Looking back on our first cruise with our friends

Going thru the canal on our wonderful aft balcony

The first cruise we went on with our German friends was thru the Panama Canal on the Celebrity Infinity in 2002. Since then, we sailed with them to South America and they have come to visit Charlie and I in many of the ports we have stopped at in our many European cruises.  We also spent a wonderful 2 weeks visiting them in Germany and going to Octoberfest to celebrate Charlie’s 70th birthday. They have been our best cruising buddies!

Getting Ready

The first part of this adventure will be an 11 night "Best of the Western Mediterranean" cruise on the Celebrity Reflection with my German friends Alexandra, Wilhelm and Ursula to celebrate Wilhelm and Ursula's 50th Wedding Anniversary.  I will then be going back to their home in Germany to spend a few weeks with them.  I can't believe that the time to leave is almost here!  We have been planning this for close to a year!  This will be my first big trip without Charlie and I will miss him desperately!   I will remember the good times we had in all the places we had seen together.