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From: D Ball on 16 Jul 2010 11:29 > For clothes, I had a powder blue and bone Chanel-type suit with bone > heels and a hat (the hat was just a thing made of wire and artificial > flowers). This was a formal as I got.http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3319155-My_blue_suit_from_1964-Frankf... > I had a pair of hush puppy type shoes and I also had two traveling > dresses - both nylon, This is the dark one that I usually wore on > the train because it didn't show dirt.http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4616810-Daytrips-Madrid.jpgand this > was the other one.http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4864145-Things_To_Do-Arles.jpg > and two shift dresses that I made for myself also nylon. Here I am > holding my niece wearing one of themhttp://cache.virtualtourist.com/4864139-Things_To_Do-Belem.jpg > I had a black cardigan, a fabric (not plastic) raincoat, umbrella > (Here I'm on the right in the raincoat with my purse on the other side > of me- my sister is next to me)http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3361234-Me_on_the_right_my_sister_2_o... > a bathing suit, a half slip, couple of bras and underpants, some > pantyhose, and a nightgown. I don't think I had any shorts or > trousers/pants of any kind. I had a hairbrush, hairpins, foil wrapped > towelettes, a washcloth, and probably lipstick, Rosalie, that was a delightful account! The pictures are priceless. Such classic fashion... We're of one mind--I love dresses, which is probably another reason I can pack more--less bulk than pants. Diana
From: Barbara Brown on 16 Jul 2010 14:38 On 7/15/2010 10:37 PM, D Ball wrote: > On Jul 15, 5:17 pm, Barbara Brown<babrow...(a)wowway.com> wrote: > >> This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1 >> in New York so we're going to take one extra bag and pay for it. I don't >> think I could do 23 days with only one bag even doing laundry. > > That sounds like a wonderful trip, Barbara. What's your cruise > itinerary? > > Diana > We're doing an 18 transatlantic with HAL that leaves from Amsterdam. To get there we have to change planes in London but we get in at 10:00 pm and our Amsterdam flight doesn't leave until 4:00 pm the next day so we spend a night in London. Then 3 days in Amsterdam before boarding the ship. The cruise goes to Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, two cities in Newfoundland, and two in Nova Scotia before ending in New York. And since we land on Labor Day we couldn't get flights until the next day so we get a day in NYC. So about 24 days. I'm sure we'll do laundry several times. I was disappointed that the HAL Eurodam doesn't have self-service laundry like their other ships.
From: Mark (SF) on 16 Jul 2010 14:45 On Jul 16, 11:38 am, Barbara Brown <babrow...(a)wowway.com> wrote: > On 7/15/2010 10:37 PM, D Ball wrote:> On Jul 15, 5:17 pm, Barbara Brown<babrow...(a)wowway.com> wrote: > > >> This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1 > >> in New York so we're going to take one extra bag and pay for it. I don't > >> think I could do 23 days with only one bag even doing laundry. > > > That sounds like a wonderful trip, Barbara. What's your cruise > > itinerary? > > > Diana > > We're doing an 18 transatlantic with HAL that leaves from Amsterdam. To > get there we have to change planes in London but we get in at 10:00 pm > and our Amsterdam flight doesn't leave until 4:00 pm the next day so we > spend a night in London. Then 3 days in Amsterdam before boarding the > ship. The cruise goes to Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe Islands, > Iceland, Greenland, two cities in Newfoundland, and two in Nova Scotia > before ending in New York. And since we land on Labor Day we couldn't > get flights until the next day so we get a day in NYC. So about 24 days. > > I'm sure we'll do laundry several times. I was disappointed that the HAL > Eurodam doesn't have self-service laundry like their other ships. Last year, on our 11 night Eurodam cruise, we took advantage of a promotion (not well-publicized, IIRC) that provided a fixed cost for all laundry during the cruise. I forget what the charge was, but it was quite reasonable and convenient. Mark
From: Thumper on 16 Jul 2010 16:19 On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:45:53 -0700 (PDT), "Mark (SF)" <mark(a)markkatzenberger.com> wrote: >On Jul 16, 11:38�am, Barbara Brown <babrow...(a)wowway.com> wrote: >> On 7/15/2010 10:37 PM, D Ball wrote:> On Jul 15, 5:17 pm, Barbara Brown<babrow...(a)wowway.com> �wrote: >> >> >> This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1 >> >> in New York so we're going to take one extra bag and pay for it. I don't >> >> think I could do 23 days with only one bag even doing laundry. >> >> > That sounds like a wonderful trip, Barbara. What's your cruise >> > itinerary? >> >> > Diana >> >> We're doing an 18 transatlantic with HAL that leaves from Amsterdam. To >> get there we have to change planes in London but we get in at 10:00 pm >> and our Amsterdam flight doesn't leave until 4:00 pm the next day so we >> spend a night in London. Then 3 days in Amsterdam before boarding the >> ship. The cruise goes to Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe Islands, >> Iceland, Greenland, two cities in Newfoundland, and two in Nova Scotia >> before ending in New York. And since we land on Labor Day we couldn't >> get flights until the next day so we get a day in NYC. So about 24 days. >> >> I'm sure we'll do laundry several times. I was disappointed that the HAL >> Eurodam doesn't have self-service laundry like their other ships. > >Last year, on our 11 night Eurodam cruise, we took advantage of a >promotion (not well-publicized, IIRC) that provided a fixed cost for >all laundry during the cruise. I forget what the charge was, but it >was quite reasonable and convenient. > >Mark Years ago I used to do trade shows all over the country. For many years I laundered, cleaned, and pressed all of my clothes before traveling and then I would steam and press them in my room. One time I( didn't have tome to get to the cleaner's before I left so I put everything that needed dry cleaning and/or pressing into the hotel 's service. They did it overnight and beautifully and I never again did it at home. It costs a few bucks extra but it saves a ton of time and does a better job. I now use the free time I saved for more enjoyable things. Thumper
From: D Ball on 16 Jul 2010 19:43
On 7/16/2010 1:38 PM, Barbara Brown wrote: > We're doing an 18 transatlantic with HAL that leaves from Amsterdam. To > get there we have to change planes in London but we get in at 10:00 pm > and our Amsterdam flight doesn't leave until 4:00 pm the next day so we > spend a night in London. Then 3 days in Amsterdam before boarding the > ship. The cruise goes to Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe Islands, > Iceland, Greenland, two cities in Newfoundland, and two in Nova Scotia > before ending in New York. And since we land on Labor Day we couldn't > get flights until the next day so we get a day in NYC. So about 24 days. That's a terrific itinerary, Barbara. We've never done that trip, so I will be very interested in your port reports. I do envy your crossing--I loved our one and only transatlantic, esp. going E to W and arriving with body clock already adjusted to local time! Diana |