Anticipation

Each day my daughter and I do some discussion about our upcoming trip. Our Virginia vacation did not thrill either one of us, though the resort was lovely. We are hoping all of our travel companions will be joining us, but there is some doubt about Lynn and her family.

This week I made a two night booking pre-cruise. This stretches the vacation a little bit and makes a potentially cheaper travel-date departure though it's usually a wash with the cost of kenneling the dogs and parking. The reservation I made through Travel Zoo is pretty cheap. We are paying 42 dollars a night which includes a room near Downtown Disney with a refrigerator, microwave and a hot breakfast each morning. I could have gone for the carby free continental breakfast but wanted something a bit better since we'll probably be eating counter food for two days.

I exchanged emails with my travel agent this week. He won't be sailing with us this summer either. I haven't sailed without him since 2004.

Later this month it will be time to reserve excursions. Nothing is really grabbing me and I keep thinking I just want to hang around and soak in the island stuff. It's only a seven day cruise. ONLY. For the last couple of years we've taken two week cruises so this one is considered short.

We have no plans for 2010. Most sane people do not have their vacations planned for 2010 but typically I have two summers planned in a row. I keep thinking I want to visit Italy. I do want to visit but my expectations are huge for that country. I'd love to do a week of touring and one week of soaking in the culture.