All set to go

Countdown = 1 week tomorrow we depart on our 9.5 week adventure.  Pleased that we have got the suitcases packed (& within limits).  Tiger is suspicious and slept with the bags yesterday :-)

To watch our progress, click this link for the Royal Princess
http://www.princess.com/bridgecams/rp/royal_bridgecam.html

and later for the Ocean Princess
http://www.princess.com/bridgecams/op/ocean_bridgecam.html

OK, so here is our itinerary:

			Arrive	Depart
Thu	29/08/13	Auckland		23.59
Fri	30/08/13	Barcelona (arrive)	22.30
Sat	31/08/13	Barcelona (own time)
Sun	01/09/13	Barcelona (own time)
Mon	02/09/13	Barcelona (own time)
Tue	03/09/13	Barcelona		19.00	ROYAL PRINCESS
Wed	04/09/13	Toulon	7.00	18.00
Thu	05/09/13	Livorno	7.00	19.00
Fri	06/09/13	Rome (Civitavecchia)	7.00	19.00
Sat	07/09/13	Naples	7.00	19.00
Sun	08/09/13	At Sea
Mon	09/09/13	Mykonos	7.00	14.00
Tue	10/09/13	Istanbul	8.00	18.00
Wed	11/09/13	Kusadasi (Ephesus)	12.00	19.00
Thu	12/09/13	Athens	9.00	17.45
Fri	13/09/13	At Sea
Sat	14/09/13	Venice	13.00	0.00
Sun	15/09/13	Venice (own time)	8.00
Mon	16/09/13	Assisi			BY TRAIN FROM VENICE via FLORENCE
Tue	17/09/13	Rome (Civitavecchia)		18.00	OCEAN PRINCESS
Wed	18/09/13	Sorrento	7.00	16.00
Thu	19/09/13	At Sea
Fri	20/09/13	Santorini	9.00	18.00
Sat	21/09/13	At Sea
Sun	22/09/13	Suez Canal	1.00	17.00
Mon	23/09/13	Sharm El Sheikh	7.00	19.00
Tue	24/09/13	Aqaba	7.00	19.00
Wed	25/09/13	Luxor & Karnak (Safaga)	7.00	23.00
Thu	26/09/13	At Sea
Fri	27/09/13	At Sea
Sat	28/09/13	At Sea
Sun	29/09/13	At Sea
Mon	30/09/13	At Sea
Tue	01/10/13	At Sea
Wed	02/10/13	Dubai	7.00	17.00
Thu	03/10/13	Muscat	13.00	19.00
Fri	04/10/13	At Sea
Sat	05/10/13	At Sea
Sun	06/10/13	Mumbai	7.00	18.00
Mon	07/10/13	At Sea
Tue	08/10/13	Cochin	8.00	17.00
Wed	09/10/13	At Sea
Thu	10/10/13	Colombo	7.00	20.00
Fri	11/10/13	At Sea
Sat	12/10/13	At Sea
Sun	13/10/13	At Sea
Mon	14/10/13	Kuala Lumpur (Port Kelang)	7.00	18.00
Tue	15/10/13	Singapore	7.00	17.00
Wed	16/10/13	At Sea
Thu	17/10/13	Koh Samui	8.00	17.00
Fri	18/10/13	At Sea
Sat	19/10/13	Ho Chi Minh City	7.00	16.00
Sun	20/10/13	At Sea
Mon	21/10/13	At Sea
Tue	22/10/13	At Sea
Wed	23/10/13	At Sea
Thu	24/10/13	Komodo Island - Indonesia	7.00	18.00
Fri	25/10/13	At Sea
Sat	26/10/13	At Sea
Sun	27/10/13	Darwin	7.00	16.00
Mon	28/10/13	At Sea
Tue	29/10/13	At Sea
Wed	30/10/13	At Sea
Thu	31/10/13	Airlie Beach	7.00	18.00
Fri	01/11/13	At Sea
Sat	02/11/13	Brisbane	8.00	17.00
Sun	03/11/13	At Sea
Mon	04/11/13	Sydney	7.00	15.30	FLY HOME

The excursions in Egypt & Jordan are looking a bit doubtful, but fingers are crossed that things may settle down in the next month (you know, wishing for world peace!).

The scene is set, the players are packed and ready, let the show commence!!