And now its time for Wine Wine Wine!
The title is a follow on from ClaireNJ’s fabulous ‘Cake Cake Cake’ theme, just adapted for my own preference for wine! 🤣
We were originally booked on a cruise that was meant to depart 28th March 2020, say no more…
We are travelling with our eldest son, George, 23, and his girlfriend Katie, 20. We have booked two nights in Rome, followed by an 11 night Mediterranean cruise on Celebrity Reflection, visiting Greece, Italy and Turkey. This is a cruise itinerary and ship we have done before but we really love both, and we will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary while we are in Sicily.
As exciting as it is to have a cruise to look forward to, I cannot say I enjoyed the build up to this holiday, in fact the stress of worrying about covid actually made me lose more than a weeks sleep and 7 pounds! (I never lose weight) yes, a bonus, but really could have done without the worry. We were ok to fly to Italy, (no test required) but once there have to have a supervised test one day before we board the ship. This was not helped by also discovering that should we test positive once onboard, we will be confined to a cabin on deck three, with a porthole, and not allowed to stay in our lovely balcony cabin. Basically, cruise ship prison. Starting to wish we had just booked a regular package holiday to Greece in a hotel! 😩
As I write this, we are on the plane, mask on, flying to Rome.
I will try to update daily, but not sure of wifi etc at sea so bear with me! We are looking forward to the food, the wine (we have a drinks package and a long list of fancy cocktails to try) and our tours in port. In preparation for the trip we have been avidly watching Stanley Tucci, ‘Searching for Italy’ and it is such a great programme, it is full of so much wonderful Italian food! My youngest son Harry 19, will be home alone, and is currently enjoying his own mini break in Amsterdam of all places, with his mates. God help us.
Ciao for now!
P.s. We have ruined Katie already. I am always saying how low maintenance she is (she never wears make up, or complains about anything) Today we had Club Lounge access at Heathrow, then I bought her some lovely Tiffany sunglasses as an early 21st birthday present, and currently she is quaffing champagne and eating a three course meal on the plane! 🤣 She seems quite happy!