1. Mediterranean Madness

I received an email from Imagine Cruising, and inside that email was a window to the trip that I knew we had to do. Over the past few years, I have looked at taking a cruise along the Adriatic coastline, calling into Croatia, Montenegro and sailing beyond. This one, the one we are preparing to embark upon includes a week lolling around the Italian lakes of Maggiore, Iseo, and Garda with a side trip to Como and a tour into Switzerland on the Bernina Red Train. The all-inclusive trip on the Silversea Silver Muse includes everything, including our shore excursions in each port.

The weather reports for Europe this summer are predicted to be diabolical, a feature that cannot be planned for twelve months ahead. We also didn't count on a war in the Middle East, but our Qatar flight via Doha is still going ahead.

So, with an unstable Middle East and a hot European summer ahead of us, anything can happen and probably will.