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O OH THE PLACES WE GO!H THE PLACES WE GO!

on’t you get forgettable moments, on
bored? Won’t and off the ship..
“W the meals be With nearly 40 cruises
repetitive?” “Won’t you suf- under our belts, this was
fer from cruise cabin fever?” our most ambitious. In
That’s what friends asked just the first half of the
when we announced our 62- journey—from Venice to
day Grand Voyage from the Canary Islands—we
Venice to Cape Town on the visited 28 ports in 31
Azamara Quest. Our answer, days. While we had ex-
now that we’re back: Abso- plored many of them be-
lutely not! If anything, we were over- fore, some were thrilling discoveries,
whelmed by the variety—of places, people, including Elba, Avignon, Eze, and Argostoli.
and ship-board experiences. This wasn’t The weather was generally kind, gifting us
just a vacation; it was an adventure span- with Indian summer days and calm seas,
ning continents, cultures, and countless un- while the sunrises and sunsets were noth-

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