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If you read the heading this only pertains to Egyptians with Canadian passports…

Too late for us!!!

We were booked on Gate1 Nile cruise leaving October 10th. We did have E-Visas, which are now invalid. It’s just not possible for us to go to Montreal or Ottawa to apply in person so…..we’re cancelling…..our insurance doesn’t cover our loss. I’m very disappointed in the lack of information from the government, it’s just a “so sad too bad” attitude. We only found out through social media and that’s sketchy. Guess that’s politics.

My husband tested positive first but the nurse that tested us told me (I tested negative) give it 5 days…then I was positive…it’s a strange virus..fingers crossed you’re going to dodge it.

Just finished two back to back river cruises..one on the seine and the other on the Rhine with two different cruise companies. We had 4 Covid cases on both ship. That we know of. We’ve done 12 river cruises over the years and had credits that had to be used before year end, so we took the chance. It was our choice. Seriously, these were not the most enjoyable cruises. We agreed we’d be very Covid conscious. Wear a mask in doors and in crowds, we wouldn’t do excursions on buses just guided walking tours around villages and tried to distance. Meals were a nightmare! A couple of drinks in and everyone was shouting. Not many wore masks even after the cases were went public. On one ship the staff wore masks, mind you not properly, the other didn’t at all. Fingers crossed we did enough to avoid the virus. We had done these itineraries before so it was nice to just get away.

We did Paris to Paris last week and we had 1 confirmed Covid case (thank you to the person reporting it to the cruise director..btw) they were isolated and the spouse distanced and wore a mask. No crew wore masks and few passengers. By the end of the 11 days most people were sniffing and blowing their noses…but no other positive Covid cases were reported. We tested ourselves and fingers crossed..still negative.

I’m with her! We got a good price on a Viking river cruise once…it was a bottom floor! We had to stand on a chair to look out the window and when we docked all we saw was the waterline and docks! Absolutely awful!!

We’re on the Basel to Amsterdam October 9 Uniworld cruise. So did Uniworld rebook these people onto the Seine cruise?