tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60353769392162545152023-11-16T08:52:47.974-08:00The Barker FiveThe Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-56535837757805147562011-09-29T17:27:00.000-07:002011-09-29T17:27:30.418-07:00Day 10--Venice and then Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We traveled all the night before from Dubrovnik back to Venice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were scheduled to be picked up from the boat that morning and then headed to the Venice airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we arrived at the airport, we still had several hours before our plane even boarded and so we had to just wait at the ticket gates and wait for them to open so we could get through security and to a comfortable place to sit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The luggage regulations were different for some people going back home and so several of the people that were in our group were stuffing their things from one suitcase to another to try and get them all to comply with the weight limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several people had to pay an absorbent amount of money to either check their bags on or to pay the overweight fees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was really stressed because I knew Caleb would refuse to pay any fees and I thought for sure our luggage was going to be overweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, we were just under and were able to make it through with no problems.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From Venice we had a few stops and a few layovers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a stop in Chicago which is where we went through customs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lets just say, the people of Chicago were rude, unhelpful (if that is a word), and had no sense of customer service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We herded around like a bunch of cattle and they were not understanding at all of the fact that some of us had flights to catch and other security we were going to have to go through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, we made all of our flights and were relieved when we finally made home!</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was a wonderful trip and it was so neat to see so many places in one trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below are just some pictures of and from the ship. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The upper deck of the ship. The pools were salt water and were really cold.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water in the pools was ocean water and they would drain it every night at 7 pm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was our first night on the ship. Venice is in the background and we were at a cocktail party on the upper deck with the other Auto Owner guests.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a picture from our first gala night. We took turns taking pictures with another couple and they thought this was the perfect background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This looks like our prom picture all over again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken from the deck of our room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was from another gala night. Again, taken from the deck of our room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a stud! He is going to hate me for posting this. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken at one of the shows that they had done on the ship.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was in one of the many lounges that they had on the ship. We were waiting to watch one of the lounge shows they had put on.</td></tr>
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</div></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-164430323460759232011-09-28T20:48:00.000-07:002011-09-28T20:48:14.507-07:00Day 9--Dubrovnik<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was our last port before heading back to Venice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day was open to do whatever you wanted and we were given quite a bit of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dubrovnik is also known for their beaches and so we were hoping to go to some, but knew we may not have the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of the places that were known for their beaches, we were never ported on the right side of the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dubrovnik is a fortress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The city was built within the walls and the walls protected the city from any enemies that might come from the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You had to hike up these stairs to get to the top of the wall and then you were able to walk clear around the wall and tour the entire city from the view of the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We rented a self-guided tour phone that gave you information as you walked along the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone had told us it was the best thing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t really!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We received a lot of information, but it wasn’t all that interesting after a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a really long walk and we made it even longer by stopping and taking all the pictures along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again, the beaches weren’t very close and we didn’t really have time to walk the wall and go to the beaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to just do the wall and ended up having quite a bit of time when we were done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked around Dubrovnik and fed ourselves and looked at shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had some pizza and fries that looked delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pizza was actually really good, but the fries weren’t as good as they had looked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also had some Gelato and fresh squeezed lemon juice that was really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dubrovnik is not part of Greece, it is actually in Croatia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They used Kunas instead of Euros.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was like 75 Kunas to 1Euro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try figuring that out every time you wanted to buy something and then try to convert it to our dollar!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a hole that Caleb found. It started at the top of the wall and just went straight down. We sat there for a while trying to decide what it was for!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look in the background you'll see these lights and the glass around them was different for every shop. Each light and the businesses name and an image of some sort to represent that business. We had stopped here and had icecream and fresh squeezed lemon juice.