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Gregswife and mercedes, Thanks for the information. I feel a lot better. I think I'm going to push a chair up against the adjourning door. I've seen too many Alfred Hitchcock movies.

MelBelle, I'm sorry about that. It means "Single Digit Miget" or only single number of days to go before a cruise. In my case there are 8 days to go as opposed to 300 days or 99 days or even 10 days.

I just noticed that there will be an adjourning door in my stateroom. I tend to leave the TV set on all night. Do you think it will disturb my neighbors in the adjourning room? I don't want people knocking on the wall at night. The TV thing is a city habit I have because I can't take complete silence at night. If I'm in a big city, there's no problem because of the noise factor. Any ideas or shortcomings of an adjourning stateroom?

I just realized that I'm an SDM. I can hardly wait to get out of Dodge and on that ship.

tommycruiser, Welcome to Cruise Crazies. While in Barcelona, if you have time, visit the Gaudi Cathedral (La Sagrada Familia), which is an architectual wonder in Barcelona designed by Gaudi himself. Also if you have time take a trip to Montserrat. There you will find a monastery and cathedral dramatically perching on the top of Montserrat. There are also shops and a hotel high in the mountains. There are some scenic views of the valley from atop Montserrat. When you're in the Villefranche-sur-Mer area you have to work your way up to Monaco-Monte Carlo. The ship may have an excursion to Monte Carlo. When you get there make sure you get your passport stamped at the Monaco-Monte Carlo train station so you can have bragging rights. See the palace and the route for the Grand Prix Auto Race. From Livorno you can take a trip to Pisa (Leaning Tower) or Florence. Shopping is great in Florence. Look for Italian leather. There's also the Duomo Cathedral that's seen from all around Florence and the Ponte Vecchio bridge that spans the Arno River that has shops on it too. There's not much to do in Civitavecchia. You'll have to take an excursion to Rome. You may want to take an excursion to the Colleseum, the Vatican, the Spanish steps and some of the famous fountains in Rome, like Trevi Fountain. In Naples you might want to go to the ruins of Pompeii or the Isle of Capri, both very exciting.

Spikesgirl, That was very well put. I don't mind the stories because I either don't look at them or read them if I've had enough of a story. My regret is that sometimes the media acts as a bystander instead of being active in saving lives or in educating the public with informaton on generic things to do in case of a tragic event occurs. I thing folks have to take the muster drills a lot more seriously, like how do you get a life jacket if you're not near your cabin and something happens.

Joanandjoe, Bon Voyage and have a great cruise! May you have smooth sailing. Have fun![/size]

Suemecham, Bon Voyage and have a great cruise! May you have smooth sailing. Have fun![/size]

Haylee, It's nice to see you posting. We hope to hear more from you.

I'm glad that most of the passengers were rescued and my sympathy goes out to the family of the Frenchman and his daughter.

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GottaCruz, Welcome home! I hope you enjoyed your cruise.

Freighter travel sounds adventurous but I think I'm a room service kind of guy right now.

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Suzila, Thanks for the article. It gives a lot more information. I think I'll take the muster drill a lot more seriously now. When the ship performed its muster drill, I wonder if the passengers were aware that there were life vests missing?

JohnG, Enjoy the open house.

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TravelerMike, Good looking out.