Well, three of us couldn't find a roll call for this trip (I could have sworn there was one :banana: :banana:

Part 1:
Steve, Lauri and Lauren
Andrea and Jerel

Part 2:
Eugene and Gail

whole trip:
Ngaire and Ken
Susan and Russell
Marc and Arlene

Lauri, I'm not booked for this cruise but what and where is it going??

Oops, guess I should have included that ;)

It has two parts: part 1 is 7 nights from Athens to Istanbul on Navigator then part 2 is 7 night Baltics on Voyager. Those doing both parts will fly between Istanbul and Stockholm making it into a 14 night trip.

Gail and I are signed up for the Baltics portion.

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Eugene

I am sending out a flyer soon with these two cruises featured. They have both gone on sale and everyone booked has new invoices with the lower prices.

New lower prices, yipee!! :woh:

Russell and I are on both parts.

He is learning Greek, so that could be exciting.

Susan

I wonder if we can do a Greek version of pooch!

He could do the running commentary in Greek of which dogs are inside the kennel and the type of meat they are currently eating. No one would know what he is saying but it could be fun!!!

"Skeelos" (sp) is the Greek word for dog, so maybe he is up for the challenge.

He can also have different color of dogs. "Kittreenos skeelos" (sp). Everyone can guess what color of dog.

Susan

We are still booked on both segments; looks like we will plan on going now that Regent has lowered the price. I just have to make sure I can get the time off work.

Ngaire, we will probably have to coordinate Stelios' time for our arrivals into Athens. :D We won't be doing a pre-cruise as we did Athens this year.

Since flights are booked I am officially posting that Jerel & I will be on Part 1 of Sea2Sea. We arrive in Athens on the 12th and will be leaving Istanbul on the 23rd.

Andrea,

Glad you are on the trip and I look forward to meeting Jerel.

Russel and I are arriving in Athens early also, but do not have the flights yet.

See you soon.

Susan

Any others onboard?

We're still on for the Baltics portion.

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Gail and Eugene

Laurie, I think there are additions to the Roll Call. :)

Is anyone celebrating their birthday on the second week of C2C? If so, maybe we can get Martin to set up another birthday celebration like we had on B2B last year. :D

Susan, have you & Russel booked flights yet?

I found out on Sunday that AA has discontinued their BOS-LHR day flight on Tuesdays for the summer. They booked us BOS-JFK-LHR on 8/11 and then LHR-ATH on 8/12. Of course, airfares had dropped a bit since January when I purchased the tickets, so this was a great opportunity to get a refund & save some money. We are now leaving BOS the evening of 8/10 and will arrive in Athens around 5:30 pm on 8/11, so we'll have 2 full days there.

Even better, I was able to get us business class on the LHR-ATH, IST-LHR flights on BA, and still saved $800 from the original booking!

Yes, We leave DAllas on Aug. 10 at 5:30 PM on BA, fly to Heathrow and then on to Athens. We arrive in athens on August 11 at 5:35 PM.

We have a guide for the two days before we board. One day in Athens and one day around Athens.

Lets get together, I would love to catch up and meet you husband. Email me if you want.

We are leaving for NYC (ou daughters graduation present) Friday and will be gone until Wednesday.

The guide we are using is on Ngaire and Susan recommended

Andrea, we are also going on Nile.

Susan

Susan, I'll send you an email. Looks like we are on the same flight LHR-ATH.

Fun.

Susan

There have been so many changes that I think we need a new roll call:

1st Segemnt:
Andrea and Jerel


2nd Segment:
Eugene and Gail
Mitch and Bert

Both Segemnts:
Ngaire and Ken
Susan and Russell
Marc and Arlene

Hi, Mitch

Two more for the 2nd Segment: Daniel and Eileen. If it's open to newcomers, we'd like to join you guys for dinner at Prime 7 in Tallinn. Please let me know if I need to do anything regarding this.

Thanks!

Hi Eileen-
We look forward to meeting you and Daniel and having fun. I am waiting to hear when Ngaire plans the Brown and Keene party before we make plans for Prime 7. I will keep you posted. We love newcomers!

Indeed we do! (Love newcommers) Can't wait to meet you....

Lovely! Thank you, Mitch.

Hi, Arlene - what a warm welcome, thanks! Looking forward indeed to meeting you and Marc, Mitch and Bert and other LCTers. It's been a pleasure getting glimpses of you all through your posts. I really should visit here more often.

You should visit here more often and travel more, too! :lct:

Is anyone staying on in Stockholm post-cruise? If yes, which hotels are you considering? We are trying to decide whether to stay in Stockholm for a few days (our first visit) or head to London to meet friends.

We are spending 2 nights at the Sheraton before traveling on to Moscow for 3 days. Got a great rate on Priceline.

We're also staying 2 nights at the Sheraton, and we got a great rate on hotels.com, but I think it subsequently went up, and now I no longer see it listed on the hotels.com Web site for those dates.