</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-13354810528549720702011-09-25T15:19:00.000-07:002011-09-25T15:19:30.611-07:00Day 8--Korfu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we ported at Korfu it was kind of a race again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had limited time and we knew we wanted to go to the beaches which were clear on the other side of the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we first got off the ship there was a line of taxis that would take you to the beaches, but for a cost </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because there was no taxi service near the beaches, the taxi drivers would take you to the beach and then wait around for you for a couple of hours and then take you back to the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started off being adamant that we didn’t want to pay for a taxi, but still ended up in a bartering match with one of the drivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For 80 euro he would take us to the beaches and then wait around for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a bad deal, but we were hoping to rent a scooter for about 30 euro and so we kindly turned him down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prior to getting off the ship we had been told where the best place was to rent a scooter and exactly where to go to get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, we were lead astray and were wandering around aimlessly trying to ask people who didn’t know English where we could rent a scooter from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The whole time we are arguing and blaming the other person for telling the taxi driver no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a very stressful amount of time, we stumbled upon a rental place. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were short on time so we immediately paid and took off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scooter we received was definitely not high-class, but it did get us to our destination!</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The guy from the rental shop gave us some directions on how to get to the beaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told us that the good beaches were clear on the other side of the island and that we wouldn’t have enough time to make it to those, but there were some other beaches close by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, we decided we wanted to make our trip worth it and so we set off on an adventure to the other side of the island to find the good beaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The drive was beautiful and it took us only about 20 min. to get to a beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we were getting back into Korfu I was commenting to Caleb about how much better he had done driving the scooter and how impressed with him I was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were sitting at a light and were noticing how many scooters were driving around and how unsafe they were with the way people drove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had pulled up next to another couple that was on a scooter while we were waiting for the light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of a sudden we heard a crashing sound and looked next to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scooter beside us had just been hit by the car behind them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It knocked the scooter over and a lot of their luggage had fallen off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The car behind must have thought the light was still green or something and had just pulled forward too far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone appeared to be o.k., but we definitely realized how lucky we were that the 2 times we had driven our scooters nothing major had happened.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we got back to Korfu we had some time to look through their shops and tour the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The city was really pretty and everyone was just so laid back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bought a few more souvenirs and actually found some jerseys for the boys that we had been looking for at every stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hard thing with the cruise was that you stopped at a different place each day and you weren’t ever able to go back to a specific place to pick up souvenirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were always questioning whether we would find a better deal on one of the other islands, but knew we wouldn’t ever be back to that spot again.</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the view just off of the ship at the center of Korfu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view from our drive.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The building behind us was a castle. We didn't go in this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a different beach that we had just stopped at on our way back to the city.</td></tr>
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</div></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-5570747565476781212011-09-22T16:20:00.000-07:002011-09-22T16:20:32.474-07:00Day 7--Athens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We ported at Athens mid-morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the port we were able to take a bus that took us through downtown and on a tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour started through the city and we were given a lot of information about the conflict that was currently going on among the people of Athens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was graffiti on every building and everything just seemed dirty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was sad to see a place like this, with all its monuments, just surrounded by filth.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our first stop was at the stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were doing repairs and things so all you could see were parts of the bleachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were holding the Special Olympics there and some of the people on our tour were able to see them running by with the torch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure if I am remembering this correctly, but I believe they said that the torch for the Olympics always begins in Athens and it is at the stadium where it starts.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After touring the stadium we were taken to the Parthenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started at the base with our tour guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took us forever just to get through the gates because there were so many people visiting and they only had 2 people taking tickets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we finally made it through the gates our tour guide gave us some history as we walked up to the Parthenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Parthenon was up on top of the hill and you could overlook the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was amazing how many buildings they could pile on top of each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every inch of land was covered with housing, businesses, and etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, they were doing some reconstructing of the Parthenon so they had a lot of equipment in front of the Parthenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We couldn’t ever really get a clear picture of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we reached the Parthenon, our tour guide told us we needed to be at the bottom of the hill in 15 min. and if we weren’t there, they would assume that we wanted to find our own way back to the ship and they wouldn’t be waiting for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, that stressed us out a bit and so we rushed around and just tried to get as many pictures as we could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After about 5 min. of pictures we decided we would start down the hill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did we know that everyone in the entire area would be trying to get down at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were like a big herd of cattle that just kept getting pushed closer and closer together and never moved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only that, but it was 100 degrees plus humidity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was dripping sweat everywhere and I don’t normally sweat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t move an inch for about 5 minutes and we were starting to get concerned that we may not make it back to catch up with our tour bus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took us about 15 minutes to get through and down the hill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come to find out, they were only allowing us to go down in a single file line and there were just so many people going down at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the area opened up we made it down the hill and our tour guide was still waiting for us.</span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was an ampitheater just below the Parthenon. You can see the city of Athens in the background. It just goes on forever and every square inch is covered.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance upto the Parthenon. Imagine all of these people plus more trying to head down a one-way walkway.</td></tr>
