Cruising Was Not What I Thought It Would Be (Part 1)

But much more than that.

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I have just returned from a cruise to New Zealand.

I was apprehensive about the cruise, especially when my 94-year-old father-in-law and 79-year-old aunt were traveling with us. With the fourth wave of COVID getting stronger in Australia and being in a confined environment with thousands of people, I was…