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It's been a while since I checked this NG. Who's still here or has
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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A few of us still peek in. Sad to say this place has deteriorated
because of a few trolls. ~~Doris~~ |
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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~~ |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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