We finally made it! We are onboard Splendor sailing out of Istanbul and she is gorgeous. We will be on for 14 days. We have to wear masks onboard, which is a bit of a bummer, since no one can see you smile at them. It sounds like masks won’t be required on Explorer so that will be nice.

We met a few staff who remembered us from previous voyages and that was really nice. All the staff seem especially glad to be here and to see us. David Nevin is our CD—he was our ACD on our last Explorer cruise and we really like him. The whole Regent experience is coming back to life. What a joy!