Rare ReneeFLL Posted October 13, 2022 #74276 Share Posted October 13, 2022 11 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said: A little update from this corner on my pain condition. Just tapered off and completed a 2 week course of the super-duper oral steroid, Prednisone. I wish I could say that this was the Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris of steroids and worked a miracle and knocked this sciatic pain off. It was more on the level of the Minions. It sorta, kinda worked. That sciatic nerve is pretty pesky. So much so that I have named it since it is so personal and attached to me. I named it Merv. Merv the Nerve. At least, I am not where I was 3 weeks ago. We decided to go ahead with our travel plans as planned. We leave tomorrow with a stopover in Calgary and then onto Rome. Will spend 4 days in Florence before heading to Civitavecchia for our 12 Night Odyssey Holy Land & Greece Cruise. After that will be the 13 Night TA back to FLL. This will be our third TA. We have the UDP for the TA. I love all the specialty restaurants offered on this ship, especially Playmaker. It will be first time trying Wonderland. I plan to eat a lot and drink a lot to where I will probably gain 20 lbs. Maybe I'm just kidding. I know I will have to pace myself with the planned tours at each port and know my limits. I just hope Merv will be cooperative and not be a pain in the butt. I can't wait to get up that first morning on the ship before sunrise and get that sunrise picture. We won't have internet so I won't be able to post until we do. But whenever I can, I will post updates and pictures. Sounds like a wonderful trip. Hoping Merv stays away and you can thoroughly enjoy it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted October 13, 2022 #74277 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said: I’d suggest skipping both Pisa and Florence and instead take the train to Cinque Terra. Very easy. You can take a ferry to the lovely Cinque Terra too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted October 13, 2022 #74278 Share Posted October 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Jimbo said: Make sure you get to The Swizzle Inn Pub then and have Rum Swizzle https://www.swizzleinn.com/ http://www.swizzleinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/swizzle.jpg And write your name or message on the wall. I always love seeing the message my Dad wrote to us on their wall the year before he became ill and passed away. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted October 13, 2022 #74279 Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 hours ago, ReneeFLL said: We just passed the equator. Did they do a line crossing ceremony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted October 13, 2022 #74280 Share Posted October 13, 2022 9 hours ago, xpcdoojk said: I watched Survivor… I have seen a few ads for the New Love Boat… I was out before the first episode. On an honesty note. I didn’t like the original Love Boat. I did like Fantasy Island and a little bit Dallas (contemporaries) jc Deep down I know you loved seeing Charo on the show. Cuchi-cuchi. The rooms on the show made me laugh, at their size and layout. No where near the truth. Just me thank-full you don’t said on Princess, last time I was on them they played the Love Boat. 8 hours ago, John&LaLa said: I won't even go to the one 90 minutes away 😒 LOL, that’s why I mentioned the one in France. 😉 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted October 13, 2022 #74281 Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 hours ago, ReneeFLL said: We just passed the equator. Your wifi still works? That is deserving of a ceremony of its own. 😉 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted October 13, 2022 #74282 Share Posted October 13, 2022 8 hours ago, George C said: Florence is only about a hour from Pisa and more interesting , loved seeing David. Think our port was Livorno and there was a royal excursion by train to Florence, they guided us to the centre of Florence and then we had free time until the return. We were in port for 12 hours so we probably got five or six hours in Florence 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted October 13, 2022 #74283 Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 hours ago, bobmacliberty said: I’d suggest skipping both Pisa and Florence and instead take the train to Cinque Terra. Very easy. I agree from La Spezia but think Liverno is closer to Florence. We haven't been to La Spezia yet, it's on my to do list. I would love to see the Cinque Terra ports 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani negreanu Posted October 13, 2022 Author #74284 Share Posted October 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, sgmn said: We haven't been to La Spezia yet, it's on my to do list. I would love to see the Cinque Terra ports Symphony goes to La Spezia 😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted October 13, 2022 #74285 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2nd month Birthday was yesterday. Living the good life! Birthday_1905.mp4 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted October 13, 2022 #74286 Share Posted October 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Sea Dog said: Pretty much all packed. I'll start review tomorrow. Let's do this! Not starting mine till I have a negative covid test in hand 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keksie Posted October 13, 2022 #74287 Share Posted October 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: Survivor anyone? Do you have a favorite yet? Cody shot to the top of my list last night. Are you watching Amazing Race Favorite there? I like the twins. I thought the whiny one should have left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted October 13, 2022 #74288 Share Posted October 13, 2022 5 hours ago, grapau27 said: The leaning tower of Pisa is the only highlight of Pisa imo. Plenty of market stalls selling leather mainly handbags. Most people do a combined Pisa/Florence tour. I believe we docked in Livorno. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted October 13, 2022 #74289 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, dani negreanu said: Symphony goes to La Spezia 😉 We are doing Livorno and Portofino. Cinque Tere might be the option out of Portofino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted October 13, 2022 #74290 Share Posted October 13, 2022 All packed. Just need to get the garlic planted and make pizza sauce with remaining tomatoes. