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The Saturday Finance Report

Or, if your dear, sweet, old mother gave you EUR5.76 as payment for the New York Yankees beating the Philadelphia Sillies in the World Series, today it would be worth $8.52 ($0.06 less...)

EURO TRACKER / FORECAST:

 

The forecast for the USD vs EUR looks favorable over the coming months.  This would equate to a $3 to $4 ROI on a $100 investment! (source: /forecasts.org)

As some of you may have noticed, The Sunday Finance Report has moved to Saturdays.  This has been done in order to provide me with three contiguous days for other content. 

Looking forward to hanging out on deck 13!
Mike

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Cruising with Cyn
Collection of useless information circuitous to the OPERATION: Poisson Rouge Adventure.




O Sole Mio! Naples

We will be arriving in Naples, Capri ITALY! on Tuesday May 25, 2010 the first of five ports of call.

Fun Facts

Naples currently has a higher birth rate than other parts of Italy with 10.46 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births.[cb says More about this later.]

‘Santa Lucia’, ‘O Sole Mio’ and ‘Funiculi Funicla’ have their roots in a festival hosted in the Festival of Piedigrotta, which began in 1830, in Naples, Italy.

Pizza was invented in Naples and is v-e-r-y serious business.

Web Bites

Naples is ranked fourth in Italy, for economic strength, after Rome, Milan and Turin.

Naples has over 440 churches.

Underneath Naples there is a series of caves and structures created by centuries of mining, which is in part of an underground geothermal zone.

ITALY HAS WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CONDOMS - read about it here [cb says This may be contributing to the baby boom?!]

Just * The * Facts

Elevation: 289 feet
Latitude: 40 53N Longitude: 014 18E
Avg Temp: 64
Avg High: 72
Avg Low: 55
Avg Precipitation: 2
Naples is the third largest city in Italy, with a population of over 1.5 million.

See you next week on Deck 13 when we travel to the highly anticipated capital of Italy - Rome Baby Rome!

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Mo's Travel Tips

Checked Baggage:
Continental Airlines will accept up to two pieces of checked baggage with a maximum weight of 50 pounds and a maximum outside dimension of 62 inches in exchange for the applicable service fees set forth below. Outside dimension of a bag is equal to the width + height + depth of the bag added together. The fees are discounted for bags that are checked and pre-paid at continental.com. You may continue to check your bags at the airport or curbside for a higher fee.
Baggage Fees:
Travel from US to Europe
1st bag $0 Online or Airport
2nd bag $45/$50 Online/airport

(Looks like one checked bag and one carry-on for me -- Ooh! That's 90lbs of stuff!)

Tips for checking Your Baggage in for a Flight
Continental recommends that you carry valuable items such as electronic equipment, cameras, film, cash, jewelry, medication, prescriptions and keys with you on board the aircraft.

Place your name and address on the outside of your baggage. Nametags are available at all airport baggage check-in locations. We also recommend that you place your name and address on the inside of the bag.

For domestic and international flights (excluding certain flights departing for Guam), baggage will not be accepted for check-in more than 4 hours prior to scheduled flight departure. (Darn! I wanted to pretend to be Tom Hanks for a few hours.)

Allow enough time for your checked baggage to be accepted. International Flights to and from the U.S., customers must complete baggage check-in at least 60 minutes prior to scheduled departure.

Claim your baggage immediately upon arrival at your destination. (I think the airport should know about that one.)

Be aware of what items are restricted to be in checked baggage. If you are not sure, review the list of items permitted and prohibited shown on the Transportation Security Administration Web site.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

Which item will you miss bringing?

Tah!

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~A Divine Dining Experience~

The dining room on Voyager of the Seas will amaze you when you walk in at dinner. It's three levels, all centered around the grand staircase and brilliant chandelier. All staff are quite friendly, you can't walk by someone that doesn't greet you. Every night there is a different menu to choose from...unique salads, entrees, desserts, anything you can imagine. And if you're thinking of a stiff, formal dining room every night of the cruise, well, you're wrong.....

On the two formal nights, the Captain dines in the dining room at a table of special guests. Men can choose from tuxedos or suits and ties, while woman usually wear cocktail dresses. A dark suit is just as appropriate.

Don't be surprised if I bring a date to dinner; you never know who you might meet...^_~

Cruise along and enjoy~

Karen

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The exploration of Deck 13 continues...

Gee, Nana and Pop-pop...  It looks as if those torsos haven't seen the light of day in quite a while.  You might want to use some sunblock, at least until you get used to this.

Maybe we're seeing too much of each other on Deck 13...

M&M

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The truth comes out...

Looking forward to "seeing all of you" on Deck 13!
M&M

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The Sunday Finance Report:

Or, if your dear, sweet, old mother gave you EUR5.76 as payment for the New York Yankees beating the Philadelphia Sillies in the World Series, today it would be worth this much more:

$0.12

Then again, it isn't really about the money... 

It's really about taking the money from the old woman.

Deck 13 - The Reveal - Coming soon!