We are a few days away from our next departure!  It was supposed to be Thursday!  But….The joys of travel!  Luftansa ground crews decided to strike March 7 and 8!  Exactly the dates we were traveling.   Our travel agent,  who helped us book our flights, was able to jump on the computer and grab the last 2 business class seats on the same flight on  March 9 !  One of the perks of using an agent for flights!  We had booked 4 extra nights in Oslo before our cruise.   We are down to 2 extra nights,  1 day of sightseeing,  but still arriving on Bergen on time!  I always book at least 2 extra nights!  Some little bird told me to come 4 days early this time! And I’m SO  Glad I did!  thank you,  Jesus! For seeing us thru this travel drama!   I think He was that little bird!

On the bright side, we saved 2 nights hotel bill in Oslo!

We fly to Bergen from our shortened stay in Oslo. To begin cruising the Norway fjords from Bergen up to Alta,  in search of the Northern lights!  At the next to last port of the cruise,  Amsterdam,  we are hopping off to fly to Lisbon to meet our cousins,  my cousin  Kathy and Emmett’s cousin Bert,  who are joining us for a 3 week road trip in Portugal and Northern Spain’s Galacia and Basque regions.  We will take a short detour up to Bordeaux, then back to Spain to visit Zaragoza,  Valencia ( for Bert’s interest)   ending in Barcelona to see the progress on the Sagrada Familia! 

In researching our return home,  Emmett found a repositioning cruise for less than the price of flights home!   So Kathy is joining us and we will cruise 2 weeks on the Atlantic,  visiting Malaga, the Grand  Canaria island, and Bermuda.  We booked a 5 day stay in Florida near Orlando after landing in Port Canaveral, where we can visit another cousin,  Jeff and his wife Tammy in New Smyrna Beach.   I hope we can connect with a couple cruise friends,  Kathy and Karen,  while we are in Orlando!  

We aren’t done yet!  Grandson Walker is graduating the next week,  so we will fly directly to Nebraska to celebrate with him, hopefully get to see grandson Tucker compete in the state track finals.  Then we fly to Austin for a few days for a Crawfish boil with Emmett’s daughter Rebecca and celebrate granddaughter-in -law, Kaila’s birthday! Whew!  Makes me tired must writing about it all! 

Stay tuned for progress on the trip!