Last Day on the Gem

Today is the last day we get to go ashore to explore a new port.  It’s been two wonderful, weeks of living a purely decadent life aboard the Norwegian Gem.  Neither of us would have ever guessed that we’d enjoy it this much, but after being privileged and pampered now for 13 days, we‘ve decided that it’s not a bad life -- TRULY….And, we have made a pact.  We will NEVER go to a Nursing Home.  When, or if, the time comes when we can’t care for ourselves, we’ll just book an open-ended ticket aboard a cruise ship and spend our remaining days on board having our laundry done for us, our room cleaned (twice a day) getting massages and having hot stones applied to our bodies whenever we feel like it!  We’ll eat any time of day we please and have array of banquets to choose from as well as an ever-changing library of books to choose from. And, for those times we might start to get just a little bit bored, there’ll be that never-ending array of entertainment to choose from…just an elevator ride away.  I’m telling you, I think we’re on to something for long-term-health-care.

A day at sea tomorrow then back to Venice for three days of getting lost and finding ourselves all over again.

Norm & Nancy