We are so excited! We got a call from the travel agency and they said that the cruise line was happy to offer us an upgrade free of charge! And so we accepted...of course! Instead of an inside stateroom on deck 5, we will be dwelling in a mini-suite with a balcony on deck 11! That's incredible!
We've never even been inside a room with a balcony so as you can imagine...we are looking forward to it! They had tried to upgrade us earlier last month but said they couldn't give us the same room for both cruises --our 21 day cruise is actually two cruises---the first is a 12 day trip to the eastern Mediterranean. Jim is probably most excited about this part of the trip...When we land in Alexandria, Egypt, we will be there for two days--so we'll be taking a private small group tour (12 couples) from there to Cairo with an overnight in a 4star hotel in Cairo. We can't wait to see those great pyramids and the sphinx!
And then at the end of the 12 days we go back to Barcelona but this time we head west and go to Morocco--Casablanca and Agdir, and then the Canary Islands, a Portuguese island and then to Malaga, Spain before the 9 days bring us back again to Barcelona--- and then we will spend two nights in Paris, France before coming home to Arlington!
We will arrive here on Dec. 23, hopefully ready as we can be for a very happy and merry Christmas!
Then Jim will still be on vacation when we get back---I think he'll have to be back at the office on about the 6th or 7th of January!
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WOW! Your trip sounds incredible. I hope you have clear sailing and good health for the whole time!!
My ancestors on mom's side are from the Madeira Islands off Portugal. I think there are still some Lomelinos there.
I'm retiring Jan.31 so perhaps Alan and I can indulge in some off-season cruising next year!
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