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Post by shrjeff on Jan 13, 2024 7:02:06 GMT 2
refining our planning for our trip to sicily in may...
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Post by kuskiwi on Jan 18, 2024 5:54:38 GMT 2
Fly to Auckland tomorrow. Back Monday.
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Post by shrjeff on Jan 18, 2024 10:25:57 GMT 2
working with my cousin on our cruise in october/november from genoa through the suez canal to safaga... luckily we cancelled our cruise all the way to dubai (which we assume will be cancelled by the company) and end just beyond the canal where we will be picked up by an egyptian tour company to spend a couple of days in luxor, then to aswan via EDFU and Kom Ombo... then up to Abu Simbel and finally a flight to Cairo. We will get to see the brand new National Museum by the Giza pyramids.
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Post by rikita on Feb 2, 2024 1:18:04 GMT 2
i'll go to the czech republic on saturday, for a week, with a. and my sister in law and niece and nephew. we plan to mainly ski.
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 2, 2024 15:52:18 GMT 2
On Monday we are going to Otranto for 3 days. It is on the sea (Lecce isn't).
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Post by rikita on Feb 2, 2024 18:07:29 GMT 2
finally packed all our things, now eating something and then we will go to my brother's place, from where we will leave tomorrow ... my sister in law said not to pack too much, and i wonder, what then is the advantage of going by car, if i still can't pack more than if i go by train ...
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 8, 2024 15:41:52 GMT 2
Just got back from 3 days in Otranto. It has impressive mosaics in it cathedral with a good cript underneath. A tough looking castle. That's it. There is not much else to see. I think Mrs Faz and I were the only foreigners about. Italian holiday-makers were absent. All the restaurants were closed. We ate take-away pizzas. Now we're back in Lecce it would be nice to go to the restaurant just round the corner. Alas, Thursday is its weekly closing day. We'll get fish from the frozen food shop.
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 21, 2024 19:35:46 GMT 2
Tomorrow we are taking the train to Galatina. It is just a day's expedition.
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Post by shrjeff on Feb 22, 2024 7:23:41 GMT 2
the genoa to egypt cruise was cancelled... now working out alternatives!
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 25, 2024 17:17:18 GMT 2
Tomorrow we are going to Chipping Sodbury.
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Post by rikita on Mar 30, 2024 0:28:54 GMT 2
going to italy tomorrow, for a week near lago di garda. we want to climb, but the weather seems to be kind of rainy. will be traveling with five kids (a., my niece, and the kids of other families traveling with us, whose parents are already in italy, while the kids spent time with relatives here).
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 30, 2024 6:45:05 GMT 2
worked out an alternative... a couple of weeks in egypt before flying to california for our annual autumn visit...
then another cruise line cancelled our cruise from haifa to rome in autumn 2025 so now will be on a cruise from tahiti to california via hawaii...
due to being over 80, we work a cruise into every trip to get travel insurance...
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 2, 2024 17:26:58 GMT 2
I am so uncertain of what to do these days that my next trip is probably going to be a lengthy excursion in the suburbs just to try a new tram line.
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Post by rikita on Apr 5, 2024 14:42:45 GMT 2
due to being over 80, we work a cruise into every trip to get travel insurance... is that because it is difficult to her insurance otherwise, or is insurance cheaper with a cruise? and is it valid for the whole trip, even if the cruise is just a small part? |
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Post by shrjeff on Apr 5, 2024 15:09:19 GMT 2
due to being over 80, we work a cruise into every trip to get travel insurance... is that because it is difficult to her insurance otherwise, or is insurance cheaper with a cruise? and is it valid for the whole trip, even if the cruise is just a small part? insurance is exhorbitantly expensive and frequently limited to just two weeks... the cruise insurance is basically to cover cancellation and they throw in medical coverage and repatriation... we get to set the dates of coverage and if they extend over a month there's a modest surcharge... we tested it when Wendy fell and needed surgery and we needed flights home so know how to work it... |
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