I went on the wrong cruise (and still enjoyed it)
How I discovered cruising My husband lived in Russia for four years and wanted to show me St. Petersburg. He had also told me some horror stories about Russian hotels so I refused to go if it meant staying at a hotel. A Baltic cruise was the compromise so in 2019 we boarded Norwegian Getaway, saw lots of amazing Baltic ports including two days in stunning St. Petersburg, and in the process discovered that we loved cruising. It's not as expensive as you think! I've always enjoyed seeing new places, but I'm not a fan of airports, packing and unpacking, or finding myself stuck somewhere boring, so it was as though the world had opened up to me. There are lots of places I've always wanted to see - Gibraltar, Santorini, Petra - and now that I know I can cruise there it's become 100% more likely that I will actually visit them some day. The pandemic meant that our plans for our next cruise were put on hold, but that didn’t stop me watching cruise YouTube channels, looking