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</div></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-30349443369018375592011-09-16T15:22:00.000-07:002011-09-16T15:22:38.272-07:00Night of Day 6--Mykonos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day 6—The Night Life—Mykonos</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the evening of Day 6 we ported at Mykonos at 6 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mykonos is known for their night life and so they had us set up to be there from 6-midnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb and I figured we would plan to have dinner and then just head back to the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we got off the boat, our thoughts instantly changed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We docked just walking distance from the heart of the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we walked to find dinner we passed 2 beautiful little girls that were about 8 years old that were out begging for money from the tourists that were getting off the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so sad to see them doing this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took us a while to decide on a restaurant to eat at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wanted to eat at a place with a view, but we are also super cheap and we just couldn’t find a place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because it took us so long, we decided to just sit along the beach and watch the sunset and then eat later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the best decision that we made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sunset was beautiful and we were able to get some great pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the sunset, we were on a mission to find food and a shop that we were told sold olive wood for a great price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we wandered we were able to really take in the views of Mykonos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The buildings were beautiful and were so unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you could just take a picture anywhere and it would be great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people there were so friendly and it didn’t feel like a tourist trap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were walking along we found a place that had gyros, which sounded delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We each order a gyro and several other things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the best food we had had the entire trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just sat outside and people watched while we enjoyed our food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several people were handing out cards for free drinks at several of the clubs/bars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, we didn’t attend any of these, but it was amazing how many cards we were given.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once we finished eating and people watching we decided to find the shop that was selling olive wood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to wander throughout all of the shops and see the uniqueness of this place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The olive wood shop was neat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lady that worked there was so passionate about the wood and she had so many stories to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked away with a lot of olive oil soap and some olive wood pieces for souvenirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were little walkways like this all through Mykonos. Everything was white.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was our view of the sunset. It was so picture perfect with the boat there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where we had dinner. They shaved the meat right off and cut everything right there in front of you.</td></tr>
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</div></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-38141536322440534742011-09-12T20:43:00.000-07:002011-09-12T20:43:52.632-07:00Day 6--Santorini<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I know I am ridiculous at this whole blog thing! I WILL eventually get our whole trip documented and possibly even update other events from the summer, but for now, I am making no promises. I'm back to being a working mom and am still trying to juggle everything :)<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today began early because we were porting at our first stop of the day in order to make it to our second port by 6 that evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ship was unable to port right along the island so we took boats from the ship to the port.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While getting ready that morning my dress was having a hard time with its zipper and so while we were on the little boat that was taking us to the port, Caleb was trying to fix my zipper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The zipper started below my thigh on my side and went up to my armpit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Caleb was trying to get my zipper to zip he had to yank on it to get it to go down and it completely ruined my zipper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We couldn’t get my dress to zip and I was fully exposed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb and I sat for the entire boat ride trying to figure out what we could do with my dress because we obviously had no way of going back and getting a change of clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We luckily had some towels in our bag and Caleb made one of them into a sash that wrapped around my waist and luckily kept my dress closed enough to not reveal everything! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once we arrived at the island we were at the very bottom of the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Santorini was built all along the top of the hill and was the most beautiful sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As soon as you got off there were all these donkeys and little men waiting for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For 5 euro you could ride this donkeys up this gigantic hill to top and get to Santorini or you could walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you see the pictures, you will see that it was a no brainer to take the donkeys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These men helped you on the donkeys and then just let them go on their own up the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would all follow each other and try to keep up with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My donkey kept racing to get ahead and Caleb’s would just randomly stop and he couldn’t get it to move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About half-way up our donkeys all just started running up the hill and we couldn’t figure out why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we looked behind us and this man was coming up behind us yelling something at them and then clicking at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an adventurous ride to say the least! </span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As soon as we got to the top we were on a race to get started because we only had a few hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had known ahead of time that we wanted to rent a 4-wheeler or scooter so we could go to the other side of the island to a village called Oia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the travel guys had told us exactly where to go once we left the donkey trail, but for some reason the way he told us did not get us exactly to the place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So….we were both a little frustrated and irritated because we knew our time was ticking away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found a travel agency in town and were trying to ask the gal where we could find a place to rent a scooter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was busy with someone else and not too anxious to help us, so Caleb told me to stay there while he went looking around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I waited and waited and she finally (after at least 10 min) was ready to help me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me it was just a block or so down the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, Caleb had found a scooter rental and was trying to rent a scooter for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man asked for his driver’s license right away and questioned Caleb about why it didn’t say anything about a motorcycle license.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb was anxious to get this scooter rented so he told the guy we didn’t need those where he was from!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, Caleb has never drove a scooter in his life and the guy ( and me) would have to be crazy to trust him to drive one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb finally gets the scooter finalized and is on his way to come get me a little ways down the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tries to act suave as he leaves so that the guy won’t question his decision to rent the scooter to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He takes off with a few jerks and stumbles, but then steadies out and comes and picks me up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are finally on our way to Oia. </span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was about a ½ hour scooter ride to the village.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb was a little hesitant with the scooter at first, but he caught on quickly and we had some wonderful views along our way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we drove into Oia it was beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we pulled into the town, we weren’t sure where exactly to go so we were kind of stumbling along roads trying to find the best place to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went down one road and it had this pothole in the center of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb tried to get us around the pothole and instead drove us right into the back of a van!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so embarrassing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This man asked us if we were o.k. and luckily he did start yelling at us about having just ran into a van.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, no harm was done to the scooter, only a little red paint was rubbed onto the back of the van.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we hit the van, I fell forward and my leg touched a hot part of the scooter and so I received a nice burn on my calve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The area was full of white buildings with blue tops and it was right along the coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found myself taking pictures everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed like every time you turned around there was something neat to take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We weren’t able to stay long due to the time constraints, so we kind of rushed through Oia and just tried to take as many pictures as we could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After getting all our pictures we started heading back to Santorini.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, it was a beautiful drive and we enjoyed the wind blowing through our hair and the scenery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once back to Santorini we returned the scooter and then looked through some of the shops for souvenirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to purchase a few things and then it was time to head back to the boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to get back to the port we had to trek down the huge donkey hill we came up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could take a donkey back down, but we chose to walk it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rocks were so smooth from all the traffic that was on them that you would just slip all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very steep and you had donkeys coming down behind you as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a relief to get back to the bottom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After getting onto the boat, we laid out and sunbathed on the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a really hot day and it was nice to enjoy the cool water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That evening the ship was going to be porting at Mykonos for the evening and so we began getting ready for that.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caleb's donkey would just randomly stop and take a break all the time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from the top. We were surprised we survived!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of Santorini from the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was along the way to Oia. We thought we were getting close, but weren't even close.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oia village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took this on our way to Oia. Oia village is in the background.</td></tr>