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted October 13, 2022 #74291 Share Posted October 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: I believe we docked in Livorno. Livorno is only 15 miles from Pisa and takes about 20 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcruz Posted October 13, 2022 #74292 Share Posted October 13, 2022 11 hours ago, xpcdoojk said: Machu Pichu is another matter. You have to go from the sea to the high mountains, Cusco, then train to MP? That must be a multi day stop in Lima I can’t imagine acclimating with all of the aged people on the cruise with less than 3 days in port. Even then a challenge. Yes it is a long way from Lima to Machu Pichu. Not sure if I have shared this here or not but I was an exchange student back in high school. I lived in Peru for 3 months in a northern town, Chiclayo. There were 50 US students throughout the country that summer. We were all given the opportunity to visit Cusco and MP, most took advantage. We stayed with families in Cusco, and a small fishing village a train stop away from MP in very rough conditions, but hey we were teenagers. What a great adventure. My granddaughter is in a Spanish immersion program where they are starting to learn about South American countries, pulled my pictures out to share with her last weekend. Here is one of me at MP, so happy to have had the whole experience in Peru. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted October 13, 2022 #74293 Share Posted October 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, akcruz said: Yes it is a long way from Lima to Machu Pichu. Not sure if I have shared this here or not but I was an exchange student back in high school. I lived in Peru for 3 months in a northern town, Chiclayo. There were 50 US students throughout the country that summer. We were all given the opportunity to visit Cusco and MP, most took advantage. We stayed with families in Cusco, and a small fishing village a train stop away from MP in very rough conditions, but hey we were teenagers. What a great adventure. My granddaughter is in a Spanish immersion program where they are starting to learn about South American countries, pulled my pictures out to share with her last weekend. Here is one of me at MP, so happy to have had the whole experience in Peru. Cool pic. What a great memory and experience. I am jealous. We must have met the descendants of your llamas. There were several amongst the ruins. jc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted October 13, 2022 #74294 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Keksie said: Do you have a favorite yet? Cody shot to the top of my list last night. Are you watching Amazing Race Favorite there? I like the twins. I thought the whiny one should have left. I don't have a favorite yet on either show but I was happy for the twins finish last night. I would not be disappointed at all if they won. They have a neat story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sea Dog Posted October 13, 2022 #74295 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said: 2nd month Birthday was yesterday. Living the good life! Birthday_1905.mp4 9.68 MB · 0 downloads Great pics. Happy two months!! 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: Not starting mine till I have a negative covid test in hand Did you get your second booster? We got ours a couple of weeks ago. We had no side effects at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted October 13, 2022 #74296 Share Posted October 13, 2022 @Sea Dog Greg, you on the road yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonTexasNY Posted October 13, 2022 #74297 Share Posted October 13, 2022 12 hours ago, John&LaLa said: I won't even go to the one 90 minutes away 😒 We took our daughter to Disney World when she was 5. She insisted rather strongly that she wanted to go on that boat ride "It's a Small World" as often as possible. Fast forward a few days later when we were back home and strolling in the shopping mall near us. Well we had to go into the Disney Store and what did we hear playing all through the store? Yup, "It's a Small World". The clerks greeted us with smiles and perky welcomes. I honestly wanted to puke!! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani negreanu Posted October 13, 2022 Author #74298 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Every one here is praying for her recovery !!! Elite Israeli Air Force unit rescues American who had heart attack on Odyssey between Ashdod (Israel) and Limassol (Cyprus), according to the Times of Israel -- ".... Elite Israeli Air Force unit rescues American who had heart attack on cruise ship Evacuation made following requests by American officials; woman brought to Haifa hospital. The Israeli Air Force’s elite helicopter-borne search and rescue unit evacuated an elderly American citizen from a cruise in the Mediterranean early Thursday morning, after she apparently had a heart attack. The Unit 669 crew brought the woman to Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center, where she was being treated. The evacuation was made following a request made by American officials, according to a military source. There was no immediate comment from Rambam on the woman’s condition. Unit 669, which specializes in complex combat rescue operations, including outside of Israel’s borders, is routinely dispatched to rescue civilians in incidents where civil emergency services are unable to. ..." 14 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted October 13, 2022 #74299 Share Posted October 13, 2022 38 minutes ago, Sea Dog said: Great pics. Happy two months!! Did you get your second booster? We got ours a couple of weeks ago. We had no side effects at all. Yep, 2nd booster at least a month ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted October 13, 2022 #74300 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said: All packed. Just need to get the garlic planted and make pizza sauce with remaining tomatoes. Good taste in bags. We have those same blue ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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