May 5-6

On our last evening before docking at Greenwich, we had a great dinner with our best friends group honoring JoAnna’s birthday….which would take place several days later. One might think it was so she could be sure to get presents. But, she and Mary brought a bottle of 1975 Port so that speculation doesn’t work. Two of our favorite crew members, Grace and Damian, were the servers so it made the evening special.

In Greenwich, we had breakfast with some friends from our last cruise who are traveling from London to the US. Then, we visited Soreya, mother of our 3-year exchange student, Dastan. We visited Dastan in Sarajevo last year; he’s working with the UN. He’s now in South Sudan, favoring easy assignments. The travel allowed us (Karla) to become familiar with the tube-train system. I just followed her around. It was worth it for Soreya’s meal.

Viking does a good job of herding cats. We were split into departure times, moved to a bus…after identifying our luggage…and delivered to Heathrow. I am now sitting with Karla in the FIRST CLASS lounge. My mission is to drink enough wine to facilitate sleep on our 9 hour flight. We leave about 1:30pm and arrive in Seattle at about 3:30pm; It’s amazing how fast planes travel these days! Next challenge is overcoming jet lag.

Since we’ve been away from news for a while, I thought that I’d check Truth Social to see what’s going on in the US of A. Who would know better than your president?

   "All this talk about ME being pope....or serving a 3rd term...or BOTH. Why can't people be happy with ME being the GREATEST president in history? Look at the price of eggs...the number of immigrants. What could be going better? And, just wait until the TARIFFS kick in.  Remember your TRUMP meme coin..and Melania's too. And, Donny and Eric have a GREAT deal on crypto. There are so many opportunities in this country since I took over from sleepy, CROOKED Biden. Speaking of immigrants, I'll be offering special status for immigrants who buy Trump 2028 hats; I'll allow them due process before sending them to El Salvador. You know what else...I'm placing a 100 percent tariff on Vatican City. That last WOKE pope has been ripping us off for years. As my cabinet says, it's now possible for all Americans to RESPECT their president. Let the woke. liberal-Fascists talk about DEI, Trans, climate change, "equality" and the constitution. WE'll MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!

About ready to take off. Nice trip, nice traveling companion, and nice to get home.