...After a two year hiatus, I decided to pick up the trail.
We were supposed to take a Viking River Cruise, with extensions on either end, from Berlin to Prague. Having scheduled this over a year ago, I had characteristically left the day by day planning until just a couple of weeks ago. With eyes glazed over and butt going numb from sitting for hours in front of the screen, after jumping through German hoops to get Bundestag entry reservations, and after mapping the best biergartens on my offline map app, I was losing some enthusiasm for the trip.
Viking has notified us that "...water levels on the Elbe River are currently
low, making it unlikely that your ship will be able to sail. Since rain is not
forecasted in the near future, we have modified your itinerary...."
Gott sei Dank gibt es so etwas wie den
Klimawandel nicht! (as Bob likes to say)
The modified itinerary involved too many logistical gymnastics and, given my waning enthusiasm, provided the perfect out. We got our money back and slapped it down on a cruise from Rome to Rome.
My thoughts have turned from sausages to gellato, from biergartens to vineyards, and from Checkpoint Charlie to Gaudi.
Here's our new itinerary:
ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA), ITALY
NAPLES, ITALY
AT SEA
PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN
BARCELONA, SPAIN
BARCELONA, SPAIN
AT SEA
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
SANTA MARGHERITA, ITALY
FLORENCE/PISA(LASPEZIA)ITALY
ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA), ITALY
