Cruising in Isolation
I love cruise vacations. What's not to love? There's lots of good food and drinks, beautiful scenery, and you go from one destination to another without packing and unpacking. When my husband and I took our first cruise, we were on our honeymoon. We didn't have a lot of money to spend, so we got a cabin in the bowels of the ship. It was very small and dark with a porthole that didn't offer much light. We were very happy, though. We didn't know any better, and we didn't care. Forty plus years later, I need my balcony, thank you. Yes, I am a spoiled brat now. I admit it. We wanted to celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary with a cruise. Due to the pandemic, our trip had been canceled and rescheduled multiple times. Finally we got our cruise a few weeks ago!!! Hooray!!! The ship was less than 50 percent occupancy, which was actually nice. On the first night, I had some intestinal issues (use your imagination; I'm not going into any more detail.