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Celebrity Constellation - Stateroom 7110

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Celebrity Constellation – Stateroom 7110 The Celebrity Constellation stateroom 7110 is a verandah stateroom with a lot more storage room than one might think.  On the left as you enter you find three doors, each about 18” wide. The first two open from the center to reveal a hanging bar for clothes. The hangers have a peg on top that fits into the ring assembly that rests on the pole. I found this set-up very annoying for a few reasons. For one, I like to use a hanger with clips to dry my swimsuit. Second, I like to keep my clothing sorted, and this didn’t always happen when we first hung things up – like when we got our laundry back. So, the rearranging of garments was a lot more cumbersome than if I could have just moved a hanger. There is a shelf above the clothes rod. You will find the life vests on the shelf, but there is some room left for small items.  The next door opens to reveal that continuing shelf across the top. Next down is a shelf holding the safe. In our room, ...
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Mis-Adventurous Start to our Adventure

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 The morning of 20 October dawned clear and cool. We had moved most of our bags to the car the night before, so after the whole showering and dressing thing (and fortified for the drive to Albuquerque with coffee and tea), we said good-bye to the cats (Missy & Foxy) and hit the road.   Talk about a smooth operation! Drive up – smooth. Leaving our car at the long-term lot (we use Fast Park & Relax) – smooth. TSA check-in, boarding, flight to Chicago – smooth. Grabbing a Cuban sandwich for the flight and boarding for Brussels, flight to Brussels – smooth (including people being amenable to changing seats so we could sit together). We were even given dinner, which was a surprise, and which meant we would have our sandwich for later…like about 0500 local time. The first hint of something being not-quite-so-smooth was the announcement that customers with connecting flights to Venice would need to see an agent when they deplaned as the flight was canceled.   We ...
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Packing for our Cruise Adventure

  Chuck and I had an amazing time on our 28-day cruise! I have a lot to share, but since I have a few friends who will be cruising soon, I thought I would start here - with packing. Some may say I go a bit overboard when planning what to pack – but it’s how I roll. The basic sources of information I used in planning for a 28-day Mediterranean & Trans-Atlantic cruise (followed by a couple of days in Key West) included: ·       Old packing lists ·       YouTube videos about what to pack – and what NOT to pack – for a cruise ·       Historical weather information for the countries we were visiting ·       Descriptions of our planned cruise excursions and Key West activities   The packing list of items we packed and used: Jeans Bandannas Lanyards 2 pairs khakis Swimsuits Passports ...
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