On this day in 2001, we arrived in Monaco to board the Royal Clipper and cruise the Mediterranean. Less than a month after 9/11, everything was still pretty tense. The captain, in his pre-departure meeting, advised that as we toured various ports, we should not call attention to ourselves as Americans. All of the passengers were from the states. The trip was wonderful and there were no negative incidents. A fighter jet from the Italian air force buzzed the ship one day as we sailed in the Med and there was a strong military presence in the airports but otherwise our trip was uneventful and fabulous.
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Now that would be quite the ship to sail on. My youngest sister took one of those trips where they are part of the crew on the sailboat, which also sounds fun. I imagine it was intense. I like how you used the word fabulous!
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