Ready

We are packed and ready to begin our journey on Sunday, September 13th with a flight from Miami to Copenhagen. After weeks of 90 degrees plus and high humidity I am ready for a little cool Danish weather. As usual, since we will be in two distinct climates we had to pack for all weather conditions...cool northern Europe, floods in Istanbul, hot and dry in the deserts of Israel and Egypt. So that means, you guessed it...way too much luggage. So I will neither be freezing in Denmark, Belgium and Holland or frying in Tunisia, Egypt, Cyprus and Israel, just to mention some of the ports. The two back-to-back cruises are highly port-intensive so we will be off the ship nearly every day. I have stopped researching the ports we haven't been to because I am driving myself crazy. We will just do as ususal, make no plans and see where we end up. The only places we have tours are in Israel and Egypt. Israel because we can't get to some of the places without a car and we can't rent a car and return it in enough time before the Sabbath starts and everything closes. Egypt because we can't get anywhere without a guide and an escort with weapons locked and loaded. No kidding. It's the law there. So if I don't fall off the camel maybe the guard's weapon will accidentally discharge in my direction. Am I really sure I want to do this?