A Christmas Cruise
It’s been 10 years since I’ve spent Christmas at home in Germany. That’s how long I’ve been working on ships, and even though once or twice my contract length almost permitted be to be on vacation during the holidays, I have extended for the benefit of my colleagues that wished to spend Christmas with their wives and children. This year things were different when my parents told me in the summer they are intending to visit me in the Caribbean for Christmas, and bring my brother, his wife and the baby, too. To plan the details didn’t take long, and soon the cruise and flights were booked. We’ve picked the Valor because it offered the best itinerary, and because we thought Puerto Rico was better than any other place previously visited to spend a week prior to the cruise. It worked out well and we were blessed with some great ports…