Bound for Barcelona - April 10, 2010 EB TA - Part 4

[dee47]

I picked up one book just for the knitting crowd...chick lit about a knitting group!

Is that The Friday Night Knitting Club? I love this book! It's great.

Welcome to all new people!

Thoughts and prayers to everyone dealing with family hardships or natural disasters...

I'm here until Friday (I leave early Friday morning), and will try to pop in but have lots to take care of between now and then...Sorry if I seem MIA...

Stephanie, YOU ROCK!!!

AuntLynne: Ditto

Happy Holidays to all

 

[ibouncetoo]

Is that The Friday Night Knitting Club? I love this book! It's great.

Nope, "Knitting Under the Influence" by Claire LaZebnik. It even has drink receipes in the back! I'll start it this week and finish it on the plane so it can go directly into the swap pile. The book I bought to read this week (yesterday morning) is halfway read already. It was supposed to last to mid week.

Back to laundry and packing......

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[stlkeeler]

If you are flying out of these cities/airports, I have found a parking lot with a pretty good discount. It is www.avistarparking.com and the discount code is spmrt. Just fyi - I have never used them before and have no knowledge of them. But I will be paying about 1/2 of what I usually pay.

Atlanta GA Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport ATL
Buffalo NY Buffalo-Niagara Int'l Airport BUF
Chicago IL Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport ORD
Columbus OH Port Columbus Int'l Airport CMH
Dallas TX Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l Airport DFW
Denver CO Denver Int'l Airport DEN
Hartford CT Bradley Int'l Airport BDL
Houston TX Houston Hobby Airport HOU
Memphis TN Memphis Int'l Airport MEM
New York City NY JFK Int'l Airport JFK
New York City NY La Guardia Airport LGA
Newark NJ Newark Int'l Airport EWR
Oakland CA Oakland Int'l Airport OAK
Oklahoma City OK Will Rogers World Airport OKC
Philadelphia PA Philadelphia Int'l Airport PHL
Phoenix AZ Sky Harbor Int'l Airport PHX
Pittsburgh PA Pittsburgh Int'l Airport PIT
San Francisco CA San Francisco Int'l Airport SFO
St. Louis MO Lambert-St.Louis Int'l Airport STL


See everyone soon!! Have a good week!

 

[dee47]

Nope, "Knitting Under the Influence" by Claire LaZebnik. It even has drink receipes in the back! I'll start it this week and finish it on the plane so it can go directly into the swap pile.
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I call dibs on the book!

BTW, for those looking for a really powerful PDF maker -- I haven't used it in a while but PDF995 is AWESOME. Check it out at pdf995.com. I was just reminded of it because I had to convert a 7MB TIFF file to PDF. The Acrobat site choked on it, but PDF995, which is free to download, handled it in seconds.

 

[ilovedale3]

DH just got our luggage out of storage. I measured my big suitcase that I was planning on taking and it measures 67" (length+width+height). Aer Lingus and Delta (how we are getting home) has a "limit" of 62". Think they will notice that it's too big?

 

[janell.carrasco]

[*]36106332]Good Morning! Happy Easter! (to those who celebrate)

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[*]Don't eat too much candy!



[*]I am so sorry for what your family is going through. You will be in my prayers
[/LIST]today.



You have my admiration! I was planning on taking a drafting class this semester but decided against it when I realized that I would have missed 5 classes for the trip. I can't imagine having projects to complete on top of all this planning! Good for you!

Thank you! I still have 17 pages to go and still procrasinating!

 

[obobber]

OK...While babysitting this afternoon, I downloaded the google spreadsheets & mini-nav. Got a question about stateroom tag. How do you know which staterooms have already been "tagged"? Is there some "I've been taggged" token to leave on your door?

 

[auntlynne]

...I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can stick to one carry on suitcase for me. ...

One carry-on and no check-through? You are packing light

...Missing DS today ...

How many kids are in your avatar picture? Just curious... or maybe even one kid off to school could be missed.

"Maintain the integrity of the entire page without cutting any of the printing areas/zones (margins)."

Did you get it to print? I am going to attempt to buy our train tickets to Seville later today. We'll definitely be on the same outbound train and may take an earlier train back. ...

Not quite. I printed it "as is" on US letter and lost the top 2 lines - but have the bar code and those little square stamps in official size. I also printed it at reduced size with all the info. Staples is closed for Easter, so I'll head down there tomorrow to find longer paper then.

The next earlier train Seville to Cadiz is at 17:00; its the MD type with only tourist seating, but it does cut off those last 2 hours in Seville (which could be long with small children). You could easily see a lot in 6 hours.

Don't forget the CM ones: Handsome Daniel and PJ (put Palo on the second line under his name)

I had it as PJ with nothing else and it looked so blank. Thank you.

...Aer Lingus and Delta (how we are getting home) has a "limit" of 62". Think they will notice that it's too big?

Yes - and charge you a pretty Euro for it. I'm taking no risks with luggage; I don't trust any of them not to find a way to make money now. At least the bathroom charge suggestion fell by the wayside.

...Got a question about stateroom tag. How do you know which staterooms have already been "tagged"? Is there some "I've been taggged" token to leave on your door?

Do we all need to bring a sharpie for marking our stateroom numbers off the magnet?

