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Brian K July 20th, 2012 08:12 PM

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It's been a while since I checked this NG. Who's still here or has
everybody migrated to the other Facebook Group?

Janet Wilder July 20th, 2012 09:07 PM

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On 7/20/2012 2:12 PM, Brian K wrote:
It's been a while since I checked this NG. Who's still here or has
everybody migrated to the other Facebook Group?


I am on Facebook, but check in here, too. Not much happening here.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.



Kurt Ullman July 20th, 2012 11:26 PM

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In article m,
Janet Wilder wrote:

On 7/20/2012 2:12 PM, Brian K wrote:
It's been a while since I checked this NG. Who's still here or has
everybody migrated to the other Facebook Group?


I am on Facebook, but check in here, too. Not much happening here.


My, too, on both;
--
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the *******s."-- Claire Wolfe

Edward[_4_] July 21st, 2012 11:02 AM

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On 7/20/2012 5:26 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
In aweb.com,
Janet wrote:

On 7/20/2012 2:12 PM, Brian K wrote:
It's been a while since I checked this NG. Who's still here or has
everybody migrated to the other Facebook Group?


I am on Facebook, but check in here, too. Not much happening here.


My, too, on both;


Not much happening on Facebook either, or I don't understand how to use it.

Kurt Ullman July 21st, 2012 12:49 PM

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In article , Edward
wrote:

On 7/20/2012 5:26 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
In aweb.com,
Janet wrote:

On 7/20/2012 2:12 PM, Brian K wrote:
It's been a while since I checked this NG. Who's still here or has
everybody migrated to the other Facebook Group?

I am on Facebook, but check in here, too. Not much happening here.


My, too, on both;


Not much happening on Facebook either, or I don't understand how to use it.


It, like here even in the prime, varies from day-to-day, but I see 3-7
pretty much every day.
--
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the *******s."-- Claire Wolfe

Cruise Crazy July 21st, 2012 12:59 PM

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A few of us still peek in. Sad to say this place has deteriorated
because of a few trolls.

~~Doris~~


Sandy[_5_] July 21st, 2012 07:23 PM

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I am not on face book, a little afraid of using that, but I do check in here
often and like the rest of you who have commented, I miss the old crowd as
well.

We are planning aBaltic cruise in June-July of 2013 on Oceania and have
lots of questions we would like to ask you guys. Such as with the three
days we will be in St. Petersburg, we only have scheduled one Tour, what
is there to do near the port for the other two days, and will we need any
documents when we are on our own besides our passports.
I sure miss all the posts.
Sandy

"Cruise Crazy" wrote in message
...
A few of us still peek in. Sad to say this place has deteriorated
because of a few trolls.

~~Doris~~




Jeff Gersten July 21st, 2012 11:18 PM

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I am not on face book, a little afraid of using
that, but I do check in here often and like the
rest of you who have commented, I miss the
old crowd as well.


Same here.

We are planning aBaltic cruise in June-July of
2013 on Oceania and have lots of questions
we would like to ask you guys. Such as with
the three days we will be in St. Petersburg, we
only have scheduled one Tour, what is there
to do near the port for the other two days, and
will we need any documents when we are on
our own besides our passports. I sure miss all
the posts.


St. Petersburg is not set up to do on your own. It's not a port where
you will find public transportation.

Plus Russian law is that you need a visa anywhere in Russia except for
St. Petersburg for 72 hours or less AND you use either a ship's tour or
a tour with a licensed tour guide.

We used Alla 5 years ago, and were very pleased with her service. If I
were you, I'd look at the Baltic port section of cruisecritic to see
what folks are saying about guides these days. Once you have a roll
call, you could see if others wanted to share tours.

Our cruise for this summer (for our 35th anniversary) will be the NCL
Epic in the western Mediterranean.


Janet Wilder July 22nd, 2012 05:00 AM

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On 7/21/2012 5:18 PM, Jeff Gersten wrote:
I am not on face book, a little afraid of using
that, but I do check in here often and like the
rest of you who have commented, I miss the
old crowd as well.


Same here.

We are planning aBaltic cruise in June-July of
2013 on Oceania and have lots of questions
we would like to ask you guys. Such as with
the three days we will be in St. Petersburg, we
only have scheduled one Tour, what is there
to do near the port for the other two days, and
will we need any documents when we are on
our own besides our passports. I sure miss all
the posts.


St. Petersburg is not set up to do on your own. It's not a port where
you will find public transportation.

Plus Russian law is that you need a visa anywhere in Russia except for
St. Petersburg for 72 hours or less AND you use either a ship's tour or
a tour with a licensed tour guide.

We used Alla 5 years ago, and were very pleased with her service. If I
were you, I'd look at the Baltic port section of cruisecritic to see
what folks are saying about guides these days. Once you have a roll
call, you could see if others wanted to share tours.


We are doing a Baltic next August. We were in St. Petersburg last
summer on a river cruise, but felt we didn't have enough time to see
everything we wanted so we contracted with Alla for a private tour for
just the two of us to see the places we want to go and a few others she
suggested.

By contracting with her for St. Petersburg, she sill discount tours you
book with her in three other Baltic ports.

I found her extremely personable and easy to work with. You don't pay
her until the second day of the tour and, unlike some other companies,
does not add an upcharge to your credit card.


--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.



Tom K July 22nd, 2012 08:26 PM

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On 7/21/12 6:18 PM, Jeff Gersten wrote:
I am not on face book, a little afraid of using
that, but I do check in here often and like the
rest of you who have commented, I miss the
old crowd as well.


Same here.

We are planning aBaltic cruise in June-July of
2013 on Oceania and have lots of questions
we would like to ask you guys. Such as with
the three days we will be in St. Petersburg, we
only have scheduled one Tour, what is there
to do near the port for the other two days, and
will we need any documents when we are on
our own besides our passports. I sure miss all
the posts.


St. Petersburg is not set up to do on your own. It's not a port where
you will find public transportation.

Plus Russian law is that you need a visa anywhere in Russia except for
St. Petersburg for 72 hours or less AND you use either a ship's tour or
a tour with a licensed tour guide.

We used Alla 5 years ago, and were very pleased with her service. If I
were you, I'd look at the Baltic port section of cruisecritic to see
what folks are saying about guides these days. Once you have a roll
call, you could see if others wanted to share tours.


We are going to St. Petersburg on Constellation this August.

Having been there before, one of my disappointments the first time was
not having nearly enough time in the Hermitage. We were there like 2-3
hours which wasn't nearly enough. To me that is one of the treasures of
the world. I wanted more time there and was willing to give up time we
would have spent at churches or temples.

Charles read about TJ Travel tours in St. Petersburg. After looking at
various options that range from expensive tours with your own guide to
the standard tours, I contacted a rep from TJ. I explained my wishes
and they came up with a great middle option. We will be with a group
the first day going to Catherine's Palace and Peterhof Palace. The
second day we will be with the group for a boat ride in the morning, but
then when the group is taken to the Hermitage, we will get our own guide
for the Hermitage that we can keep for the rest of the day until going
back to the ship. And the increased price wasn't that much more than
for the standard tour. I was very impressed with their flexibility and
willingness to work with my wishes at a fair price. Hopefully their
tour matches their great service so far. We will know in a few weeks.

Tom



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