For our 10 year anniversary Cyril and I decided we wanted to do something special. Cyril looked into all sorts of possible vacations and we finally decided on an eastern Mediterranean cruise. He booked everything about a year ago and planned the entire trip. I didn't have to worry about a thing because he was so well prepared (I always leave everything to the last minute) and the whole trip went flawless. [Except for a little problem with our memory card and we lost a whole day's worth of pictures!]
The only thing that was not sure was how our 3 kids would do without us for almost 2 weeks. Between my sister Krista, who had them during the week, and my mom who had them on the weekends, they were well taken care of. They even spent a whole day with Lolo and Lola who took them to Chuck E Cheese. Thanks everyone for all your help!! Krista said Holton didn't cry or fuss at all and the girls barely even noticed we were gone. Cyril and I missed them alot but we had so much fun on our own. It was definitely nice to get away and spent some 'real' time together without having to change diapers, do dishes, or make dinner!
To make things easy we stayed overnight at Rachelle and Matt's house so Matt could take us to the airport without having to wake up the kids. We left very early on Aug 16 with Jaidyn crying at the window as we drove away! A nice start to our trip!! When we called from Toronto to check on them, they told us that all was well and Jaidyn was totally fine. She just couldn't let us leave without making us feel extremely guilty!
The trip to Rome was very long and we were so happy to arrive at the ship. It was an 8 hour time change so we were both exhausted.
Our itinerary was:
Rome, Italy
Messina, Sicily
Day at sea
Athens, Greece
Ephesus, Turkey
Heraklion, Crete
Day at sea
Back to Rome where we spent 3 days before flying home.
We had such an AMAZING trip and saw so many wonderful sites. I really liked Athens but we both really enjoyed Rome and especially the time we spent in Ostia, Italy with Cyril's cousin Jenii and her family. They live in London but spend the summer in Ostia. The last time we saw them was 14 years ago! We loved playing with their 2 girls and just hanging out at the beach. It was so nice getting to know them better. And the food was SO YUMMY!!!! Eating Italian food in Calgary just won't be the same! I miss it already!!!
2 comments:
What a fun trip! I'm glad you guys had the chance to spend some time hanging out, sounds fabulous.
How fun! I am loving all the pictures. What a great vacation! I can't wait to hear about the rest of it!
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