saffy12

We had a choir on our Nov. 16th Equinox Med cruise. As was said, I think it depends on the Activity Staff - if there is someone interested and able to coordinate it. My dad, who enjoys singing in a choir at home, participated in it.

They met for "rehearsal" on the first sea day, then again 1 other evening and on the other sea day. Each rehearsal was no more than 1 hour long, then they sang in the lobby on the last night. There were approx 50 people in the choir, and the lobby was filled with people watching their "performance" - more than any other live performer during the cruise!

It was fun for him to participate in, and was really neat to see.

It's interesting you mentioned the Austrian government being involved in the Terrace Houses. Just this weekend, we happened to go to a presentation at the Getty Villa Museum here in LA where a Dr. was giving a lecture on the Terrace Houses (they also have an ongoing exhibit on Pompeii, so we decided the day at the museum would be appropriate to prepare us for our Med cruise next month).

The dr. who did the presentation is supposedly the head archaeologist who manages the Terrace House excavation, an she is Austrian. Apparently she won an award last year - Scientist of the Year in Austria - so she is very popular there. Not sure which came first - if she is Austrian and this is her pet project so the government happens to put its resources there, or if the Austrian government puts its resources in Ephesus, so that's why she is there working. In any case, I didn't even think to question it until you mentioned it here (after all, there are American archaeologists that work in other countries - you have to go where the ruins are, right?) , but now I'm curious....

Enjoying your report - thank you for sharing!

I can't believe the BarcelonaTaxi people who just left you stranded. Besides getting your $ refunded, did you ever get any response / apology from them? I hope you are blasting a bad review for them all over Tripadvisor!!!

Please remember to post the link to your Freedom review on this one, so we can follow you over there!

Luckily for us, I had a handy-dandy gelato cheat sheet in the All-Important Binder. (Of course I did.) It translated the Italian word to the flavor it corresponded to in English, so we wouldn’t have any nasty surprises

I have been quietly enjoying your report all day since I found it this morning (yes, also at work!) and been catching up, but now I am finally compelled to post. Where did you find the Gelato cheat sheet? This sounds like something I DEFINITELY will need for our upcoming trip. If you haven't found your perfect 10 gelato by the end of your trip, don't worry - I promise to take up the search when we go in November!

I'm really enjoying reading this - our trip will be a more Eastern one than yours, but your posts on Barcelona have me already looking to plan a return cruise there!