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</div></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-38395422768421246052011-07-27T08:42:00.000-07:002011-07-27T08:42:57.588-07:00Day 5--Olympia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once we were done with the tour they gave us some time to wander in the shops and then it was time to head back to the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After we did some shopping in Olympia we boarded our bus and headed back to our docking area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided that we wanted to do some looking around where we were docked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We looked through some of the shops and then Caleb decided that he wanted to get himself a gyro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wandered off and I decided to sit on a bench and wait for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were to be boarded at 5:00 and this was around 4:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat for about 20 min. and then worried that I had maybe missed seeing Caleb come back around and so I started going up and down the street looking for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were needing to be on the boat in less than 10 min. and I was starting to get really worried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept thinking about what we tell the kids when they get lost and wondered what Caleb would do if he was lost or looking for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to stay in the open and was thinking that maybe I should just start heading to the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was headed that way, Caleb spots me ( he is close to the entrance for the ship) and he is yelling my name to hurry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could tell he was panicked as much as I was that we were going to miss our boat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all, we made it on time and learned our lesson about sticking together.</span></div><br />
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</div></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-31822125203629148112011-07-06T08:41:00.000-07:002011-07-06T08:41:46.060-07:00Day 4--Bari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day 4--- Bari was the destination for the day and we arrived in port.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We disembarked and decided to go it along for this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bari had two destinations we were to hit and it was the Saint Nicholas cathedral where Saint Nick was laid to rest and the other was the castle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bari came in with low expectations but we really enjoyed just walking the streets and enjoyed the castle and cathedrals in Bari.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had two and they were both neat to walk into and see how beautiful they were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cathedral set up was a main sanctuary adorned with gold trimmings and beautiful wood work all over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Behind the pulpit for lack of a better/right term was a stair case that went below ground and there was another area it looked like to pray and worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However this area was very plain except for the pictures of Mary and Jesus and the candles that were lit in different areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The walk was a bit long but we did see most of the island as the castle and the cathedral of Saint Nick was on opposite sides of the island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall we enjoyed Bari.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once back on the ship we got ready for dinner and like every night went to eat was AO people where we were served a 5 plus course meal every night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However that night the food for a second straight night was just OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That night I had to convince Kim to go to the theatre again but we made it by ourselves and we were entertained with a juggler, dancers, singers, and a Fabio like dude that spun to ball around and clicked them on the stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of it was very entertaining and we enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that it was off to bed.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The church of St. Nick</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A statue of Saint Nicholas just outside the church.</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We fly from Boise to Chicago and encounter a 5 hour layover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After contemplating whether we should go into downtown Chicago we decided to just sit down and eat at our place Chilis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then waited 3 hours doing nothing and finally we departed to Munich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Munich we had just a short layover and we departed and arrived in Venice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For once we had no issues on the flight and no issues with luggage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we count that a big win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once out of the airport AO had a gal take us to a water taxi that strolled about a main waterway to our hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hotel was very nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently the Molino Stucky Hotel is a 5 star $500 a night hotel on the edge of the canal in Venice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First impressions of Venice was it was a little dirty and the people are all smoking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to our room to find we were given a suite!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This had a living area with a hallway that had a bathroom and farther down was the bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The room was very nice and the view was of the downtown area of Venice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very Cool!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That night we had our AO welcome dinner which was a buffett style with a little entertainment provided by 4 italian musicians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food was ok consisting of pasta, fish, chicken, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After dinner we decided to go for a little walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our area was actually I believe a separate land mass from Venice because I think we were surrounded by water and cut off from Downtown Venice by the canal in front of our Hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we strolled down the main road along the canal to see the shops and restaurants that lined the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very pleasant night and we took quite a few pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did not sleep well that night due to the time change and the weird long flights and on and off sleeping we did on the plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though we were very tired.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our hotel--The Molino Stucky Hotel</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day 2—On the morning of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>day 2 we had a breakfast buffet served by the hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a lot of different food, but really the same stuff we have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They served a lot of unique cheeses, had eggs that were really runny (Caleb said they tasted like a hard boiled egg that had been scrambled), sausage and bacon that just wasn’t similar to ours, and a lot of fruit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the grapes had seeds in them and everything was all just a little bland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They didn’t ever have salt and pepper at the tables and you had to ask for it if you wanted any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After breakfast we headed on our tour of Venice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The city itself was just gorgeous and everywhere you turned you could take a picture of something unique and beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we started the tour we started in the center of the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were several black men selling these purses and they would bring the purse up to you and say “You want to know how much?