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BONUS: Mediterranean Cruise Tips | European Travel

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Doug Parker

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4.8609 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

On this week's bonus episode, we get some tips and an overview of some Med cruise ports. Vickie shares her pre-cruise thoughts, getting over there, and how to make the most out of your time in Europe. 

Read about Vickie's journeys on her blog: http://www.vickiecruises.com/

Thoughts or reviews? Email me: [email protected] 

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Transcript

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0:18.8

This is Cruise Radio.

0:21.8

Hey, how's it going?

0:22.5

My name is Doug Parker.

0:23.5

Thanks for checking out another bonus episode of Cruise Radio.

0:27.2

A kickback episode like we were talking about last week.

0:30.2

No commercials, no news, just straight up information for you.

0:34.3

This week we're going to talk about European travel.

0:36.8

Vicki Bone from Vancouver is going to

0:38.7

join us here in just a couple of seconds about some European travel tips in cruising the med in

0:43.7

Europe because a lot of cruise ships spend the summer in Europe and a lot of cruise ships make their

0:48.4

debut in Europe because that's where they're built like Carnival Vista is going to debut in March of 2018

0:53.8

and she'll probably be starting out in Europe somewhere, although we don't know quite where yet. So with that said, Vicki Bone is on the line. Hey, Vicki. Oh, it's always nice to talk to you, Doug. Vicki, before we make our way over to the Mediterranean, I want to get some of your thoughts because I know this was your first time sailing

1:11.1

the med, and I'm sure you were knee-deep in research. Oh, yeah. I think you know me very well.

1:17.0

We actually have this book probably just over a year prior, and I immediately started researching.

1:23.0

First thing I did was send out emails to all my friends who had crews to the med and asked their advice,

1:29.7

and I got a wealth of information.

1:31.9

And then I went to the library and took up books.

1:34.9

And then I did some research on TV like PBS with Rick Steves.

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