Okay, okay, dawg - I have been wading through the last 18 months of posts and still can't figure out who is on CAVIAR - the wonderful Black Sea adventure on Navigator in July. It may be either my lack of message board reading skills or my lack of cerebral synapses; but, dear friends and fellow CAVIARites, CAVIARoons, and CAVIARonians, I need help!!!

Here is my best guess at the moment:

Ngaire & Ken
Leslie & Brad - 709 (arr. 6/28 Ritz Carlton)
Mary Ellen & Jim - 716 (arr. 6/28 Hyatt Regency)
Andi (sedona) & Doug - 707 (arr. 7/1 Sirkiki Konak)
Sharon & Dick
Carol & Ralph (Ralph W.) - 905 (on board)
Scott & Judy - 722 (arr. 6/29 Hilton)
Pete & Kathy (Seagal) (arr. 6/29 Four Seasons)
John (captjohn) & Christina - 946
Fred & Pat - 724 (arr. 6/27 Hyatt Regency)

Please provide additional info, such as traveling companions' names, cabin #'s, etc., as you wish. I will then update the roll call (if I can figure out how to edit the post).

Looking forward to meeting everyone on sail-away in Istanbul, if not before. I think that a lot of us are staying at the Hyatt Regency pre-cruise.

Cheers, Fred

So Fred, you and Pat just seem to drift from cruise to cruise - do you want to adpopt me and Frank so we can do all these great cruises with you??????

Sounds like you have another great one on the books.

Ralph and Carol are in 905 and will be on the cruise before CAVIAR. Rome to Istanbul.

Aloha
Fred,
I guess you must have missed us.
Christina and I will be with you guys and looking forward to meeting all of you.We are also at the Hyatt but we do not arrive until 3am in the morning from FRA. Could we get a welcoming committee to greet us? HaHa. Going to try to get some sleep then go to the ship.
We are in cabin 946. See you there.

John & Christina Douglas

Andi and Doug 707
Sirkici Konak in the historic district
cappadocia for a couple of days....29 to July 1

Diane and Marcia had to cancel. A real bummer, I must say.
Instead we'll be on the Nov. crossing.

Hi Fred. Please add Pete and Kathy to the roll call. We arrive on the 29th and will be staying at the Four Seasons.

Look forward to meeting everyone-

Kathy

Aloha, Andi & Doug
You will love Cappadocia ! Are you staying in a "cave hotel " ?
John & Christina

I've just updated the list. Thanks for the info.

Diane - Bummer that you're not on the cruise. I want to meet anyone who has a cute dog photo as part of her signature. But you will love the fall crossing. We had a wonderful crossing last November and look forward to doing another (definitely east to west in order to receive all of those nice notices to set our clocks back an hour - priceless).

Cheers, Fred

Looking forward to meeting you John and Christina as well as as other folks we've never met and even folks we have met! ..Yes, the Museum Cave Hotel...we're very excited. I hope Doug doesn't start dragging me about by the hair though.... :eek:

Could I ask, how did you get travel arrangements getting you in at 3am?

We are in 716. We're staying at the Grand Hyatt and arriving on June 28 around 7PM. We are so looking forward to this trip.

Andi & Doug
Well it's a story about me being very cheep !We booked r/t HNL- FRA. Then a one way for IST and ATH.
I used ITA software to find a good price for the
one way. I tried many times and a the fare was very
high.Then a fare came up at $129.( $20 fare and 100 in tax and fee's- WOW) on Lufthansa. I think we did OK but we leave FRA at 10pm and arrive at 2am (w/1hr time change), then an hour to the hotel. We figure our sleep will be messed up so what's a little more!
It will be a 12 hour time change from Honolulu to Istanbul. Sweet dreams.

John

Wow..you are going to have to teach us your tricks!

Fred--

I really wanted to meet you but it will have to be another time. I just got back from teaching in Russia, and brought back a parasite that kept me out of work for an additional week. I can't afford that amount of time off so close to now.

Fred,

You can list me and Judy in #722, right next door to you. You must use the same criteria in choosing cabins!

Thanks.

We're staying at the Hilton for 3 nights pre-cruise in case there are others there. We look forward to meeting everybody on this cruise.

Anyone interested in arranging a pre-cruise dinner on July 1 for those of us who are there? I can ask my hotel to recommend a place for us.

John - You will kindly forgive us if we don't meet you when you arrive at the Hyatt at 3:00 am. Our official greeting ritual definitely draws to a close at about midnight. Otherwise, you would find the greeting to be something like, "Okay, you're here, finally. Who gives a ****?? Find your room and go to bed!!" Now, how much fun would that greeting be anyway?

Andi - Put loads of mousse on your hair and Doug's fingers will slip right off as he tries to drag you around the cave hotel. With some luck, he'll drop you off right in front of the lounge.

See you all in Istanbul or at sailaway.

Cheers, Fred

We are in #709 - arriving 6/28 - doing the Regent pre-tour to Cappadocia. Description is now listing the Istanbul hotel as the Ritz Carlton on 6/28 and 6/29 then Cappadocia for 2 nights - back in time to board the ship.

Welcome home, Leslie! Denise has just reported in an email what a great time all of you had in Tuscany together!

Cappadocia is on my short list after Anne and Gary sent pictures from there!

Just heard .Docs should be in the mail very very soon!!!!

Doug

Docs arrived today. Mostly symbolic since there isn't anything in them that we didn't already know...but it is a sure sign of impending cruise!

Woo hoo, Scott! You are right, there's a cruising looming in your future!

Oh, I'm going to be turning green again!

Oh you lucky guys! I loved my Black Sea cruise. I'm very jealous.

Here's a sneak peak of the caviar pin :)

Love it!! Wish I were on it...

Very cool!!! Wish I were too Arlene.

Joann & Arlene.... I wish you guys were on it too! You will be missed. (as will those guys who tag along)

Doug

Thanks Doug - hope you and Andi have a wonderful time!