Prepping for a cruise.

The excitement is building. You are only days away from your cruise and the packing has begun. Shoes, shirts and shorts. All the necessities are now neatly stacked in your suitcase and now you are staring at the clock and calendar waiting for that glorious day to arrive when you can finally walk up the gangway and step inside the wonderous and luxuriant vessel that will be your home for the next seven days.

In my case wonderous or wonderful are the key words as my cruise ship is the magnificent Royal Caribbean mega-liner “Wonder of the Seas” departing from the port of Civitavecchia just north of Rome.