Southampton Pier***

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
Jean O'Boyle wrote:

[]
I implied no such thing and explained my concern because of our
experience
at the airport in Venice.

Which airport- Marco Polo? I'll be flying into Treviso tomorrow, but
have plenty of euro...


Yes, it was the Marco Polo A/P and it was in May of 2004 when we took the
Westerdam out of Venice for a Mediterranean cruise...Perhaps they have
installed ATMs there since...it will be interesting to know if you notice
any when you land there...

--Jean

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
Jean O'Boyle wrote:

[]
I implied no such thing and explained my concern because of our
experience
at the airport in Venice.

Which airport- Marco Polo? I'll be flying into Treviso tomorrow, but
have plenty of euro...


Yes, it was the Marco Polo A/P and it was in May of 2004 when we took the
Westerdam out of Venice for a Mediterranean cruise...Perhaps they have
installed ATMs there since...it will be interesting to know if you notice
any when you land there...

I'm not landing at Marco Polo, but at Treviso (20 off miles away), as I
noted! It's rare I encounter an airport without an ATM in Europe- last
one was Kirkwall, Orkney, which is very small indeed.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
...
I thought you were a troll, there are plenty around on this group.

Well, as you see now, I'm not...I do notice a lot of *chit chat* that goes
on between the regulars who post here. Sounds as if some of you do not
like
each other very much or know each other well enough to jest with each
other
as often as you do.


Flattery will get you nowhere, they say they about me on *every* group I'm
on...

:-D

--
Best
Greg

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:31:40 -0500, "Jean O'Boyle"
wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:26:06 +0100, "RAK" wrote:

Why? Genuine question! Do you mean they definitely would have ATMs?

Of course Southampton has ATMs


Too bad you did not refrain from sarcasm and post this as your first
response to my question.

I thought you were a troll, there are plenty around on this group.



I only know Jean in a *titular* way...

--
Best
Greg

Jean O'Boyle wrote;

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:26:06 +0100, "RAK" wrote:

Why? Genuine question! Do you mean they definitely would have ATMs?

Of course Southampton has ATMs


Too bad you did not refrain from sarcasm and post this as your first
response to my question.


"Jean, meet Runge..."

--
Best
Greg

Martin wrote;

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:31:40 -0500, "Jean O'Boyle"
wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:26:06 +0100, "RAK" wrote:

Why? Genuine question! Do you mean they definitely would have ATMs?

Of course Southampton has ATMs


Too bad you did not refrain from sarcasm and post this as your first
response to my question.

I thought you were a troll, there are plenty around on this group.



"Yanks: they are over - fed, over - paid, and over *here*..."

--
Best
Greg

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:06:17 +0100, (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

[]
I implied no such thing and explained my concern because of our
experience
at the airport in Venice.

Which airport- Marco Polo? I'll be flying into Treviso tomorrow, but
have plenty of euro...

Years ago I flew into New York from Heathrow and found there was no way of
changing cash in the terminal, somebody gave me the bus fare to the
terminal my
connecting flight went from.

Buses 'airside' at Heathrow from terminal to terminal have always been free.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

RAK wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:06:45 -0500, "Jean O'Boyle"
wrote:

We are scheduled to visit Falmouth during our cruise on the
Constellation
on
April 23rd where we planned to use the ATM to acquire British
Pounds....If
by chance the waters are too rough for the tender to make landing there,
is
there an ATM at the Southampton Pier so we will have the proper currency
to
pay our way to London? Just covering all our bases and wondering if we
should get GBP here at home from a bank instead.

Try asking the same question about a major US sea port and hear how
silly
it
sounds.
--

Why? Genuine question! Do you mean they definitely would have ATMs?
I would certainly expect Southampton passenger terminal to have ATMs, and
any major UK rail station etc..


She could always use chocolate bars, instant coffee, cigarettes, and nylons
as a substitute for that Brit "funny money"...no silly confusions about
sorting out pence, shillings, and pounds.

--
Best
Greg

Martin wrote::

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:28:25 -0500, "Jean O'Boyle"
wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:06:45 -0500, "Jean O'Boyle"
wrote:

Try asking the same question about a major US sea port and hear how
silly
it
sounds.

Perhaps you might read what you posted and see how silly it sounds! This
will be our 37th cruise but our first Transatlantic one and we have never
needed to use an ATM at any major seaport in the US...in fact I have
never
seen an ATM at any seaport pier,

The pier in Southampton isn't where your cruise ship will dock
http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/pi...on%20royal.htm

It will dock at one of the cruise ship terminals.
http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/cruise_ship.asp

but then I was not looking for one since I
had no need for it....I do, however, remember landing at the airport in
Venice several years ago and being told that they had no ATM there at the
airport and I ended up going to a foreign money exchange office to get
money
for transportation to our hotel and how costly it was.

I don't know what country you are from but you certainly do not offer
helpful advice.

I don't ask silly questions that imply England is in the third world
either.



Cueing up:

"Greg Morrow finishes work, fixes a drink, hops onto rte, and decides to sit
back and enjoy himself..."

--
Best
Greg

David Horne wrote:

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

[]
I implied no such thing and explained my concern because of our
experience
at the airport in Venice.

Which airport- Marco Polo? I'll be flying into Treviso tomorrow, but
have plenty of euro...


But Jean thinks that Italy is still on Sterling...

--
Best
Greg