Percy:

Just read your Baltic Cruise Trip Report: I have been put in charge of our off ship adventures and after reading your post I believe I could win cudos if I can repeat your course. Therefore would you please give me the contact information for the tour companies (tour guides) you used in the port cities: Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Gdansk?

Hi DATrue:

Well , right now the Copenhagen lady (tour guide ) is in Vienna and I can get a hold of her quicker for you.

When are you going?

<B> For Stockholm: </B>

This is his e-mail address. you can ask for Peder as your guide if he is available.

[email protected]

<B> For Helsinki and Tallin </B>

Ahti Arak is the fellow's name.

His e- mail address is : [email protected]

Mention my name to Ahti and tell him Hi !

Ahti lives in Tallin Estonia

<B> For Gdansk Poland </B>

Get a taxi right as you disembark off the ship.
Ask a few question of the taxi driver to make sure he speaks good English !!

Then hire him and try to duplicate the course I did in Gdansk.

For St. Petersburg , I used Alla Tours but they have changed their tour reservation e-mail office.

I can get a hold of her quicker for you, as she answers my e-mails much quicker !!! ... Maybe she just likes me ..foolish lady !!

Your can write to me at [email protected] and give me your email address.

I will look after the Copenhagen and St. Petersburg Tour guides for you and have them contact you directly.

The Baltic Cruise was one of the best cruises I ever took,I enjoyed it much better than the Mediterranean cruise I did 8 months earlier !! ( my opinion !!)

Any further question ...just ask,we are all here to help !

Take care
Percy

Hi Percy I knew you would reply!! Hope your hand is getting better. You should be off touring somewhere instead of sitting in Calgary - I heard it snowed the other day.

Hi traveller69

Thanks you for asking , but my hand is still the pits !!!

I just saw the Plastic Surgeon on Friday June 5th , and it will still be a few more months (Grr) and hopefully things will be better.

Yes, it snowed in Calgary ( all gone now) but I am not in Calgary ( I am in Edmonton !!)

I also have Carpal Tunnel (a post surgery complication) so I cannot type much because my finger tips are numb.....other than all that I am doing great !!!
Take Care

traveller69

I am planning a trip for late August, numb hand or not !!

Percy - Where are you off to this time? Here's hoping for a very speedy recovery. Don't know why I thought you lived in Calgary but at least I have the province right.

traveller69

Well, if it works out I'd like to go to do a Safari in Kenya , Tanzania and then some beach time Zanzibar.!

I will keep you posted. I am waiting to hear from the tour company in Nairobi!

Take Care ....Percy

Hello T69 and Percy. Sorry to hear that our hand is coming along so slowly. I admire your gumption about going somewhere in spite of it and hope by then it will be much better. Take care gentlemen. Can't talk much now. I'm at work. SHHHHH.

Percy:

You are amazing. I am so happy I found you at Fodors. This help is more than I could have ever thought possible. I am also so glad to hear the Baltic was better than the Mediterranean as I have taken that cruise too and thought it was amazing but did the ship excursions and have always felt there was something better. You have confirmed that for me. I will catch you at your personal address to give you more specifics. Thank you I am so sorry to hear about your hand we do have an excellent hand surgeon in San Antonio if you want to visit us.

traveler69 Thank you for your guidance it has been so helpful.

DATrue you are very welcome! Although I am Canadian I am happy to see you are a Texan! My daughter lives in Corpus Christi and we have always been treated so well by the Texans when we visit.

Hi jacketwatch, I was thinking about you the other day.

Yes, too bad this hand is coming along sooooo slowly.

Recovering from the Dupuytrens Contracture surgery ( Right Hand)is one thing , but having a Carpal Tunnel complication on top of it ...well Grrr !!!

As I type my finger tips are giving me little shocks !

Hi traveller69, always nice to hear from you.

DATrue, I got your e-mail and will contact both Grethe in Copenhagen and Alla in St.Petersburg for you.

Also I am sending you as picture of Grethe and me at her lovley cottage home in Copenhagen.

Jacketwatch, you get back to work ....oops , maybe go for a coffee.!!

Take care all of you
Percy

Deborah

I forgot to ask you in the e-mail ,but has Alla contacted you.

I know Grethe has

Percy

Well Percy I guess I paid the price. I've home for three days now with a viral bronchitis. Yuk. Its getting better but it just saps the he!! out of me. Oh well it could be worse. Take care with that hand. Larry

jacketwatch

Usually you get Bronchitis from taking too many coffee break!

I should know

Are you taking anything for the Bronchitis.

PS: I am all booked for the African Safari.

The Lions Cheetahs are waiting...I will be there for the Great Migration.!!!

Take Care of that cough
Percy

Percy,

Sorry to hear about your hand. I'll be looking for your East Africa trip report when you get back!!!! That's on our "to do" list and since you do some great reports - you know we'll be counting on you for input!!!

Pat

Percy: No except for dayquil/niquil. Since this stuff is usually viral I prefer not to take an ATB and my PCP probably would prefer the same anyway. Just have to let it run its course. FWIW I feel better today and went to the local golf store to test some new irons. I really like the new Ping G 10's and probably get them but first i want the pro there who fitted me for my driver, which really has imroved my game, fit me for the Pings. He was off today. He's a Welshman and I do have to listen very carefully due his accent but we talked about what I wanted with my driver and he came up with a nice match so hopefully the irons will be the same.
I was just watch one of my fav shows on Animal planet, Big Cat Diary. Its a documentray which follows specific prides of lions, cheetah and leopard families. I am happy for you. That is a great vacaton and sure gives you something to look forward to. When are you going? I do hope you will send the pics. That would be really nice. Take care, Larry

Hi patandhank ( In Arizona)

....I will try to do a trip report when I get back !

I will be doing Kenya , Tanzania and the Spice Island of Zanzibar for some relaxation on the beach for the final 3 days.

I hate to complain but the hand is just the pits !!!

After I had Dupuytren's Contracture surgery in January , I had to undergo months of hand physio..... from doing all this physio , I developed one of the main complications......... that being Carpal Tunnel..... now my fingers are numb 24/7 Grrr.

Even as I hit the keys on the computer keyboard , I get little shocks...so I better stop now.!

Jacketwatch.......... yes I am sure your bronchitis is viral, because you would know quickly if it was bacteria.

Sound like your golf game is in full swing.

I went to hit 1/2 a small bucket of golf balls yesterday ...I wear a Bike glove ( it has more padding) on the right hand so it does not hurt so much when I grab the club!

Oh well I will be watching the US Open this weekend.

Good Night All