Oct 21 2010
Take It Easy, Cruise Over
I hate flying, Im not scared of flying, I just hate it. There is nothing about it, as far as I can see, to like. You arrive at the airport hours before youre due to fly just to wait around before being poked and prodded by some hairy backed customs official, wait around a bit more until youre herded onto an oversized aluminium pipe where youre crammed into one of the most uncomfortable seats youve ever sat in with your knees almost touching your chin. You take off on a journey that will see you kept in that position for hours, the boredom is almost palpable and the only thing that can distract you from the numbness of your rear is the howling kid kicking the back of your chair.
When you finally arrive at your destination you find that your luggage is also taking a vacation. In Baden Baden. Which is great but youve just touched down in LA! It catches up with you just in time for you to board your flight home so you can re-live the experience all over again. The wonder that is the jet age!
Compare that with taking a trip to Southampton, just for examples sake, then climbing the gangplank of a silversea cruise. You make your way to your suite and settle down, maybe have some champagne brought to your room while you wait for some-one to bring your luggage to you. Perhaps youll have a butler draw you a bath before dinner. Will it be a vacuum-packed slice of indistinguishable protein accompanied by something that was once vegetation? No, indeed if youre on anything like Oceania cruises youll be eating French inspired cuisine served by formal waiters from Versace bone china, Reidel crystal glassware and Christoffle silverware.
Rather than flying to your destination Cunard cruises are your destination, they are a part, if not all, of your holiday. Why hurry to get where youre going if youre travelling in luxury? The longer it takes the better I say!
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