tinkerbelltwins
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- Feb 12, 2010
And there's plenty of room for that 300 lens in the middle.......
The cost of that lens would pay for a short cruise!!!
And there's plenty of room for that 300 lens in the middle.......
OMG ..that sucker's huge....just for camera equipment??? That's why I just use my little camera and count on you for the good stuff
Can you fit other stuff in it? Or will you have to carry two bags? How will Sean feel carrying that if it's hot?
The cost of that lens would pay for a short cruise!!!
So true....
Kim - my unofficial TA. - should I be booked my hotel for precruise, assuming I just need the one night?
Wow... What a very nice bag. I always have good intentions of switching lens on tours but I never do because I'm trying to take all the sights in. Even though I'm not on dcl anymore I'm still looking for good tips. I saw this blog and found good info on Malta. http://www.thepreismans.com/. The info is under the lastest cruise from May 2012. They used a private tour guide. http://www.touringmalta.com/. I'm researching for our cruise as I want to make we see the best things in each port. Happy planning.
The backpack arrived in yesterday's mail. I can't wait for Steve to get back home from his business trip and test it out. I peeked at it and it looks great. I know he'll like it as there are lots of great compartments and fantastic padding. And yes, he'll have to find some space for sundry items to carry that aren't photo related (aka snacks and rain ponchos). Thanks Kim for posting your great find!
Hi! I spent the day reading your entire thread...phew! We are thinking about doing the July Med cruise to Greece next year. DS(will be 6) has been asking about going on a boat and he's seen the Disney boats on the planning DVD we've been watching to try and prep him for some of the thrill rides for our fall trip to WDW. So it makes sense to combine the 2 for a Disney cruise. So Europe it is...and DH is even excited about the idea! Although he says he can only plan one Disney trip at a time. Of course he isn't doing any of the planning for either of them... I need to look into the deposits to lock in a rate and that should buy us some time to decide. We've only done one very short cruise before so this is all new to me.
One at a time? Has he met Mindy?
I was reading along wondering if you had purchased a camera bag...I was going to recommend the Crumpler bags. DH and I both have them and love them. I carry a fair amount of gear with me and this holds camera plus lens, 3-4 other lenses and a flash. One of my lenses is a 70-200 f2.8 IS so its pretty roomy. Ipad fits in the front. There isn't really any logo on it that would indicate its a camera bag which I like when I travel places that aren't really the safest. I am also getting a Kelly Moore bag (a really big one) to take to Paris this winter as I wanted a cool bag that really didn't look at all like a camera bag.
I've looked at them, and their downfall is the strap. Neither of us care for the messenger style....but I will research the blac rapid concept....
Something else I would recommend is a Black Rapid strap. They will hold your camera close to your body. My plan is to keep the strap on me and just attach it to the camera when I want to have it out for a while. It screws into the bottom where you attach the tripod mount.
Also I highly recommend Lucca. Its a wonderful city. I stumbled on it years ago on a trip to Italy. We rented a car in Milan and drove to Rome, bypassing Florence as we were coming back there later. We did the Pisa thing and then kept on going, ending up in Lucca for the night. Just a lovely day touring the next day.
How fun....someday....when Ashleigh is older.....
I'll be following along...just in case we decide to go.
Glad to have you here!
Hey my dear...I think I'm more the norm than you are....OMG...someone that doesn't want to book the stuff for their cruise 1 and half years out...how unusual!
I prefaced this whole pre TR With the fact I'm a bit OCD!
To be fair to him...it would be vacation #3 that we would be planning. We are celebrating our 10th anniversary on NYE so back to Paris where we went on our honeymoon. Leaving Christmas Day returning New Years Day. My BFF and her DH are coming with us so it involves some coordination/logistics there too. And there are 4-5 other families coming with us to Disney in the fall...total of as many as 18 people! Lots of coordination and logistics there...plus special birthday surprises for DS.
The thing I like about the messenger style is I can face the opening toward my body and then just open the top and reach in. I just feel safer, especially when I am changing lenses a lot. Also the bright neon interior makes it really easy to find stuff in the black bag. So all those little cables, cords and cards are easy to see.
I have pre AND post hotel/apartment reservations booked! Woot! Over the course of the last week, I've been emailing back and forth to the 2 different sites I'd decided on. After a little confusion about the pre-cruise apartment I'd booked a while ago (in spite of the clear 2013 date I got a phone call AND an email the morning 1 year prior to our stay date), I ended up on Aspacio's site looking at the apartments and noticed some now ones that hadn't been there last time. And....they can be booked for 2 nights! Not the 3 nights I had to do for the previous place! After previous confusion, I could see further confusion ahead...
So I'll try posing the map link here and see if it works or not. This is the Google map I'd been working on.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217586995600511694449.0004baa9648d6a5e8b59c&msa=0
We switched to the Rambla Catalyuna 42 that is listed on the left of the map. It's not quite as well-located as the Palau de Musica 3, but it's a bit nicer in terms of neighborhood. I did a street view of both....My dad had the final say...he preferred the new apartment as opposed to the original one. The real bonus here is that we now have a 2nd bathroom!
Our post stay is at the Hispanios Siete Suiza. I ended up emailing them when I tried random 2013 dates and nothing at all would give me a quote. Turns out they haven't yet laid out their 2013 schedule, but I was able to do an early booking anyway via email communication. So, the moral of that story is email and see what can be accomplished? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that I was able to get that all done! Mindy is also booked, and I can see that I'm gonna have to either spring for the international plan or we're going to have to coordinate times to meet ahead of time and/or converse via wi-fi (which are available at both places, btw), as she's not going to be at the same places I am. But she'll chime in and tell her side....
Less than a year people!! In fact, this time next year we'll be home and done with the cruise...ok. Not gonna dwell on that....
Post stay was on us. My DH booked us at the Hilton Diagonal Mar, which is way the heck out of the thick of things, however, he got the best price ever....free. We are booking two rooms on Hilton points. I don't think I can beat that one.