| With thousands and thousands of people taking | | | | special ... |
| cruises every year, it would be an understatement to | | | | And that may not depend on where you go to or how |
| say that cruise vacations have become mainstream. | | | | you get there, but more on who you went with and |
| And cruises could be great fun too. But have you ever | | | | how much you cared about them ... |
| wondered what would really make any particular | | | | You may go to the loveliest beach with snow white |
| vacation stand head and shoulders above the others | | | | powdery sands, turquoise blue waters, lots and lots of |
| you may have taken ? In other words, | | | | sun. But all of these may not keep your attention for |
| What would be the true measure of a great cruise | | | | long ... |
| vacation? | | | | Even the loveliest of beaches and prettiest of islands |
| Is it the number of digital photos that you snap with | | | | may not be able to keep you filled with happiness for |
| glee and then toss away among a million other files on | | | | long. One week, two weeks, three weeks and then |
| your hard disk? | | | | you start getting used to it. |
| Is it measured by the effort required in terms of will | | | | Maybe the real charm in a vacation - the stuff that |
| power to head back home at the end of the | | | | really makes a vacation count - may not be something |
| vacation? | | | | to do with geography after all. Maybe it's the company |
| Or is it the number of sweet memories of the vacation | | | | of those you care about and those who care about |
| that arise unbidden, long, long after the vacation? | | | | you that really matters. As long as that element exists, |
| Maybe it's the last one - the sweet, lingering memories | | | | you might go almost to any place and still find the |
| that arise long after - that make a vacation truly | | | | experience charming and pleasant. |