All Ears® Guest Blog from August 2007

August 23, 2007 Today is our second day at sea, we have one more port before starting the crossing part of our journey. I read trip reports in preparing for this trip where people encountered unexpected rough seas in the Mediterranean but we had 3 to 5 foot seas, not any different really from the … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Disney Cruise – At Sea"

August 22, 2007 Our original shore excursion for today was cancelled a couple of days ago because they didn’t have enough people signed up. It was supposed to be Jerez & Arcos De La Frontera. So, we chose the closest thing on the list of remaining excursions A Taste of Cadiz, Jerez. The only time … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – Cadiz"

Gibraltar Mountain Along our Walking Tour (See Gibraltar Blog Entry) Me at Gibraltar Ape and Baby Me and the Baby Ape Disney Magic Paul in the Tunnel (See Gibraltar Blog Entry) Side Street in Gibraltar Sinking Ship (See Gibraltar Blog Entry)

August 21, 2007 Obviously this blog hasn’t been as live as I had hoped, I’m having a harder time than I had though finding time to write and wireless internet access is not always available. The wireless internet access throughout the ship is new to DCL and it’s still pretty hit or miss. It is … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – Gibraltar"

Finally! some internet access. We’re having a wonderful time, saw Jim Brickman last night whom I love! This morning we were fortunate enough to see Ducky Williams. The internet service is REALLY bad! I haven’t disappeared, just having problems getting online to post. Here are a few pictures of Barcelona….. Olympic Stadium Barcelona Overlook Barcelona … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – Where in the World is Lynn?"

August 19, 2007 Barcelona & Codorniu Cellars That wake up call is LOUD at 7:30 in the morning!! Today we’re doing a bus tour of the city and then going to Codorniu Cellars for a tour and tasting. We had rain last night and today is very overcast. After breakfast we’re meeting Vickie & Mike … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – Barcelona Day 2"

August 18, 2007 We ascend into Barcelona through heavy cloud cover, to rain. Pretty novel for us since we haven’t had any in Atlanta for a while. Immigration was very quick thanks to Delta giving us the paperwork on the plane and the officer being on the phone. I don’t think he even looked up … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – Barcelona 1st Day"

August 17, 2007 The day is finally here ! Tomorrow we’ll awake somewhere over Barcelona. Our day started when Paul’s cell phone woke us up. It was his boss also know as Paul with some problem he wanted Paul to fix, Hey! Doesn’t he know we’re on vacation?? After fixing their problem Paul headed off … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – Today’s the day !!!!"

THURSDAY AUGUST 16 TH Yesterday as I was getting ready for work I got a text message with a picture from our friends Shelly, Scott & Dylan, who we met on our 2005 DCL Cruise. They are on a Med cruise on ‘another’ cruise line and were having pizza in Venice. How wonderful! Today when … Continue reading "TransAtlantic Cruise – We’re on vacation!"