Off on a cruise for the fist time since covid lockdown kicked in. Marella (TUI) Corfu - Crete - Santorini - Kusadasi - Athens - Kefalonia. Cabin with balcony, Middle of boat, Premium drinks package. Booked a few excursions, researching a few others to self explore (*Athens deffo)
We try to mix the main meals, if in the main dinning hall we go just off peak, and will take two seats at a large table with anyone. We make up weird back stories about us** to tell them and secret ones about our fellow diners later. The evening entertainment is sometimes OK,
Like cruises, done places I wouldn't have got to otherwise (Colombia, Panama Canal etc). Its convenient - Like sailing into Venice, past San Marco on the morning of your 30th wedding anniversary (beat that for brownie points) and it packs in a lot. Think of a coastal biased thing you would like to do, and a cruise will provide it. Couldn't do 5 days at sea on a long voyage tho.
BUT
Its not an exclusive holiday thing for us. We mix in some self book self explore holidays abroad, did some package tours when the nipper was young, and Caravan. In short a cruise is just one if the travel options to throw in.
*I use DK top ten travel guides as my self explore tool. Got quite a library of them at home now that friends borrow.
** Our Biggest backstory lie to date was Wifey and I met when we were working in Kuwait when Sadam Invaded (she was a nurse, I was in IT for an oil company (you need to base tales on what you know) We didn't know each other till then - and we managed to escape to Saudi Arabia the night of the invasion.
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