Back in 2015, I first read about cruises - and became fascinated with the idea. It seemed to me like something elitist, incredibly expensive, and incomprehensible. I read forums, reports, blogs... and just dreamed.

Funny, but every trip of ours starts not with suitcases, but with some random "let's just see...". And that's it. From this "let's see" then grows a whole scenario with nerves, chats, maps, tables, and endless "what ifs".