June 16, 2007 MedHead Cruisers
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Hi Steph - We would love to join everyone for lunch on Saturday (there are 4 of us).
LeiLani - You did a great job on the list. I hope that we can meet while in London.
My DD's birthday was last Saturday. She turned 6 and had a Batman party.
My kids last days of school are this week. My DD graduates from Kindergarden and her Montessori school on Tuesday and my DS is done with
3rd grade on Wednesday. We are going to Moody Gardens in Galveston for Memorial Day weekend and my friend wants me stay until Wednesday or Thursday. I told I have a major trip to get ready for. I still don't think that she understands.
I have decided to just wait and get pounds and euros once we get overseas.
My husband went and opened a Capitol One account yesterday. I still need to order my bag from Magellans and I am still looking for good and stylish walking shoe for the tours. Tomorrow is my last kid free day to go shopping.
So, wish me luck. I found my DS a pair of the zip off pants at Target. I need to get them hemmed though. I will use those when we go to Rome. I still need to take DD shopping for some more clothes. She is very picky and not into shorts. I told her that it will a hot summer. She just loves her pink camo pants.
It is hard to believe that the 1st 11-night starts on Saturday. Ours is just around the corner.
LeiLani - You did a great job on the list. I hope that we can meet while in London.
My DD's birthday was last Saturday. She turned 6 and had a Batman party.
My kids last days of school are this week. My DD graduates from Kindergarden and her Montessori school on Tuesday and my DS is done with
3rd grade on Wednesday. We are going to Moody Gardens in Galveston for Memorial Day weekend and my friend wants me stay until Wednesday or Thursday. I told I have a major trip to get ready for. I still don't think that she understands.
I have decided to just wait and get pounds and euros once we get overseas.
My husband went and opened a Capitol One account yesterday. I still need to order my bag from Magellans and I am still looking for good and stylish walking shoe for the tours. Tomorrow is my last kid free day to go shopping.
So, wish me luck. I found my DS a pair of the zip off pants at Target. I need to get them hemmed though. I will use those when we go to Rome. I still need to take DD shopping for some more clothes. She is very picky and not into shorts. I told her that it will a hot summer. She just loves her pink camo pants.
It is hard to believe that the 1st 11-night starts on Saturday. Ours is just around the corner.
also
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jmcdonnell04
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LeiLani,
Jmcdonnell - I noticed that we have all 4 of our excursions with you, Palo's the same evening, and have a daughter the same age (12). It'll be great to get to know you!
Brian and Barbara,
What are the odds that we select the same four excursions with so many to choose from but it will be great to have friends to stick together so we get back on the right train/bus/boat. My daughter Kathleen is just finishing up the 6th grade will be turning 12 on the cruise. We just got back from purchasing 2 dresses from Macy & Dillard's for the formal & semi-formal nights on the cruise. They grow up so quickly.
My wife's friend from Indianapolis stayed over last night and she brought us a ton of information about Paris for our pre-cruise stay. Yeah, more research to do.
Thanks for the great work on the t-shirts -- we had some sizing problems so we will be ordering a couple more tonight. I have to get DMIL a shirt in return for her paying for the cruise. Sounds like a fair trade...
John & Alison
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If I had any money at all I would buy one of those shirts but as it is I spent it all on textbooks that I probably won't even read. They look great though! 
Just going to put this out there....does anyone else with teenagers going think it would be a good idea to set up a meet for them? I know my sister (she's 16) would never go to the teen club by herself and she would like to meet some people ahead of time she could go with. Maybe they could have a seperate table at the initial lunch meet?? I don't know, just thinking because I'd really like her to go to the club and have fun with some people her age.
Just going to put this out there....does anyone else with teenagers going think it would be a good idea to set up a meet for them? I know my sister (she's 16) would never go to the teen club by herself and she would like to meet some people ahead of time she could go with. Maybe they could have a seperate table at the initial lunch meet?? I don't know, just thinking because I'd really like her to go to the club and have fun with some people her age.
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LeiLani,
Sorry I didn't give you names for everyone.
DW-Alison
DD-Katie (11)
DD-Kelly (7)
DMIL - Helen (75)
John
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Lauren,
How did the Ballet recittal go at Keehner Park on Saturday night? Sorry, we had friends from Indianapolis came for a visit on Saturday afternoon and stayed overnight so we could not get over to see the dance. I hope it went well. It was a beautiful weekend in Cincinnati.
