Travel Forum / Travel Types / Cruises / April 2008

Carnival Corporation  has announced a voluntary refund of the
company's fuel supplement for applicable U.S. bookings that were made
prior to November 7, 2007, under an agreement with the Florida
Attorney General's Office.

We are scheduled to take a Holland America cruise on May 14 with ports
Athens, Istanbul, Alexandria, Limassol (Cyprus), Haiffa, Constanta
(Bulgaria), Varna (Romania), and Odessa (Ukraine).  From what I gather
on the web, some of these places require a visa and these visas can be

For those wishing to obtain a Passport Card but are apprehensive about
sending in your Passport BOOK, here is our experience.
The website for information and applications for a Passport CARD is:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.html

I have posted some photos of the Easter decorations on Queen Mary 2.
http://www.beyondships.com/QM2-Easter.html  It was one of those small
things that makes a cruise special.

Leaving this weekend for our 14 day Transatlantic on the Jewel of the Seas
with a couple days stay in Amsterdam at the end.  Play nice while I am gone
and I'll talk to y'all when we return!
--Jean