Saturday, August 2, 2014

Getting Ready for the Cruise

Judi and I are just under three months from our cruise.  We now have our airline reservations, For Sunday the 19th of October, with British Air.  We will fly American airlines to Chicago's O'Hare airport and then British Air to London Heathrow airport.

We will be picked up Monday Morning at the airport and taken to the St. Ermin's hotel, located close to St. James park.  The rest of the day will be spent sight seeing and taking a nap. 

Tuesday will again be spent touring London. 

On Wednesday we will board the Eurostar for a trip under the channel to Paris.  Upon arrival we will be taken to the Mayfair hotel, located close to the Louvre.  Around noon we are taking a bus tour of the city of Paris.  This evening we will be taking a river cruise and then proceeding to the Eiffel Tower for dinner at the 58 Tour Eiffel Restaurant.  The restaurant is located on the first level of the tower.

On Thursday we have a tour of Versailles and the Louvre.  This afternoon and evening we will just take a walk around the city.

Friday we are back on Eurostar headed for London.  We will again check in to the St. Ermins for one night.

Saturday is the day we head for Southampton to board the Emerald Princess for our cruise across the Atlantic to Houston.

We will be making stops in France, Spain, Portugal,  the Azores, Bermuda, and Fort Lauderdale before arriving in Houston on Tuesday the 11th of November.

We will be staying on the boat for a five day cruise and a seven day cruise of the Western Caribbean.  We will be making stops in Progreso, Mexico, the island of Cozumel twice, Rotan (an island of Honduras), and Belize before returning to Houston on Sunday the 23rd of November.

We will be flying Southwest airlines home to Kansas City in time for Thanksgiving.




                                                      Don and Judi on our last cruise.