John
How did the Ballet recittal go at Keehner Park on Saturday night? Sorry, we had friends from Indianapolis came for a visit on Saturday afternoon and stayed overnight so we could not get over to see the dance. I hope it went well. It was a beautiful weekend in Cincinnati.
John
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What time is LeiLani's Meet and Greet? I'm working my master itinerary and don't want to search through 137 pages of posts. Thanks! 
Here's some info from my stepdads friend who lives in barcelona:
"First of all, Barcelona has all the normal American franchises like McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dunkin' Donuts, etc., etc. Also there are Spanish chains with food kids like--Pans comes to mind--a sandwich plus chain you see everywhere. The other thing is that Spanish food in general isn't spicy. I think Americans confuse it with Mexican food, and they aren't the same at all. There are a few Mexican restaurants in Barcelona, but even they aren't very spicy because Spaniards don't like spicy food. In Barcelona, the cuisine is Catalan and very simple--grilled meats and fish with minimal seasoning. So I bet they'll do okay."
I have asked him to make recommendations for specific restaurants. But this is good to know for all of you worried about picky kids...I know I am!
And I am a dummy. There is a coworker of mine who is from italy. So he's helping me with some stuff, but he told me that for sardinia. The beaches are amazing. He said that sardinia is to italians as hawaii is to americans.
Hope this helps everyone.....
I know that the meet is sunday...I think around 3ish. Leilani is going to send out reminders on board.
So cruise #2 is getting ready to leave (5/26)! I have been lurking on their thread and alot of people are leaving wed/thurs/fri etc. I have already subscribed to their trip report thread and asked a couple questions.
Also, the balance of 6/6er's are getting their docs last week and today. So we should be next week! I can't believe how close...23 days until I board my flight!
Steph
"First of all, Barcelona has all the normal American franchises like McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dunkin' Donuts, etc., etc. Also there are Spanish chains with food kids like--Pans comes to mind--a sandwich plus chain you see everywhere. The other thing is that Spanish food in general isn't spicy. I think Americans confuse it with Mexican food, and they aren't the same at all. There are a few Mexican restaurants in Barcelona, but even they aren't very spicy because Spaniards don't like spicy food. In Barcelona, the cuisine is Catalan and very simple--grilled meats and fish with minimal seasoning. So I bet they'll do okay."
I have asked him to make recommendations for specific restaurants. But this is good to know for all of you worried about picky kids...I know I am!
And I am a dummy. There is a coworker of mine who is from italy. So he's helping me with some stuff, but he told me that for sardinia. The beaches are amazing. He said that sardinia is to italians as hawaii is to americans.
Hope this helps everyone.....
I know that the meet is sunday...I think around 3ish. Leilani is going to send out reminders on board.
So cruise #2 is getting ready to leave (5/26)! I have been lurking on their thread and alot of people are leaving wed/thurs/fri etc. I have already subscribed to their trip report thread and asked a couple questions.
Also, the balance of 6/6er's are getting their docs last week and today. So we should be next week! I can't believe how close...23 days until I board my flight!
Steph
Here is some more info from a barcelona resident. Jodie he gave some great recommendations for restaurants.
From Roger: (US Citizen living in barcelona and stephanie's "taysmom" stepdads friend)
Here are some recommendations. The "not to miss" thing in Barcelona is the architecture, especially the unfinished Sagrada Familia Basilica. Here's some notes I did recently for a visiting friend of a friend:
One good way to start out and get an overview of the city is the Bus Turistic. There's two lines, and you can hop on and off them wherever you like. For example, they take you past most of the art museums in Barcelona--the Picasso, Miro, Contemporary, etc. It's a great museum town. What many tourists want to see--and the Bus Turistic is a good way to start--is the modernista Architecture--Gaudi's unfinished Sagrada Familia (on the red line) and dozens of other fanciful and ornate buildings from the 1890s-1910s. The staff at your hotel can tell you how to catch the buses.
The largest upscale shopping area in town is the Passeig de Gracia, north of Plaza Catalunya. Your hotel will have a map. There's lots of other shopping areas, of course. The best bargain shopping is probably in the Old Town or Barrio Gotico next to the Rambla. The Rambla is the city's famous walking street, a walk you will want to take (it's another "not to miss" thing). If you are walking down the Rambla from Plaza Catalunya (the center of town more or less) towards the sea, the Old Town is to your left. The Gothic cathedral (different from the Sagrada Familia) is in the Old Town.
