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We are back ...... 


I am happy to be back - to see my family and home and just be "anchored" again.


BUT oh ... what I wouldn't give to have won the lottery and then be able to book another holiday/cruise again for next month !!!


Having said that -my DAH has got the bug - he is addicted - he was slightly unsure as to whether or not he would enjoy Cruising and embarked on this holiday with some trepidation, concerned that it would be too formal for him and that he may not have enough "freedoms"


How wrong he found he was ... (thankfully for me!)


I loved it as it was absolutely my thing - OK - so some people have described cruises as Holiday camps at sea ...  and I can see why - there is a holiday camp atmosphere and just loads of organised activities to take part in BUT ..... you can enjoy the cruise without taking part in any of these organised events and can make yourself as scarce and private as you wish  .......... or as well known as you could wish to be. Greg was on first name terms with the barmen (of course), our room steward and the security officer (was that a good thing ???) 


Whereas I am much more retiring (I am on holiday anyway) and  was only known by association!


I used room service much more than Greg, as we were lucky to have a balcony so I did a lot of my reading and sunbathing in the privacy of the balcony and just had the luxury of ordering coffee and freshly baked cookies delivered to our room.


We saw the wonder of the Canal - it really was totally awesome and I don't usually get impressed by engineering feats or man made things. We saw the splendour of the rain forest and the BLUE, blue, BLUE seas of the Pacific and Caribbean Ocean.


The whole thing was so laid back and entirely UP TO YOU as to how you wanted your cruise experience to be - The food was great and you could choose the formal or informal options and absolutely NOTHING was too much trouble for the staff.


We accept that other cruise lines may not offer the same standards - we left just after the Costa Concordia tragedy and came back to the news of the Costa Allegra difficulties. I sympathise with those people and had we been unlucky enough to have been on either of those ships I am sure I would not be Cruising again and this would be a very different blog!


However, we were not with Costa .......


The tag line for Princess Cruises is "Escape Completely"


Enough said !