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  1. @diebroke Thank you for your review. We are doing the TA from Lisbon to Miami 3 December. Looking forward to the adventure and will definitely take you wine comments to heart.
  2. Is there someplace close the the Miami port where we can get a rapid covid test? We are on a B2B and not sure whether there will be covid test available on board (Norwegian Sun) to get a test before leaving Miami as we are stopping in Bermuda. As I don't know Miami, searching on google is just making me crazy. Need test on 31 Oct. Is the wifi at the port reliable? We can bring tests and schedule to do via telemedicine as long as the wifi doesn't drop out. Thanks.
  3. We absolutely love Zadar. Not sure what your port times are but sunset is glorious. Alfred Hitchcock once said : ” Zadar has the most beautiful sunset in the world, more beautiful than the one in Key West in Florida, applauded at every evening. ” We really enjoyed the Archeology Museum and the Roman ruins outside. A very easy town to walk about. Lunch recommendation would be Konoba Dalmacija - Tavern. We love calamari and octopus. Everything is melt-in-your-mouth. If there is a side of mangold (chard and potatoes with garlic), definitely have some. We ate at a number of lovely smaller restaurants when we stayed there a couple of years ago. Look at the menus and pick one. Enjoy your trip.
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    @Faithcruiser If we are lucky enough to actually get to stop in your neck of the woods, what would you recommend we do? Notionally we should be stopping on 24 October.
  5. We are arriving in Lisbon on the Sun in November. Having no recent NCL experience, we are not familiar with the disembarkation timeline. The schedule notes that we will dock at 0700. Are we likely to be able to disembark no later than 0900? We want to catch at 1000 train.
  6. @Quartzsite Cruiser great Korcula pics. We were sitting in one of those nice open air cafes when the proprietor told us that the storm was coming and that he was closing. He suggested a restaurant about three doors down where we could get out of the rain. Looking out the door of the restaurant, this was the rain. It stopped just as quickly as it started. By then we had had a lovely braised octopus meal with local red wine and a wonderful conversation with the restaurant owner.
  7. Best advice on maps is to print out something before you leave home. Check the Chamber of Commerce or Visitor Center webpages. Also Frommers and/or Fodors will usually have pretty good maps that you can download. As far as the Shore Excursion folks go, the ones on the Zuiderdam on the two cruises I did in May 2022 could book for you and would tell you which excursions were still available but didn't have much on-the-ground info and were lacking in some customer service skills.
  8. Yesterday I received a notice that said my Tracy Arm excursion for 27 May was canceled for 'operational reasons.' No reschedule. Today I received an updated itinerary for Tracy Arm/Juneau that altered time in Tracy Arm from 9am to 11am, and arrival in Juneau from 1pm to 3pm. It indicated that the shore excursion was moved to 11am. I can't book it on the HAL website. When my DH and I sailed on 4 May, when we arrived in the cabin, there was a brochure for the Tracy Arm excursion. We had already booked something else so didn't do it. I'm hoping that the same brochure is available when my DS and I arrive on 25 May. Just have to flow with the changes.....
  9. @ArkansasTraveler2 We live in Oregon, so driving up is the easy answer for us. I know others who take the train from Seattle. The delay at the border mid-week is only about 15 minutes. We'll see how we do in a couple of hours as we are timing when we arrive at Canada Place. I'll try to post again later today or on Friday from Juneau with how everything goes.
  10. Thank you for the daily and all those who are here. Just doing a little last minute downloading before heading off to Vancouver to catch our cruise tomorrow, HAL Zuiderdam. Have completed all the apps, with a minimum of cursing. The drive over the boarder tomorrow from Bellingham should be relatively easy and then we can take our time getting to Canada Place. Prayers for all who need them, especially Ukraine and our Daily family members. Special prayers for those who have lost loved ones, @kazu Jacqui and @cat shepard, Ann.
  11. Haven't' posted in a while and don't have access to any of my pics of Amsterdam, I would highly recommend the Dutch Resistance Museum if you have some time in Amsterdam, especially with the Anne Frank House.
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