Most of our fellow passengers on our river cruise were experienced travelers. About half of them were retired and the others, who were much younger, had been on several cruises. The good part was they paid attention to the time. They were always ready on time to begin a walking or bus tour. They were all unfailingly pleasant and friendly and unpretentious.
We like the open seating format and we like no fancy dress events, so we enjoyed the casual nature of our river cruise. As usual on a cruise, we end up getting to know and like two couples. I left my e mail address with those two folks. Now I will be interested to know if they ever contact us.
One couple we met have taken 58 cruises in the last 12 years. I was stunned when she told me, so much so that I could not think of any way to ask politely how they could stand being on so many of these trips. Being on a cruise is like being at a movie in that you stay on the ship and every day get off to look at a new part of the world then get back into your own world. But there is really nothing to do, just observe and comment.
We enjoy traveling on ships but at the end of every cruise we say to ourselves "Let's not take any more cruises". But a few years along, we get talked into another cruise. But that couple we met last week decide right after one cruise where they will go next month. I figure that they don't have anything else to do.
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