Thought I would start a new thread under Seamail. Everything has been great so far - Malaga, Valencia, and today Barcelona. It just got better as we went along! I have to pinch myself sometimes when I am walking along the avenues of these magnificent European cities. Sometimes I get teary-eyed at how fortunate we are to travel like this.

Then on our way back to the transfer back to the ship, we spotted the first ship we ever sailed on (Silversea's Silver Wind) - had to blow some kisses to her!

This is our first visit to Spain and it has not let us down! It is cloudy and a bit cool but no matter. We are actually visiting 7 countries (8 if you count the Vatican) on this B2B. Once again, I am missing Voyager and VIKING and everyone we were to sail with, but where we are is not so bad!!! There are a handful of Voyager crew who came on to Navigator as we expected. It is wonderful to see familiar faces!

Last night at the SSS reception, the cruise consultant announced that Voyager is headed from Genoa to Reykjavik today, so ING'ers, everything will go as planned! I have to say YET AGAIN what a privilege it is to be part of LCT, because every announcement the CC made, I already knew because of LCT and B&K. (They mainly spoke of the Navigator going in to drydock in January 2010, what it will entail, and talked about included excursions and free air fleetwide)

We finally met Diane yesterday! We are hoping to hook up with her and Marcia tonight. Everyone on board is so delightful! The first couple we met after embarking are B&K clients!!!!!!! Tim and Patty. Patty is actually from West Bend, WI of all places, so of course we hit it off. She has sailed Regent a bazillion times and is less than a year older than we are - oh, we need to catch up!

The food and service are just impeccable. I cannot say enough.

We're looking forward to St. Tropez tomorrow and then on to Monte Carlo where our dearest cruising pals (who we met several years ago on our first cruise) will join us. It just doesn't get any better!!!