Hey Hey! 3 of my friends and I are going on the ROME, SORRENTO, ATHENS tour starting on the evening of AUG 11, 2007. We wanted to meet some other people that are going on our same tour....if you are..please say hello! BTW we are from Los Angeles, Cali and we range from the ages of 24-27

Chat soon!!!

My friend and I are going on the same tour. We're 25 and 27 and leaving from Charlotte, North Carolina.

OH FUN
So we are all around the same ages. I assume you and your friend are girls We are 4 girls. We are also going to the Mykonos resort at the end of the tour for 3 nights

We're both girls. I wish we could stay longer but we both have to get back to work. I'm glad you guys are around the same age; I was a little nervous about the whole age thing when booking. Have you done a Contiki tour before? I can't wait to go, I really need a vacation!

Hey there
We would have done an even longer trip, but my friends had to get back to work
I have actually done CONTIKI 2x before They were lots of fun. I really enjoyed myself. Fun, imoformative, drinking, history, laugther. IT was really AWESOME. If you have any questions about it you can just ask me. Chat soon

Hello, my name is Dianna. My husband-to-be Sean and I decided to take this tour as our honeymoon trip. He is 20 & I am 21. We will be coming from Rochester, NY.

Hey,

Is anyone going solo on this trip? I am very excited about going. Can't wait to meet all of you. I'm leaving from CA.

Hey EST
How's it going? I am not traveling solo, but my 3 friends and I are leaving from Cali (LAX). What airport are you leaving from? Tell me about yourself? M or F, How old are you? What is your name?
Chat soon
Bri

Diana
Congrats on your marriage

Hey Bri,

My name is Ester, and I am 28. I am leaving from SF. I am coming in a day early and leaving a day later in Greece. It sounds like I am the only solo person going so far!
Hey what about you? Why did you decide to take this trip?

hey everyone, I am Brandon, coming solo on this trip. Is anyone else going solo?
I am 26 from Toronto Canada
This contiki tour is gonna be so much fun, i had a very difficult decision weather to go to the Rome and Athens or the Egypt and Nile.
anyways it would be nice to hear from anyone planning on going, talk to you soon

My friend that told me about Contiki went solo on a trip last year and just left today for Australia and is going solo again.

Hey Haley,
I been talking to a lot of people and they have been telling me about Contiki and people going solo. I head all good things so thats reassuring.
When ar eyou departing from Athens?
I am staying the xtra nite in Athens as i just booked this trip and getting a return flight on a Sunday is way more expensive.. So by departing on a Monday is a lot cheaper and crash in a hostel somewhere. It also gives an extra day to tour the site see etc. as we're only in athens for a couple days.

Hi all,

My wife, Stephanie, and I are flying out of Phoenix, AZ and coming in Saturday Aug 11th around noon. Is anyone planning on going to the Vatican Saturday? We are doing last minute research...anything else cool ya'll recommend?
See ya in Rome.

Mark

hey Mark,

You are lucky to be getting in early enough to site see. I am coming from Toronto and will arrive just in time for the first get together Saturday night.
There are a lot of tings closed on the Sunday from what i am reading. I was thinking doing the Vatican first thing like 6 or 7a.m Monday as apparently line-ups are horrible anytime after 8a.m.
and museums are closed on every Monday.

our hotel is within 5km of everything big, anything on the itenery is that close.
I called contiki and the Rome part is do your own thing as anything mentioned other then the dinner is not included.
But apparently its better to wait and meet our tour guide and he can give us a better idea and prices...
My big things are the Vatican, Sistine Chapels, The Bascilia St.Peters the church, this is the most amazing church on our planet.
of course the spanish steps, and the Trevi fountain is a must see.

OK i am reading right now all vatican museums are closed on Sundays and there is a rigid dress code, pants for men and woman a little FYI..

Anyways if you have any ideas it would be nice to hear them.

You're right, we are going to have to juggle between places that are closed Sunday, Monday, and appears Wednesday Rome is practically shutting down for their holiday:
Definately closed Sunday- Vatican, Sistine chapel
Definately closed Monday- most of museums
Some websites were contradictory when something was open though.

We are thinking about purchasing a guided tour thru the Vatican website for Monday at 2pm...they say you don't have to wait as long. Monday AM were going to do the forum via the excursion and colosseum (were you going to purchase online tix or use roma pass for this??). That would leave museums for sunday that will be closed monday.
Too bad the tour manager can't help prep all this in advance rather than the start of the tour. Lots to acutally plan....