A few restaurants:
Pricey: Casa Calvet, Casp, 48, tel: 93 412 4012. Catalan food in a gorgeous Gaudi modernista building.
La Dama, Diagonal, 423, tel: 93 202 0686. Located in another beautiful modernista building.
Casa Dario, Consell de Cent 256, tel: 93 453 31 35. Great seafood.
Medium: Tragaluz, Pge de la Concepcio, 5, betw. Passeig de Gracia & the Rambla, tel: 93, 487 06 21. Go upstairs (there's a Japanese restaurant downstairs)
Cal Pep, Plaza de les olles 8, 93 tel: 310 79 61. Old town seafood. Tiny place, hard to find, but worth it.
Senyor Parellada, Argenteria 37, tel: 93 310 50 94. One of our favorite places for Catalan food. Inexpensive.
Tapas: Txapela, Passeig de Gracia, 8 -10, no need to phone ahead, big touristy place, but a good place to sample Basque tapas.
P.S. Here's another, larger restaurant list done at another time with some of the same restaurants as above and some additional ones:
Medium:
Tragaluz, Pge de la Concepcio, 5, betw. Passeig de Gracia & the Rambla, tel: 93, 487 06 21. Go
upstairs (there's a Japanese restaurant downstairs)
Cal Pep, Plaza de les olles 8, 93 tel: 310 79 61. Old town seafood. Tiny place, hard to find, but worth it.
Medium/Inexpensive:
Senyor Parellada, Argenteria 37, tel: 93 310 50 94. One of our favorite places for Catalan food. Try the lamb dish if you like lamb.
Cafe de L'academia, C. LLedo, 1, Plaza Sant Just. Tel: 93 319 82 53 or 933150026. Tiny little place, reservations required, great food.
Salero, Calle Rec, 60. Tel: 933 198 022. This is the place we went to last night. Good vaguely Asian food, noisy young crowd. We had a good time there
Inexpensive:
Casa Aragon, corner of Ronda Sant Antoni and C. Joaquim Costa. Good place for mid-day menu del dia. Also open at night.
La Bella Napoli, good pizza from a wood-burning stove, pastas and meat also. On C. Villarroel between Arago and Consejo de Ciento.
Montello, Via Laietana 42, Tel 93 310 35 26. Good pizza and Italian food.
Taverna Can Margarit, C. de la Concordia, 21, Tel: 93 441 67 23. Fun atomosphere--seems to be a former stable or factory or something. Good Catalan specialties. Open only at night, and not on Sundays or holidays.
La Tomaquera, C. Margarit (corner of Magallanes). No phone or reservations taken. Sometimes you have to wait in line outside. Best Catalan-style snails in Barcelona.
Tapas:
Txapela, Passeig de Gracia, 8 -10, no need to phone ahead, big touristy place, but a good place to sample Basque tapas
Ok...eww snails? ugh!
Hope this gives everyone some additional ideas for on their own or as a group.
Steph
From Roger: (US Citizen living in barcelona and stephanie's "taysmom" stepdads friend)
Here are some recommendations. The "not to miss" thing in Barcelona is the architecture, especially the unfinished Sagrada Familia Basilica. Here's some notes I did recently for a visiting friend of a friend:
One good way to start out and get an overview of the city is the Bus Turistic. There's two lines, and you can hop on and off them wherever you like. For example, they take you past most of the art museums in Barcelona--the Picasso, Miro, Contemporary, etc. It's a great museum town. What many tourists want to see--and the Bus Turistic is a good way to start--is the modernista Architecture--Gaudi's unfinished Sagrada Familia (on the red line) and dozens of other fanciful and ornate buildings from the 1890s-1910s. The staff at your hotel can tell you how to catch the buses.
The largest upscale shopping area in town is the Passeig de Gracia, north of Plaza Catalunya. Your hotel will have a map. There's lots of other shopping areas, of course. The best bargain shopping is probably in the Old Town or Barrio Gotico next to the Rambla. The Rambla is the city's famous walking street, a walk you will want to take (it's another "not to miss" thing). If you are walking down the Rambla from Plaza Catalunya (the center of town more or less) towards the sea, the Old Town is to your left. The Gothic cathedral (different from the Sagrada Familia) is in the Old Town.
A few restaurants:
Pricey: Casa Calvet, Casp, 48, tel: 93 412 4012. Catalan food in a gorgeous Gaudi modernista building.
La Dama, Diagonal, 423, tel: 93 202 0686. Located in another beautiful modernista building.
