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This thread is much more active than the May 13th cruise, which my husband and I will also be on. That one is 2 pages. I attribute that to how well Yvonne writes.

I'm making a list of places we may need to visit. Thanks,

Reminds me of sailing roundtrip from Buenos Aires to Antarctica on the Star, some of the Spanish speaking passengers requested that the question be translated to Spanish as they did not recognize one of the words. The questions was "What country is named for the saviour?" Once translated, the answer became self-evident - El Salvador.

Well, a little north and west of the nation's capital, it was 29 degrees this morning. My sister who lives outside Boston observed it was warmer there.

Huntingdon1701 recommends a day for Acropolis and museum. I would assume that is the Acropolis Museum. I eould add tge agorra and its museum and the National Museum which houses many ancient artificats, especially the Antikythera Mechanism. (Nova has an interest8ng program on it,)`So if your intent at this time is one and done, I'd suggest two days in Athens. My DIL who spent a fait amount 9f time in Greece would suggest dining 8n the Plaka. BTW, try out the loukamadies, the Greek version of donut holes with honey,

Not really Haven-related, although we will be staying in the Haven on the Joy late December and I didn't want to start another thread. NCL really surprised me quite positively. On Friday at 4:17 PM, I sent in the Shareholder Request Form. The automated response came back with the same time stamp - not surprised at that. However, today is Sunday, which means WEEKEND. Well, at 4:50 PM, we received our shareholder benefit. That is just a little over 48 hours and on a weekend. Wow! Oh, SthrnGary, we'll see how we like the Joy in late November as you have been partial to it. They've added a thermal spa to her, but apparently there is no thallaso (sp?) pool. So, glad we've elected to stay in the Haven. We'll forego the Thermal Spa. Well. now I've had my little break on cruise critic. Now it is back to cleaning and cooking in preparation for tomorrow's big event. (I'm getting older, in future years I may have to check out a cruise where things can be set up to be Passover-friendly so I don't have to clean and switch stuff out. I'd just have to know if the matzah balls are floaters, not the sinkers.) Years ago, I dumbly scheduled a cruise on Passover. They gave me my own box of matzah which I took to meals with me. Each night I'd go past the crepe maker in the buffet and mope. Only 3 weeks and we'll be on the Jewel.

Have you set up your own packing method in its own topic al la SthrnGary's Secrets of the Haven? I'm impressed with your approach. I made labeled, denim draw string bags my cords. But I use big fat noise-cancelling headsets which take up space. Plus, and here I envy you, the hearing aid charger/case isn't big, but it is twice the height of what I assume is the Airpods case.. (The hearing aids do bluetooth, but the hearing aid makers app, at least, isn't compatible with the tablet. So now I'm distracted when I should be cleaning and cooking for a mjaor holiday. Ah well, there is always LATER, maybe? Thanks for the packing suggestions.

As to being notified of changes, I believe if you book directly with NCL they notify you of changes. If you book with a travel agent, then NCL notifies the travel agent who then should notify you.

When you debark in Rome, I am assuming that is really Civitivecchia. If so, I'd recommend checking out Daytrip to get you from the port to Rome. We used them and made two stops on the way - Ancient Ostia, which is the port outside on Rome and Necropolis de le Banditaccia, an Etruscan mound burial site that you can walk down into. The driver just drove and waited for us. Entrance fees were not included.

Thanks for documenting your cruise and letting us follow along. Wishing you uneventful flights. We will be in Vancouver in 3 weeks from tomorrow as we'll board the Jewel there on Monday.

Since you implied you need multiple pulls, let me suggest you go to Etsy where the cost of mutiples will be significantly less than if you buy singles in brick and mortar fabric stores. You can even get then personalized for that true designer look. Heck, you could personalize them to say "Haven" on them.

Always a pleasure to follow your cruises. If I remember correctly, you are getting back to Vancouver from another cruise as we depart on the Jewel to head to Seward. Wishing you safe travels and thanks again for letting us travel with you.

Have some photos taken while at dinner.

I go with /s; I want to be quite obvious as my kids like to point out "I look up when they say gullible is written on the ceiling."

I always enjoy following a Bird cruise. Bon Voyage.