the middle of the things". Taking into consideration the cost of flights, hotels and per diem, time is very valuable. I wouldn't want to spend 40 mins from my home away from home to get to the main sights in Paris. I would also like to option to get back in the middle of the day / afternoon in order to "regroup". How many days do you plan for Paris Disney? I'd limit my stay near the park to the number of days I'll be visiting. Afterwards, "back to Paris", find the cheapest accommodation in a good and central hotel / Airbnb. I speak French. I've found a big difference between our 1st visit to Paris in 1976, where nobody spoke English, and subsequent many visits, where English was widely spoken. My personal preference is to fly to Paris first. I hate the long journey from Heathrow to Central London and found it easier to get from CDG to central Paris. Afterwards, very easy to catch the Eurostar from Paris and find myself, after 3 mere hours, right in central London.

@Ozark_Kid John + 1 😢

May be "we" have another species 😕

It took me a minute to understand what's a dragonfly, so DH supplied me some pics he took a while ago in our neighboring park....

Actually, it was much simpler than that... Ours was a special sailing, with many "high-ranking" C&As, who combined a TA with the following "foliage" cruise to Canada. Therefore, lots of them were already on Vision for the crossing and had the opportunity to meet the captain and ask for this favor. We had an amazing Meet & Mingle, where I had the opportunity to add faces to many frequent and helpful posters on this forum.

I know (from the roll call) that people have asked the captain to make the detour. When be boarded, the captain announced that he'll do his best, according to tides and weather conditions. We lucked out 😎

The retaliation is, for the time being, on the smaller scale.... Anyhow, it is a "lose-lose" situation, since the "front" is civilian settlements on both sides of the border. We're doing "wait and see"....

We were also lucky that our captain (Vision OTS) took a detour for us to see the Statue of Liberty -- I like the 2nd one with the sun shining on it.

@helen haywood Thanks, Marian. That was and is my biggest fear -- such a deadly strike, all of them young kids😢 -- will force us to retaliate, and hence -- the "butterfly effect" 😢