Last year John and Olivia signed up with Crystal Cruises to go see the emperor penguins in Antarctica. A longtime goal of john’s and being able to get there on a small and brand new ship while being treated to Crystal’s world-renowned service was almost too good to be true.
There were rumbling in the press over the holidays followed by the news that their German shipyard defaulted on a hefty payment. On January 19th it was all over, and while there’s a slimmer of hope the company will be back, significant investments would be needed to get the ships back sailing.
It’s all a direct result of where the world and COVID are right now. The cruise industry has been as hard hit as any, and truth be told, the thought of being in tight quarters with 300 other guests, were at times not appealing.
Anyway, we are crossing our fingers that the trip will still happen, or that we find something similar. Being at the bottom of the earth together with unique wildlife and more ice than what we can currently imagine, would certainly be a unique experience.