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Eugene

Alas, we are flying straight home, :( it is just a bit over a two hour flight. ;)

Mitch, we will be very interested on hearing about your trip to Moscow. We plan on heading there for a long weekend next year.

I think the Sheraton is listed on Priceline at $167 a night. Marc-Bert and I are looking forward to Moscow. We are staying at the Savoy which is just across from Red Square. Unfortunately, Moscow is the 2nd most expensive city in the world right behind London, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity. It goes back 2 generations, but my grandparents on both sides were originally from the old Soviet Union.

Mitch, Eugene: Thanks very much for the info about the Sheraton. It's great that you included the booking site you used. Very helpful.

Just got a couple of strong recommendations for the Nordic Sea Hotel. Our friend lists the positives as: Swedish-owned, eco-friendly, free Internet access and buffet breakfast, good location adjacent to Central Station.

Will look into both properties. Thanks again!

Mitch, how wonderful that you'll have the opportunity to explore your heritage in Moscow. That connection should make the visit quite meaningful as well as exciting.

Marc, how I envy your short flight home!

Here is the really cool Sea 2 Sea pin!

Love It!!!! That B & K gang is so creative!

Great pin!

Wwwaaaaa! I wanna go, we wanna go!!!! Just not in the cards this year - but we will be on TUT barring..... never mind not going there - we will be there.

Hope you'all have the best time and we will be there in spirit, so don't forget us in your toasts at dinner or cocktails or whatever!!!

Lovely! Had seen a few but didn't know they were real pins. Thought they had been created just for the LCT site. So creative and very appealing (the CAPTAINS pin is particularly adorable).

Thanks, Karen, you should show them all off in a gallery here.

Eileen, they are all showcased in the master list of escorted cruises that is pinned to the top of each years escorted forum!

Thanks, Karen!!! It was fun to look at the pins from 2008 and 2009. But I couldn't find those from earlier years. Would you please post the links to them? I tried keyword "pin" in Search and was inundated with results. Yipes!

Eileen, I don't think we were as organized pre 2008 so there might not be a master list. Maybe we can get Joanna to take a picture of her fridge with all the pins!

Do they cut the pin in half for those of us who are doing only one of the cruises? :)

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Eugene

Same pin for GAME/SAMBA?

GAME and SAMBA were two separate magnets. They are adorning my refrigerator!!

Same pin for both 8/14 and 8/21. This was a HARD one we had a lot of trouble finding something that worked. I have not received it yet we get them from China and cant wait for this one to arrive. I loved it once we finally figured it out.

It sure didn't come from the Pearl Market. Here is a seemingly indispensable fashion accessory for those who have travelled on multiple LCT adventures. Those who are inclined can display their pins proudly. Nice item to take to the shindig in Dallas! Now is this considered CCC or EC??

We could also adorn our sashes with all those lyre pins RSSC used to give SSS members every time they cruised. I have a nice collection of them!

And Marc could add his unused tokens as long as they fit! I miss you Olivia!

Oh my, that would take a whole ROBE, not just a sash! Thanks Mitch, I wish I didn't have to miss so many great group cruises this year!

Who will be the first departing for C2C? When will the Sea2SeaSeaMail start?

We are finally getting ready for the trip. Things have been hectic so are quite ready for this trip.

We leave next Monday night for our flight to LHR, as do Susan & Russ. We're on the same flight to Athens.

Marc, when are you & Arlene arriving?

We don't arrive until two hours before sailing; I sure hope our flight is on time. :ohmy:

Now that's what I call cutting it close. Much closer than I would have the nerve to do!

Whoa, agree with Olivia - lets hope everything goes according to schedule Marc and Arlene and you make it. Wheww.

Eugene, Gail, Bert and I arrive in Copenhagen for the 2nd leg of this cruise on 8/19. The kids were all home this weekend helping us celebrate our 35th anniversary (today), so now we can lay out the suitcases and begin packing for real! Can't wait. I am disappointed that Marc and Arlene arrive so late as I was hoping to meet him for a steak sandwich poolside after we board!!

Happy Anniversary to you & Bert!!

You'll probably still see Mark poolside - I think he's talking about their arrival into Athens. I'm not sure what time the flight to CPH arrives for the second part of Sea2Sea.

Thanks! We are sorry we won't get a chance to see you and meet Jerel.

Happy Anniversary to you two...just a couple of newlyweds on their honeymoon

Happy Anniversary Mitch & Bert !! What a great celebration you're going to have. :woh:

Andrea is right; we arrive in Copenhagen around 1130. We should be onboard for those steak sandwiches by noon. :app:

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I'll look for you out by the pool. We expect to be onboard by lunch time. I should have had my fill of herring by then.

Happy Anniversary, Mitch & Bert!

The upcoming Baltics cruise will be our way of celebrating our 25th anniversary.

Happy Anniversary, Bert and Mitch. Russell & I are looking forward to meeting both you. If you have a free night we would love to do dinner.

Susan

We look forward to meeting you and Russell as well. I am sure we can find time for dinner.