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told Caleb to find out how much the purses were so I would know where to start with my bartering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They told him 36 euro which was way more than I would ever pay, so we walked on and continued on with the tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with this one tour guide and her accent was so strong you could not understand her English and it was painful to listen to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had given us earpieces that we could hear them through so we just switched stations and went to a new tour guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started and Saint Marcs Square and they took us through the Bascilica.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where all of their government was held and all of their courts were taken care of in here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had a lot of history and information that was just overwhelming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we left, the guide took us through the prisons which was connected to the main building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then crossed over the Bride of Sighs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They call this bridge that because they claim the prisoners would sigh as they passed over this bridge as they awaited their time to come in prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we went into the church there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The church was all done in mosaic and it was absolutely amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wouldn’t allow us to take pictures in the church so we just walked through and enjoyed looking at the detail they had put into the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the church they took us to the Marono Glass store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They did a presentation for us of how they do the blown glass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gentleman made a vase and a horse in a matter of minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would melt the glass and then he would rotate, pull, and shape the glass in literally one minute and he would then have the item complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we were able to wander around a bit before they took us on the gondola ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AO had set up a gondola ride for everyone and we were on the boat with 2 other couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was about a ½ hr. ride and they weaved you around along the different canals that just run endlessly through their city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the gondola ride we were on our own for the rest of the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wandered around with another couple from our group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went into a few shops and had lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had lunch at a little place inside the town and had some pretty good food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caleb had a Panini and I had some pizza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will charge you 15% if you sit down and eat, but if you take it and go, they don’t charge you anything extra.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the first time we had run into this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We knew from then on to not sit </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After lunch we ran into another one of the men that was selling all the purses when we entered into the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and I bartered a bit and by the end of it I ended up with one purse for 20 euro, which was pretty good in comparison to the 36 euro he had started at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we wandered back into town another gentleman was standing there selling purses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tried to sell another one to me and I tried to show him that I had already bought one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He then proceeded to ask me which one I would like and I pointed to a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he and I were discussing the purses another lady passed by and told me that it was a $1,000 fine to purchase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guy, of course, said that wasn’t true and continued on bartering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were bartering another black man came by and told my purse seller that “they were coming”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of a sudden you saw this mass of black men carrying purses rushing past us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My purse seller immediately told me I could have my purse for 10 euro (which he had already bagged up and put in my hand before I had even paid).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I quickly paid him and shortly after that a policeman was rushing after all these men and told me that buying that purse was illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite the experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we headed back to our hotel and went swimming in the pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pool was on the roof of our hotel and you could overlook Venice while swimming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was beautiful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the pool closed we decided to head back to our room and get ready to have dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we got ready, we both decided we were still full from lunch and decided not to leave our room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continued to get our bags packed for we were leaving the next morning to board the cruise ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the horse that was made by the blowing of glass. The man made it in just minutes.</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day 3— The first day of the cruise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We woke up early and was again water taxied over to the port holding our cruise ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was called the MSC Musika.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a beautiful large cruise ship sporting lots of staterooms and many lounges, bars, a whole floor dedicated to restaurants, another floor containing two pools 4 hot tubs, fitness center, mini golf, tennis/soccer/basketball area, kids zone, casino, and theatre for live shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We settled into our stateroom which contained a bedroom with a small bathroom that had a tiny shower sink and toilet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The room was not as small as I thought it would be as it held two double beds that were pushed together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outside the room we had a balcony that was very nice for fresh air and overlooking all of the ports we arrived at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That night was a welcome cocktail party sponsored by AO and let’s just say people took advantage of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following the party was dinner and it was one of the loudest dinners I have ever experienced, but everyone was having a good time including us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following dinner every night the ship entertained us with a live show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had just met a couple of new couples so they accompanied us to the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their names were Ryan and Laurie, and Bryan and Dana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theatre was very nice but I think because of the alchohol or something everyone was a little bit antsy and after a couple of songs everyone decided to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We explored the ship a little and found the casino and watched people lose money and a few win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As with every night to follow we went to bed around midnight and that concluded the first day on the ship. </span></div><br />
