Cruises.

I've never been a huge fan of cruises, although I've only done two so its not like I have a lot of experience. One was an Alaskan cruise, and if you want to see the Alaskan fjords, which I did, well, cruising is pretty much the only way. The other was in the Caribbean, and it was fun, and had many "pro's"....all you could eat food, entertainment every night, only unpacking once, seeing lots of sights.

But it's not all plain sailing on a cruise. (See what I did there? Sorry, not sorry).

Not enough time in the various ports, and always line-ups, and waiting for line-ups to move, and being stuck in line-ups, and sadly being at the end of a line-up, and being in the wrong line-up all together. Being smug because you're at the front of the line-up and realizing that there is no line-up. Not even being able to find the line-up. Line-ups are my nemesis. 

And crowds. Actually I don't mind a crowd so much as long as I dont have to make inane conversation with strangers, and I have my own cave to crawl into at the end of the day, my own quiet spot. That's one of the reasons that this cruise appealed to me, it's not a floating city with 5,000 passengers. That's Hell on Water. Those mega ships, how horrifying and overwhelming. You have to walk for hours just to see the horizon. Ugh. 

But only unpacking once, man, that's a bonus almost worth the line-ups.

Anyhow, the only other cruise I've ever wanted to take was through the Panama Canal. It's always fascinated me....I mean, come on, a bunch of guys cut a continent in half! What? That's incredible!  It's so incredible that you can boil it down to one sentence, which is spelled the very same forwards and backwards. Think about it, some guy had an idea about a canal and where to build it.

A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama.

Now, write it backwards. Best palindrome ever.  

Plus, it's one of the few travel ideas that Husband and I both are interested in. So when I stopped in to visit my travel agent to see what was new on the horizon (Breaking Travels News: Jordan next year! 👍😱) and she said "Let me check" and "Oooohhhh, flash sale" and well, wasn't there a cruise to Panama, the right length, an awesome deal, room with a balcony, free connector flights, and decent travel times? I had to book it. 

Imagine Husbands surprise when I came home. He had been expecting groceries and maybe a treat along the lines of ice cream. Not along the lines of Princess Cruises. 

But all in all, I think it will be fun. I'm easy going when it comes to travel, I don't expect much and I don't (as they say) "sweat the small stuff ".  I'm not high maintenance and I don't need 5 Star anything.

 

Clean sheets? Check.

My own bathroom? Check.

Food that I don't have to cook? Check and check.

Delays? To be expected.

Heat? I'll live with it for now.

Change of plans? It's all an adventure. 

Norovirus and Ebola on the boat? Ok. I might have a issue with that. 

Hand sanitizer and steri-wipes and more hand sanitizer? Check and check and check.

So, yeah, We're going on a cruise.  Updates to follow