I now have my itinerary in front of me. I will be going to 7 new countries and Sicily. The new countries are Tunisia, Malta, Romania, Albania, Croatia, Morocco, and Ukraine. We will also be cruising the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. The other countries will be Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, and Turkey and I have been to all of them before.

This cruise is very port intensive and it is going to make it difficult for me to keep up on my blog. It is nice to have sea days in between ports but at one point during the cruise there are as many as 7 ports in as many days. Fortunately, that is only one time.

The insurance company was very fair and I will have no problem replacing my auto but I am not going to do so until I return from my cruise. I will keep the rental after the insurance won’t pay any more and then will drop it off at the Inn at Gig Harbor and take the shuttle to the airport. Then when I return, I will take the shuttle to the Inn at Gig Harbor and pick up another rental to get me by until I get the new car.

I will probably not post again until I am on the ship but keep checking. With my luck I never know what might happen before I board.