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Thursday, May 16
We celebrated her retirement amid the springtime beauty of the Rhine River
By Siobhan Reid
The sun was setting just as our cruise ship pulled out of the Brussels port. It was our first night on board Uniworld’s S.S. Victoria, and to toast the occasion, my mom and I slid into our bathrobes, popped a bottle of Champagne, and stuck our heads out the large sliding window of our stateroom.
It was the cruise-ship equivalent of having the car windows rolled down, our hair whipping in the wind, only there was no road-trip playlist pumping through the speakers—just a briny river breeze, and the sound of seabirds flapping overhead.
“Woooot!” my mom cried out, squeezing my arm. “Can you believe we’re here?!”
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