Cruising Europe

Finally my parents and I made it to a cruise thru Europe. It is not a long trip. 8 days from Barcelona to Western Italy and then back to French Rivera before coming back to Barcelona. It was a priceless trip to spend such a lovely time with my parents. It is a belated celebration of Dad's 70th birthday. It has been 15 yrs since his last cruise to Alaska. He has waited for a while to do it again.

The wait is worth it. Firstly, this time I paid instead of he pays. Second, life is so much freer of burden for them. I didn't realized that even for retirees, there are still burden in life that kept them from living it out. 

I'm glad that I actually have the chance to pay for it. Never in my life that I thought I could actually pay for a trip with my parents. It is quite a little achievement on my part. I could have spent it on some fancy watches (3 rolexes to be exact.) But this is a much better experience and memories for the 3 of us. 

I really wished my brother could have come along. It would have been so much more fun. 

I don't know if we will have the chance to do it again. But somehow, I think we may.