 

[dee47]

OK...While babysitting this afternoon, I downloaded the google spreadsheets & mini-nav. Got a question about stateroom tag. How do you know which staterooms have already been "tagged"? Is there some "I've been taggged" token to leave on your door?

A pen would do. These magnetic sheets respond well to pens -- I tried You just cross off your stateroom # from the Tag.

 

[mommyto3princesses]

Not quite. I printed it "as is" on US letter and lost the top 2 lines - but have the bar code and those little square stamps in official size. I also printed it at reduced size with all the info. Staples is closed for Easter, so I'll head down there tomorrow to find longer paper then.

The next earlier train Seville to Cadiz is at 17:00; its the MD type with only tourist seating, but it does cut off those last 2 hours in Seville (which could be long with small children). You could easily see a lot in 6 hours.

I had no problem printing and it had no problem accepting my credit card. Our tickets were a standard pdf so it printed fine. Yes, we are on the 5 o'clock return train. I was so tempted to do an open return ticket but since it is a holiday and we do need to get back on the ship, I thought I'd play it safe and book a solid return ticket. I am fine with it being an MD type since I pre-selected our seats together by the door in the first car both ways.

Everyone keep their fingers crossed for us. I have a call in to my TA checking to see what the fees would be for changing our return flight on BA and Iceland Air. I've decided that I want to spend a few more days in BCN.

 

[grlzmom]

Our port times are 7:30 am - 10:30 am
There was an 8:05 departure, but that meant early breakfast, first off the ship, straight to the train station - all too rushed. And it was about 10 euros more pp. Well, the cost got made up with the return trip. I could have left Seville at 17:00 and saved about 15 euros pp. But since I'm leaving an hour later, I'll just stay the extra 2 hours, catch the train on the newer rail line and ride in business/1st class. There are no tickets available on later trains.

There is a horse and carriage process at noon in Seville, as the April Festival starts on April 20.

Well planned Lynne. We are doing beekeeping excursion with DCL and then Hop On Hop Off Bus but sounds like you will have a great day and I think taking business class on the way back is always a good thing Take lots of pictures since we won't be getting there!

DH just got our luggage out of storage. I measured my big suitcase that I was planning on taking and it measures 67" (length+width+height). Aer Lingus and Delta (how we are getting home) has a "limit" of 62". Think they will notice that it's too big?

Personally I wouldn't risk it, baggage fees are too expensive and I have heard too many horror stories about luggage, sizes and weights.

 

[mommyto3princesses]

And that it is in Europe, who don't understand 8 1/2 x 11" paper - I think it is formatted in the A4 paper-size. Don't have that just sitting around the house - I have photo paper, cardstock, brochure (slick) paper, printer paper and economy (thin) printer paper. But all in 8 1/2 x 11. Why didn't we go metric with the rest of the world? Perhaps Staples will have some A4 to sell by the sheet. Maybe I could use legal and cut off the extra on the bottom?

Did you select the Imprimir Billetes box?

 

[rbcheek]

Wow, we here in Southern California were just treated to a little rock & roll.
And we were just like typical Californians, we got up held the pictures on the wall and waited it out. It had to have lasted at least 20 seconds (which seems like forever)

 

[KrisannB]

Well planned Lynne. We are doing beekeeping excursion with DCL and then Hop On Hop Off Bus but sounds like you will have a great day and I think taking business class on the way back is always a good thing Take lots of pictures since we won't be getting there!

We are doing the bee keeping excursion too - thought it would be educational for the kids!

Wow, we here in Southern California were just treated to a little rock & roll.
And we were just like typical Californians, we got up held the pictures on the wall and waited it out. It had to have lasted at least 20 seconds (which seems like forever)

Hope everyone and everything is ok.


Krisann

 

[KrisannB]

ok another thing marked off my list - I have created and sent to Sam's club cards for Birthday's, anniversaries and Celebrations! We have a lot of people celebrating But it was fun creating the cards!

I am still working on my magnets for the door - I do not have too many - hoping some magnets will magically pop onto my door when the doors next too me have no more room!

Now I still have to do my FE gifts for groups 2 and 3!


Krisann

 

[grlzmom]

I'm actually pretty excited for the BeeKeeper excursion. Something educational and something different. Glad there will be other DIS peeps there!

 

[disdel]

Wow, we here in Southern California were just treated to a little rock & roll.
And we were just like typical Californians, we got up held the pictures on the wall and waited it out. It had to have lasted at least 20 seconds (which seems like forever)

So, our water/power issues subside, and you on the left coast get smacked. This crossing is going to be a breeze by comparison.

Hope you and yours came through fine, with no repeat tremors.

My childhood buddy has been in El Cajon for years, I'll call him this week to see how it went for them.

 

[Belle kel]

Wow, we here in Southern California were just treated to a little rock & roll.
And we were just like typical Californians, we got up held the pictures on the wall and waited it out. It had to have lasted at least 20 seconds (which seems like forever)

OMG! I could not even imagine. Glad your safe! It's sad when the first place I head "news" is on DisBoards

 

[Belle kel]

ok, so I'm going to be that person who knows they read it somewhere but instead of digging, I'm just going to as. What were the prices on DCL Dry Cleaning/Pressing and how long does it take?​

 

[KrisannB]

ok, so I'm going to be that person who knows they read it somewhere but instead of digging, I'm just going to as. What were the prices on DCL Dry Cleaning/Pressing and how long does it take?​

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