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I had to do that a few days ago, too. Weird.

I agree about Panama, especially Colon. On our WC the saddest we saw were Mozambique and Dakar. On our excursion through Dakar it seemed every man, woman, child, and beast was starving. I got back, walked into the World Cafe and it’s abundance, and burst into tears. My husband and English friends just kept telling me I couldn’t change everything alone. Just pick something you can work to change and do that tiny thing. I guess that’s reason enough to go on a WC and see things you don’t normally see.

Our cruise is just about two months out, and the calendar summary shows both arrival and departure times, along with shore ex and dining.

Check to see what time you get into port. But Yes, probably that would be fine, On your Viking invoice it usually will tell you if there are flight time restrictions, like “do not book flights before 7 am.”

Suggested Gratuities are $17 pp per day. You can pay them in advance, on MVJ, or at the end of the cruise. When onboard, you can also ask that they be changed or deleted.

Wishing you all the best and smooth flights and connections. We had a connection in Frankfurt about three weeks ago and had no trouble, even about half an hour to enjoy the lounge. I enjoyed your last postings and look forward to traveling vicariously with you again!

Last night we had dinner with friends who would like to do a WC, but have never cruised before and wanted to start off with something smaller. He is ready to go, she is not. But his selling point was “no children, right.” I said yes! But I didn’t have the heart to tell him about the dog issue.

Oh my. This is just unbelievable—and unacceptable! I can’t believe it has come to this.

Then welcome to Los Angeles!

I’m saving this as well, as we hope to do this trip in May 2024. Thank you so much Andy.

So glad you are traveling again, and traveling so much. Bon Voyage!!

I haven’t found anything to take the taste away! It is just awful!! Can’t wait to finish.

Thank you, Valerie! We are good. Pierre is off Paxlovid, and and I finish tomorrow. It is truly the cure worse than the disease. I am so tired of Paxlovid mouth! I remember two years ago when we all went to Iceland on the inaugural cruise. That was scary, but we all made it! And I’m so glad we did it! We are off to Alaska the end of May for a big anniversary. Where are you going next, before the WC?

Oh no! But I guess if they can get away with it, they will.

In February, it was pretty much all still closed up. But I have never been anywhere where we didn’t find something interesting to see or do. And we loved getting out on our own a bit! Where else would we have seen a chapel with two blues eyes and eyelashes?!?

I guess this will be my husband’s dress of choice in 2024, where we do Hawaii in February and the Mississippi in May! Being originally for California, he has lots of Hawaiian shirts!

That is exactly what our doctor is telling us, and I believe comes from CDC. We isolated for five days. Then we have to go out with masks for five days. Then, no longer infectious. She also told us not to even bother testing again after 5-10 days because the virus can still show up for some time. The up side is that we have “immunity” for 90 days. At least this is the medical advice we, too, have received.

This is where we were in late February. You have to tender ashore, then take a bus or train to Monaco or wherever you want to go. It is a pretty port, though very small. The weather was so bad when we were there that the captain wouldn’t use his own tenders, but hired the town ones, which were bigger. We didn’t even try to go into Monaco, just wandered around Villefrance-sur-Mer. Here is its Chapelle St. Pierre.

Yes, well not to rain on her parade, but I tested negative the day my husband tested positive. Then two days later I tested positive too. It’s hard to be in the same house without passing it on… good luck to you both, and speedy recovery!

Just an observation, not even a suggestion, but we both took Paxlovid and our symptoms, mild as they were, disappeared in a day or two. Of course, check with your doctor.

I am sorry I was so flip in my answer. We both had it, which makes it easier; we got it at home, which makes it easier; and we did not have it bad, but very mild. I started working on a new piano piece; my husband edited his photos from our Mediterranean trip last month. We cooked a lot. We made big complicated meals we seldom have time for. We read, books and books, watched a few new Netflix movies, played with the dog, got the taxes ready to go to the accountant, and best of all: I booked another cruise! British Isles Explorer, June 2024!

watching it snow.

Thank you all for well wishes. I have had a very mild case, as did my husband. Just got off the phone with my doctor who says I am free to go on Thursday, but must wear a mask everywhere for another five days. Easy enough to do. She also told me that we would have immunity for about another 90 days (long enough to get us through our upcoming Alaska cruise). We will also take a couple of tests and some Paxlovid.

Greetings from day four of isolation (at home). Here is what is being followed now. Testing is not the beginning of the countdown unless you have no symptoms. If you have symptoms, you begin counting from the day of symptoms. Both my husband and I had symptoms first, which is what prompted us to test.

It’s all a crap shoot. We just returned from three weeks on a Viking Med cruise. All was fine. My husband then went two weeks later to “boys beer club,” his hiking group that gets together on Fridays for a beer or two. This week after cold symptoms, he tested and was positive for Covid, but not sick. He let his hiking group know, and about half of them have Covid, as do their wives. He is taking Paxlovid, hating the metallic taste, I feed him Jalapeños twice a day. I don’t have Covid, but have a miserable cold. We had been on two Viking cruises in 2021 and all was fine. You just never know …