Right now we are between cruises. Last week we were on the Crown Princess in the Western Caribbean with family. In two weeks we will be on the Holland America Prisendam for the Grand Africa and Mediterranean Voyage for 62 days. It will be our first cruise with HAL and we will be missing our loyalty perks from Princess and Cunard, like free Internet and laundry. But the itinerary is outstanding, with calls in many countries we have not been to as well as a stop in Syracuse, Italy. As long time residents of Syracuse NY, we are looking forward to visiting the Italian city of the same name. You will also see below that we may not be stopping as scheduled in Egypt, Morocco, Israel... Who knows at this point how stable the region will be by the time we arrive in the area.
Day Date Port
0 12 Mar 2011 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
1 13 Mar 2011 At Sea
2 14 Mar 2011 At Sea
3 15 Mar 2011 Gustavia (St. Barts), France
4 16 Mar 2011 Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe
5 17 Mar 2011 Fort-De-France, Martinique
6 18 Mar 2011 Bridgetown, Barbados
7 19 Mar 2011 At Sea
8 20 Mar 2011 At Sea
9 21 Mar 2011 At Sea
10 22 Mar 2011 At Sea
11 23 Mar 2011 Mindelo, Cape Verde
12 24 Mar 2011 At Sea
13 25 Mar 2011 Banjul, Gambia
14 26 Mar 2011 Dakar, Senegal
15 27 Mar 2011 At Sea
16 28 Mar 2011 At Sea
17 29 Mar 2011 Santa Cruz (Tenerife), Spain
18 30 Mar 2011 Santa Cruz (Tenerife), Spain
19 31 Mar 2011 Arrecife, Canary Islands
20 01 Apr 2011 Agadir, Morocco
21 02 Apr 2011 Casablanca, Morocco
22 03 Apr 2011 At Sea
23 04 Apr 2011 Cartagena, Spain
24 05 Apr 2011 Mahon, Spain
25 06 Apr 2011 At Sea
26 07 Apr 2011 La Spezia, Italy
27 08 Apr 2011 Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
28 09 Apr 2011 Lipari, Italy
29 10 Apr 2011 Syracuse, Italy
30 11 Apr 2011 At Sea
31 12 Apr 2011 Kotor, Montenegro
32 13 Apr 2011 Split, Croatia
33 14 Apr 2011 Venice, Italy
34 15 Apr 2011 Venice, Italy
35 16 Apr 2011 Ravenna (San Marino), Italy
36 17 Apr 2011 At Sea
37 18 Apr 2011 At Sea
38 19 Apr 2011 Alexandria (Cairo), Egypt
39 20 Apr 2011 Port Said, Egypt
40 21 Apr 2011 Ashdod (Jerusalem), Israel
41 22 Apr 2011 Haifa, Israel
42 23 Apr 2011 At Sea
43 24 Apr 2011 Bodrum, Turkey
44 25 Apr 2011 Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey
45 26 Apr 2011 Piraeus (Athens), Greece
46 27 Apr 2011 Monemvasia, Greece
47 28 Apr 2011 Katakolon, Greece
48 29 Apr 2011 At Sea
49 30 Apr 2011 Cagliari, Italy
50 01 May 2011 At Sea
51 02 May 2011 Motril, Spain
52 03 May 2011 Cadiz (Seville), Spain
53 04 May 2011 At Sea
54 05 May 2011 Funchal (Madeira), Portugal
55 06 May 2011 At Sea
56 07 May 2011 At Sea
57 08 May 2011 At Sea
58 09 May 2011 At Sea
59 10 May 2011 At Sea
60 11 May 2011 At Sea
61 12 May 2011 At Sea
62 13 May 2011 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
The other questions will have to wait until another day - or month.