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</tbody></table></div>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-63257593860739068152011-05-23T17:51:00.000-07:002011-05-23T17:51:58.731-07:00Easter 2011 (1 month late!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year we had Easter at our house. We did a brunch and all the food was amazing. After eating we set out all the eggs and began our Easter egg hunt. It was fun to watch all the kids have so much fun chasing down all the eggs and seeing what was inside. The weather was actually pretty nice and we had a great time with all the family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOOsPgpPT9jj7BLEQuYYZjhJ7IHSq04OIPdh075uVgovMOEXo2-Ny5qfOYBUM1gXPvJoAFY29l4EWfc5jmJePH_Vdc3lCfKYmDV9GqN8DMn7E2MfW3E9QSMKX2eWaZdJf77oxWoxR67w/s1600/IMG_2366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOOsPgpPT9jj7BLEQuYYZjhJ7IHSq04OIPdh075uVgovMOEXo2-Ny5qfOYBUM1gXPvJoAFY29l4EWfc5jmJePH_Vdc3lCfKYmDV9GqN8DMn7E2MfW3E9QSMKX2eWaZdJf77oxWoxR67w/s320/IMG_2366.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was beautiful when we pulled into Seaside. As soon as we got out of our car, the wind picked up and the rain began.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was at the award ceremony. Neither of the boys knew that they had each placed 1st in one area and 2nd place in the other.<br />
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As always, I was one proud momma of all my boys!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-28910533306754147282011-03-13T20:10:00.000-07:002011-03-13T20:10:17.853-07:00Winter Carnival 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We made it up to the McCall Winter Carnival this year and had a great time. We stayed at the cabin for the weekend and took a day for seeing all the ice sculptures and a day for sledding. It was a nice and relaxing weekend and we enjoyed having some time in the snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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She has had a speech pathologist that comes once a week and works with her on her speech. She has about 30 words now, but is just not quite where she needs to be. Because of this, she qualified to start preschool at one of the schools in Kuna. She started just after her 3rd birthday and has been loving it! <br />
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For her birthday she received several new outfits, a backpack for preschool, a giggle doll with a wagon, play food to use in her play kitchen, and a stroller for her baby. She was so meticulous about opening her gifts and it took her forever to open them all. It was fun to watch her get excited about all her gifts.<br />
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Happy Birthday Addison!The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035376939216254515.post-2154400576063239842011-02-20T13:04:00.000-08:002011-02-20T13:04:18.592-08:00Christmas EveObviously, I am a little behind! I am going to be playing catch-up!<br />
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For Christmas Eve, we always go out to my parents' house for our traditional steak dinner. We had dinner and then had a nativity presentation done by the whole family. My mom then put us all through a million pictures and then we opened our gifts. Mom made every family a quilt this year. They were all so beautiful and different. I can't imagine how long it took her to do all of these, especially with there being nine of us!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the boys<br />
The girls are a little outnumbered!<br />
(Caleb is wearing a suit jacket. He was trying to embarass me.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boy cousins. Grandma made them all jammies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily and Mom with her quilt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chelsea and Mom with her quilt.</td></tr>
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At the first of the month, we decorated our home with all the Christmas decor.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This nativity was from my grandparents and it brings back great memories every year we put it up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids with their favorite ornament</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3 of them were just all sitting around the ornaments talking about each one and the memories they had. It was pretty cute.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad putting up the angel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trenton was very particular about where each ornament was hung.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gavin kept getting irritated because his ornaments would fall off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While decorating, we enjoyed some egg nog. Addison enjoyed it a little too much. It ended up all over her face and she loved it!</td></tr>
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At the first of December the grandkids did gingerbread houses with my mom. We had purchased a kit from Costco and so we did a family gingerbread house later that week. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Addison helped by eating, and eating, and eating.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trenton and Dad were the engineers and did a great job assembling everything. They both were very precise!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did suffer one casuality. The poor gingerbread men were attacked by the big bad Addison.</td></tr>
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Next, we purchased the trim we wanted and then laid it out and painted it. We have found in the past that it is easier to give the trim a coat of paint before putting it up and then do the second coat when it is secured in place.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5fcWKiiyg4fM5At8eq5KVQ1DvwDHrNg-nESStyhsmCxIkgLTKYkukXnivguATIu3VDmaFCY7Fl6G8MRLDhT6TdkC6Gq5pG-doVOcJt_EEZ8eW5ZCTr34-mBj7SY9dSQgcSYMp_d0Zb0/s1600/IMG_1572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5fcWKiiyg4fM5At8eq5KVQ1DvwDHrNg-nESStyhsmCxIkgLTKYkukXnivguATIu3VDmaFCY7Fl6G8MRLDhT6TdkC6Gq5pG-doVOcJt_EEZ8eW5ZCTr34-mBj7SY9dSQgcSYMp_d0Zb0/s320/IMG_1572.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now it is time to find studs to secure the trim into. I had already found my stud, but Caleb needed a stud finder to find his. We borrowed a brad nailer from a friend and used it to secure the trim into the walls. Once everything is nailed up, we put wood fill in the nail holes, sanded, and then did the final coat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiq2JFPcDWEQtJ0oWDZ4i_WRlB0jdQ1XOV7agTRqoLBRvzV8xMjhJ2rf3772XHkl-47OK4XRz9hJDibDefHURk1nyXtCoVxpOk3mVxpnMWRUGo1pr2aCL8Gt7eZMPa5fqeuHFCWUyzHo/s1600/IMG_1575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiq2JFPcDWEQtJ0oWDZ4i_WRlB0jdQ1XOV7agTRqoLBRvzV8xMjhJ2rf3772XHkl-47OK4XRz9hJDibDefHURk1nyXtCoVxpOk3mVxpnMWRUGo1pr2aCL8Gt7eZMPa5fqeuHFCWUyzHo/s320/IMG_1575.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is my stud, Caleb is holding his stud finder!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I am so proud of my boys and I love watching them play. It is the highlight of my week. I get to yell and cheer for them and nothing could be better.The Barker Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904247187381687258noreply@blogger.com0