After writing the previous post, I noticed that our message light was blinking. Figuring it was probably Jeannine, I asked Lindsay to check it. Watching her facial expressions as she listened to the phone, I could tell that something was wrong. Either that, or she was joking around…but at this point I don’t think either one of us would have hazarded a joke on the subject of our luggage…it just wasn’t funny anymore (not that it was ever funny, but it wasn’t as agonizing earlier in the trip). Jeannine’s message was that we’d have to wait until Rhodes (the day after tomorrow) to get our luggage. Apparently there’s an air traffic controller strike, so our bags can’t get to Mykonos. So, hopefully we’ll get them in Rhodes. If anyone’s keeping track, that will be day SEVEN of our dream honeymoon that we finally get our luggage. At this point, I figure it’ll be an act of God that will further delay our luggage…perhaps a tsunami or a typhoon or some other water-based cataclysm.

Sigh.

Day 5 – At Sea (2007.05.22)

Today was our first full day on the ship, and one of the two “at sea” days. The ship is making its way from Civitavecchia to Mykonos, where we will hopefully Read the rest of this entry »

Day 4 – Rome/Civitavecchia (2007.05.21)

Day 4 would have started the same as the others, with a breakfast buffet at the hotel, except we had to figure out a way to dry our clothes from the previous night’s laundry festivities (since hanging them out to dry didn’t work). I tried to speed up the drying process using the hair dryer, which turned out to be a not-so-good idea. In addition to melting the hair dryer Read the rest of this entry »

To Rome!

Day 3 – Florence/Rome (2007.05.20)

As I had mentioned in yesterday’s entry, we started off the day with a nice little train ride from Florence to Rome. Well, we really started the day with the same breakfast buffet, where I actually tried the unidentified fruit-floating-in-juice thing (I think it was pear, but I won’t ever be sure). Once at the train station, we waited for our track to be called. The whole group only had their carry-on luggage, since their suitcases Read the rest of this entry »

Day 2 – Florence (2007.05.19)

Right now we have a little down time, riding the rails from Florence to Rome. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous, but looks like it’s on a loop – beautiful green pastures, villa on the hill, beautiful green pastures, rinse, repeat. So, it’s a good time to talk about yesterday – day 2 of our pre-cruise tour.

Breakfast was pretty good…it was a small Read the rest of this entry »