CRUISIN' THE MED WITH JACKIE & TOM 6-21 JUNE 2008
THE PLAN . . . On 7 November 2007, Jackie writes: Tom has booked a cruise 'round the Mediterranean on the M.V. ARCADIA, one of the bigger cruise ships of the P&O Line. We don't go 'till June next year, but it's our 25th wedding anniversary this year so he thought this would be a special trip.
. . . THE CRUISE LINE . . .		Click on the logo for more P&O Cruise Line information
. . . THE M.V. ARCADIA . . . Click on the M.V. Arcadia for more detailed information I'm fortunate not to suffer from sea sickness but Tom really suffers so much that sitting in a pub looking out to sea could make him ill if there was a bit of a swell, but the ship was great - you hardly felt it move. Did I mention it was 55 metres from sea line to top and eight metres from sea line to bottom and weighed 83,000 tonnes . . . it just sliced through the sea like a hot knife through butter.
. . . THE CABIN . . . Click on the cabin for photographs of the entire ship We have a good cabin with a balcony, but he wanted it to be more special and have a suite. Unfortunately, they were all booked but they have put us on the waiting list for one, or second choice of a mini suite.
Click on Bertie Wooster	With a suite, we would get a butler; I wouldn't know what to do with one. I would have to call him Jeeves, no matter what his name is.		Click on Jeeves
. . . THE ITINERARY . . . We will visit Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Florence, Rome, Pisa, Alicante & Gibraltar, then back to Southampton, and best of all - it's a child-free cruise yippee!! I'll be able to go in the pool without some five-year-old old drowning me. This will be my first real holiday in FIVE years. I will miss the furkids though.
THE DOLCE VITA CRUISE
DATE	PORT	ARRIVE	DEPART
6 JUNE	SOUTHHAMPTON EMBARKATION	2 p.m. TO 4 p.m.	SAILS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
11 JUNE	BARCELONA	8 a.m.	5.30 p.m.
12 JUNE	MONTE CARLO	8 a.m.	6 p.m.
13 JUNE	LIVORNO (FOR FLORENCE/PISA)	8 a.m.	6.30 p.m.
14 JUNE	SANTA MARGHERITA	8 a.m.	6.30 p.m.
15 JUNE	CIVITAVECCHIA (FOR ROME)	7.30 a.m.	7.30 p.m.
17 JUNE	ALICANTE	8 a.m.	5.30 p.m.
18 JUNE	GIBRALTOR	9 a.m.	2 p.m.
21 JUNE	SOUTHHAMPTON	DEBARKATION
. . . THE SEA . . .
. . . AND THE FUTURE . . . If Tom enjoys it, he's thinking of booking a round trip to New York on the QUEEN MARY 2; it's six days sailing each way and one day in New York, but it would still be nice. (Anyone up for an AiredaleFest in NYC?! --ad)

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