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Just to answer the other part, I also have no need to drive but got a provisional licence years ago and it's always been accepted wherever a full licence would be. Been really handy to have since it just sits in your wallet rather than being a thing you need to actively think about and take with you, highly recommend.

Thank you so much, we're very excited to put all the things we learned into practise. The family member booking our first one made...let's say "some mistakes". And since none of us had ever been cruising before we had no idea what to expect, but will be pros our second time around 😀 Sorry to hear you're having to slow it down a bit yourselves, time catches up to all of us eventually I suppose and we just have to hope we've made the best of it. Which it definitely sounds like you have!

Well, in 2023 we went on our first cruise ever! Just your basic Greek Isles affair, family group of 9. I don't think most of the relations really took to cruising over any other holiday style but I can say that (as I'd always suspected), this year thanks to cruising my husband and I have discovered how amazing a holiday it is and have already booked our second one. Just us two next time, though 😉 On board most of the family just lounged by the pool for a week, but we embraced the inherent cheesiness and tried to sample a bit of everything going on. Even made it to the silent disco which was great fun, my husband does NOT dance and it's always made me a bit sad because I love it. But because we were on holiday he threw caution to the wind and joined in with me and it will honestly be something I remember forever. Outside of the ship we saw plenty of stunning sights of course. Made it to the Acropolis which his dad had especially been looking forward to for years, we got lucky there as they'd had to close it the week before due to heatwaves. And we would definitely head back to Kefalonia for a longer stay. After booking our cruise route was changed to include Kotor and that turned out to be the most beautiful place I think I've ever seen in real life. So much stuff, and that was just from one basic seven-dayer on an older ship! Can't wait to see what our second one brings!