Today marks 4 weeks until departure! YEAH!!!We'll head to the airport around 4pm and spend a couple of hours there getting checked in, getting from "land side" to "air side" and waiting for our Edelweiss plane. 4pm weekdays is the middle of Tampa rush hour! And, this will be a Friday afternoon so who knows what kind of traffic we will run into!!
The milestone event earlier this week was getting suitcases down from the attic! Tom pulled the stairs down, braved the heat, put on a construction helmet and headed on up the stairs (the ceiling of the attic looks like an upside down nail bed!)At the time of this picture, the luggage was still sitting in the garage recovering from the high (115-120º F) heat in the attic. The next day, they graduated to cooler heat in the guest room. We have begun laying out "take with" items, however, haven't started loading the bags.
The two large bags along with a couple of duffel bags will be shipped to Barcelona, the smaller ones will be dragged along with us. The ones being shipped will leave about 10 days before we do.
Today brought another, not so surprising, event. We were originally scheduled to stop in Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos. However, after the number of fleeing Syrian immigrants arriving there, Regent has chosen to take us to another Greek port. We will dock in Kavala on mainland Greece.
Check the Itinerary page Leg 2 for location of Mytilini and Leg 3 for location of Kavala.
Regent wisely does not take us any where there might be danger or unrest. Friends often ask "Aren't you afraid of traveling in that part of the world?" My response is always "No. Regent stays alert to all world and weather events and doesn't take us places where we might be in any danger!"
That's all for today!
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