There's no way we'd be missing the cruise due to an airline strike! We looked into booking a new flight to BCN and it was $800 pp
! DH looked into the rail alternative (Rail Europe). It actually sounded like a neat experience spending the night in a sleeper rail car (except for the £778.50 fare for the 3 of us). But that's definitely Plan B if the strike happens on May 14 and Bristish Airways can't reschedule us.
I read on another thread that the problem with the overnight sleeper rail car is that most of them are not direct lines -- they stop every hour or so to pick up people, which can wake you up. Also, if you don't have enough people to fill a sleeper, they may split you up by gender & have you share with others... Again, this is second-hand info, but you might want to check into that. I hope it's all a moot point, and your flight goes as planned!!!!
If i was a Dr i would prescribe an 11 night cruise starting next week. That'll solve all your woes.
I am a doctor and Ill write that prescription with refills.
I like your bedside manner!!!!
Did I hear correctly that when we get to 250 pages, the site locks and we have to open a new thread. I don't think there is anyway around us hitting 250 pgs by Sunday!
Man, we're a chatty bunch!
And I *LOVE* it!!!
I'm sooo excited my travel documents have just turned up, I was starting to get a bit worried,
So glad your documents showed up!!!
Hi, meeting in the lobby would be great
Cool. What time do you think? Jeff suggested being at the fountains by 8:15pm. Do you want to just split a taxi, or try the Metro?
We might join the other Eurostars Grand Marina people for a trip to the fountains.
Whether we can depends on if our rugby team is scheduled to play their semi-final playoff on that Friday evening.
If they are then we will be huddled in front of our netbook trying to find a live (probably slightly dodgy) stream of the game to watch (seeing as there's free wifi in the hotel).
If they are scheduled to play Saturday then we'd probably be up for going off to the fountain show.
I guess if a meet time is set for the hotel lobby then we'll know where to meet if we are able to join others.
I hope you can make it!
I like moneyhappy's suggestion to come by even if there is a rugby game, just to meet us!
OMG. A week to go! I'm starting to get a bit nervous. I do hate packing and flying. I'm not *afraid* to fly or anything like that, but the airlines have just made the whole thing such an ordeal any more...
I have podcasts and TV episodes from Samantha Brown and Rick Steves, a few movies, some short stories, and game apps on my iPod touch, eReader & iPad, all to help pass the 9-hour flight. I have never yet been able to sleep on an airplane. We'll see what happens this time! I cannot believe in 9 days I'll be in Barcelona, and in 10 days, on the Magic!!!!
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