Ohgosh I've been so stressed about other life stuff (that you know about) and now I've got some of that still going on plus hurry and get ready for this vacation!
That sounds very stressful!
How did sleeping in "the fort" of pillows go? Sounds as if you were woken repeatedly by aftershocks - if you can call a 5 on the Richter an "aftershock"!
We had some fun in the fort and have immense fun at guessing how big the aftershocks are. People are really very stressed so having some fun and a bit of a laugh is important. My colleague today was actually getting physically ill from the stress of the aftershocks
We did sleep last night, only got woken about 3 times but it was a little scary at work today to start with until enough people arrived to make the place feel lived a bit more lived in.
We are only a short walk from one of the refuge centres which we walked past at lunchtime. There was a milk tanker dispensing water - its just so surreal.
I know of a number of people who no longer have inhabitable homes, and one poor woman who works at one of our client sites, not only is having her home demolished but she has been robbed twice since the main quake. Some people are scum!
Do you guys remember, if they offer juice at Topsiders breakfast. We are planning on getting his milk there plus -if possible- his juice for the day.
You can definitely get juice at breakfast - I usually have apple too
I am struggling along trying to keep up with all the posts
I think we'll all agree with that
90 buildings destroyed downtown, hundreds of others damaged, but NO LOOTING!
to the Kiwis!!!
I guess that means American rap "stars" won't be doing a charity concert!
Just what we need, a major natural disaster followed but a bunch of rap "stars"! Give me another earthquake instead please
Looting was minimal but there are always idiots!
I still have to do my
DCL check in too. I don't remember, is there something I have to print out or is it just all done online?
Yes you do have to print a form - the one for the credit card info I think from memory.
What is everyone wearing while doing tours of Barcelona? We are arriving on Friday and going directly to a city tour then to the hotel and to HRC for the meet. I dont know if I shoud wear jeans or capris/shorts
What are your plans of what to wear around town?
I have cargo type pants or light weight jeans and will match it with a long sleeve tshirt most likely. Black slip on shoes most likely rather than sneakers.
no porters and luggage carts are free over here and they are by the luggage carasouls once you exit that zone it's just a short walk down (like 1 min if that) an escalator to taxi zone. And just a bit further for the Aerobus. Look for the bus sign.
Thanks - thats very helpful!
I looked at the earthquake pictures and it is amazing more people were not hurt. It looked horrible.
These photos taken at the university are pretty incredible - if it had happened during the day, there would have been numerous deaths. The university is about 20 minutes walk away.
We made it Emiel and Yvette's without any problems. The flight was smooth, the food not so much.
After a day of taking it easy to get onto the new schedule they took us for a 3 hour tour. They surprised us with a trip to little town in Germany where Dreams are made, well the Disney Dream that is. Seeing the ship as it is coming together was impressive. Even though we couldn't understand anything that was said, as the whole tour was in German, we still took it all in.
Say "hi" to Yvette and Emiel for me please
Wow how wonderful to see the Dream under construction!
As others have said, you should be fine to leave your luggage at the hotel - you are very, very unlikely to have anything stolen from the hotel. Pick pockets on the street maybe but the hotel should be ok. If you would feel safe to do it in a hotel in your own city then it will be fine in Barcelona.
So I can check my three bags at the hotel, but take out my laptop and video camera and lock them in the manager's safe? Does that sound like a plan?
You can ask but it depends if they have that type of thing available, I would leave those items in my luggage as is - they will be fine.
, I am sure Emiel would say the same but he is gone for work.