Casa Dario, Consell de Cent 256, tel: 93 453 31 35. Great seafood.
Medium: Tragaluz, Pge de la Concepcio, 5, betw. Passeig de Gracia & the Rambla, tel: 93, 487 06 21. Go upstairs (there's a Japanese restaurant downstairs)
Cal Pep, Plaza de les olles 8, 93 tel: 310 79 61. Old town seafood. Tiny place, hard to find, but worth it.
Senyor Parellada, Argenteria 37, tel: 93 310 50 94. One of our favorite places for Catalan food. Inexpensive.
Tapas: Txapela, Passeig de Gracia, 8 -10, no need to phone ahead, big touristy place, but a good place to sample Basque tapas.
P.S. Here's another, larger restaurant list done at another time with some of the same restaurants as above and some additional ones:
Medium:
Tragaluz, Pge de la Concepcio, 5, betw. Passeig de Gracia & the Rambla, tel: 93, 487 06 21. Go
upstairs (there's a Japanese restaurant downstairs)
Cal Pep, Plaza de les olles 8, 93 tel: 310 79 61. Old town seafood. Tiny place, hard to find, but worth it.
Medium/Inexpensive:
Senyor Parellada, Argenteria 37, tel: 93 310 50 94. One of our favorite places for Catalan food. Try the lamb dish if you like lamb.
Cafe de L'academia, C. LLedo, 1, Plaza Sant Just. Tel: 93 319 82 53 or 933150026. Tiny little place, reservations required, great food.
Salero, Calle Rec, 60. Tel: 933 198 022. This is the place we went to last night. Good vaguely Asian food, noisy young crowd. We had a good time there
Inexpensive:
Casa Aragon, corner of Ronda Sant Antoni and C. Joaquim Costa. Good place for mid-day menu del dia. Also open at night.
La Bella Napoli, good pizza from a wood-burning stove, pastas and meat also. On C. Villarroel between Arago and Consejo de Ciento.
Montello, Via Laietana 42, Tel 93 310 35 26. Good pizza and Italian food.
Taverna Can Margarit, C. de la Concordia, 21, Tel: 93 441 67 23. Fun atomosphere--seems to be a former stable or factory or something. Good Catalan specialties. Open only at night, and not on Sundays or holidays.
La Tomaquera, C. Margarit (corner of Magallanes). No phone or reservations taken. Sometimes you have to wait in line outside. Best Catalan-style snails in Barcelona.
Tapas:
Txapela, Passeig de Gracia, 8 -10, no need to phone ahead, big touristy place, but a good place to sample Basque tapas
Ok...eww snails? ugh!
Hope this gives everyone some additional ideas for on their own or as a group.
Steph
I am hesitant to even post this at this late date but does anyone have any ideas as to a private tour operator that we might could get for Rome at such late notice. We booked this cruise spur of the moment a few weeks back and I have been so busy with other things I haven't been able to really research. Of course all of the private tours were already booked thru the Disney tours. I know there is a listing on one of the threads but I assume all of those would be taken from now. Thanks for any help.
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earpiemom,
Try this . . .
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/search.php?searchid=5735539
Good luck! -Jodie
Try this . . .
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/search.php?searchid=5735539
Good luck! -Jodie
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Steph, Thats great information. I printed it out to bring with me on the trip. I had already e-mailed La Poma to request a reservation. I think that restaurant will work well since they have the pizza for the kids and other stuff for those who want something different. It also got great reviews.
La Poma is located in Hotel Royal at La Rambla 117. I e-mailed the hotel and asked if they could help me make the reservation, but of course I have not heard from them. I'll give it a couple of days and if I still don't hear from them, I'll ATTEMPT to call.
-Jodie
La Poma is located in Hotel Royal at La Rambla 117. I e-mailed the hotel and asked if they could help me make the reservation, but of course I have not heard from them. I'll give it a couple of days and if I still don't hear from them, I'll ATTEMPT to call.
-Jodie
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Thanks for asking.
It went okay. I seem to have caught something and I had a fever and was really sick so I didn't do my best but at least I didn't collapse or anything!I just got a voicemail from Delta that I need to call them to change our flight times due to a missed connection.
I'm about to call them right now. I hope everything stays pretty much the same...
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Okay, our flight times are more or less the same. Only minor changes there. The big change is that we're now going through Atlanta instead of New York Kennedy. Didn't matter to me one way or the other so that's a relief.
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