Our daughter and her fiancé visited over the weekend. It was heaven having double the number of people and dogs in the house after a year of isolation. “The kids” are headed to see his family in New Jersey and New York while we are dog-sitting our first black Lab, Pancho for the week. The initial rough patch at integrating a new “old” dog into the house routine has smoothed out as they accept each other’s territory and learn to share us.
Over dinner, we got to talking about travel, somewhat wistfully. The pandemic and my nearly dying during a transatlantic cruise have put my husband and I permanently off taking another boat anywhere type of adventure. But V and C are just beginning their life together, and there is one trip that, even now, we are encouraging them to take — a Mediterranean cruise. Here’s a pictorial essay that shows why.
Venice, Italy
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Kotor, Montenegro
Corfu, Greece
Sorrento, Italy
Pompeii, Italy
Rome, Italy
Monaco
Monaco marina below the Grimaldi castle
Nice, France
Provence, France
Castelette, a medieval village in the mountains
Barcelona
(Which will be its own pictorial essay another time) and then we flew home.
Can you see why this trip has stayed with us? Here’s to the post-pandemic world!