It Is Done!

The airline tickets for our unanticipated early departure from Turkey are purchased.

We're taking this step primarily because, in this quickly changing COVID-19 environment, we're not sure what will be happening with transportation worldwide. While being stranded in Turkey with family is not necessarily a bad thing, our lives — and our health insurance — are US-based. Best to be back home in more familiar territory.

Our original 2020 overseas jaunt included time in Turkey with family, followed by a few days in England and a cruise along coastal France. Those plans would have seen us flying back to the US in early June. Instead, we've scrapped everything and will be flying back to Colorado on March 19.

I'll address any financial ramifications of our decision in a separate post after we've canceled or postponed everything ... but we already know that the biggest chunk — our European Quest cruise on Oceania — will be given back to us as a future cruise credit per the new liberal cancelation policy that was put in to effect last week.

We're sad to be cutting our time with the family short ... it is what it is, I guess.Read more