baby lets cruise...

at the start of september, we took a fantastic break from the backpacker lifestyle on a 7 day cruise around the mediterranean with laura's parents. we loved not having to figure out a place to stay or a place to eat or worry about much of anything while floating from country to country and working on our bridge skills and our tans. we introduced jim and joan to kayaking in croatia, climbed around the ancient ruins of ephesus in turkey, explored the beaches of santorini, greece, drove a scooter around corfu, and floated down the canals of venice... and we ate a ridiculous amount of delicious food about 6 times a day... adjusting to hostel beds, public transportation, and carrying around our 35 pound packs after the carefree week of luxury has been a challenge.