I saw the discussion on airlines and thought I would share what I got for us. We are on the KLM flight out of Houston on April 12 at 4.30 pm into Amsterdam April 12 at 8am. We will spend that day the 12th, the 13th and 14th in Amsterdam. We plan on taking a day trip south to the tulip fields. We leave Amsterdam on Saturday morning at 10.20 am and get into Cape Town Satuday night at 9.55PM again on KLM. We are going to stay at Radisson for the three nights before Cape Grace check in. Our return is on KLM out of Joberg at 10PM on the 30th and into Houston at 1.40pm on May 1st. We used miles with Continental. 400,000 But I think the route and timing there and back are great. And every inch is business. First time in Amsterdam -- any hints on what to do or hotel to stay in?

We have been on 5 cruises with Ngaire and are so excited to be on this trip. This is my first time on the site; I checked it out after Ngaire suggested it. We cleared the waitlist for ROAR awhile ago. We were scheduled for October 05 and canceled because of air difficulty, but made the waitlist for ROAR so I guess it was meant to be. When I figure out how to do it I will post my past cruise dates. I think that is what all those dates are about.

Joe is a headhunter and I am a CPA. We have two grown sons and two grandsons. We play bridge, he is nuts about it. Goal is to earn enough masterpoints to work a cruise. We play golf, he is nuts about it. We are looking to play golf in CTown on Monday April 17 if anyone is interested and assuming we can rent sticks. I needlepoint, garden, read, and am nuts about the stockmarket and investments, it is my hobby and my work. My goal is to pay for trips. We will in Aspen 5 weeks this summer. The goal is to stay cool. Hope the weather is good.

We are both looking forward to the roar trip but I am the one with wonderlust in my soul. He thinks maybe we should just go to the zoo or one of the Texas wild game ranches. That is a joke, but he really said it! I have been the one to book, plan and push all of our trips and he goes along for the ride once I have it paid for. He is a patient sort as you will find out. Almost as nice as Ngaire's Ken.