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Name - Pat Fauquet
Location - Fairfax Station VA
I work with Bob LeVitus in his Dr. Mac consulting business. I am an active member of the Macintosh user group community. I have been solving Mac problems and teaching Mac users for over 20 years.
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Day 0 Rome to Genoa, Italy
This is second part of our trip to Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean. We began our vacation with a tour of Italy. Many of the MacMania cruisers are sharing their blogs, so I want to get the cruise portion up as soon a possible. I will recount the days of our Italy tour before the cruise when this is completed..
In each edition of Macworld magazine there is always an advertisement for MacMania. It is a cruise to an exotic location along with other travelers who just happen to be dedcated Mac users. They are booked with Neil and Theresa Bauman of Insight Cruises and they are a wonderful way to see the world and learn more at the same time.
I went on my first MacMania cruise in February of 2006. We toured the western coast of Mexico and had a wonderful time!
In November of 2007, Ron (my husband) and I toured the western Carribean and Panama canal. Now we are both fans of MacMania and we were anxious to continue our adventures with old and new friends.
We had been touring in Italy for 10 days. We caught a train from Rome to Genoa, ready to begin the next part of our adventure.
Unfortunately, even though I had my camera in my purse, I somehow managed not to take any pictures.
We arrived at the Genoa train station about 3:30 p.m. We immediately ran into Shawn and Lesa King, our dear friends who have visited with us several times at our home near Washington DC. We got 2 cabs to our hotel, the Star President in Genoa because we all had too much luggage to fit in the typical Italian taxi cab.
After drinks in the bar and a short rest, we attended the pre-cruise cocktail party at the hotel. Unfortunately, once again, I never got my camera out. However, Randal Schwartz did manage to take a few pictures.
The StarHotel President was the most modern hotel
we stayed during our days in Italy. However, by
American standard, the room was small and the
shower stall was tiny and dark. Ron's comment is he
now knows why European women don't shave their
legs!
This was also the first hotel that had a true
Queen-size bed. Every other hotel had two narrow
twin beds that had be pushed together. The were
made separately, making it hard to cuddle!
Photo by Randal Schwartz
The menu included lots of seafood, reflecting the
Genoa loacation.
Photo by Randal Schwartz
The party was held in the lobby of the hotel. Wine
was the main drink offering, as is the case
throughout Italy. Soft drinks are expensive and
never iced.
Photo by Randal Schwartz
We were happy to see Bill and Cat L and Joan H, who had been on previous cruises with us.
Photo by Randal Schwartz
We were also happy to see Diane S and Doug L with
whom we had shared several dinners and excusions on
the Panama cruise. It was also good to see my old
friend Don McAllister and his wife, Barbara of
ScreenCastsOnline who was a part of the faculty for
this cruise.
Photo by Randal Schwartz