This trip has been years in the making. The first hurdle was convincing me to get on a large boat. Betty tells me that the cruise lines prefer the term “ship.” Every cruise mishap or disaster reported in the past 10 years fueled my impassioned stance against spending valuable vacation time huddled shoulder to shoulder with thousands of anonymous, unchosen fellow travelers. Alas, Betty finally wore me down. So it’s off to sea. More accurately “seas” the Adriatic, the Ionian and the Mediterranean seas. When I go down, I go big.
We will spend a couple of days in Venice first. Betty’s brother, Keith and his wife, Joanne will join us. Betty wants to share her love of Venice with them. We will all then board the Viking Star and head off through 3 seas to visit 6 countries.