I just called Holland-America and booked the one-day excursion to the Taj Mahal. They'll fly me from Mumbai to Agra, where I'll spend half the day wandering around the grounds of the Taj Mahal on March 28, 2012. The other half of the day is for an optional tour of the Red Fortress, which I may or may not do. Maybe they'll let me wander around he grounds of the Taj Mahal all day.
Damn! I just poked some numbers on my phone, talked to a nice young man, and now I'm all set to spend a few hours at the Taj Mahal in a little over a year. Of course, I also just wiped out the progress I had made on my credit card bill with my tax refund -- almost to the penny -- paying a year in advance for something. But the nice young man said my ticket for the Taj Mahal will be in my cabin in a hot pink envelope.
This is going to be like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. A hot pink envelope in my cabin. Once this cruise starts, you're going to get a lot of gee-whiz posts as I accustom myself to being on the ms Amsterdam learning the cruise lifestyle. Or maybe some dear-God-what-have-I-gotten-myself-into posts. And meanwhile I sit in my condo sipping herbal tea and petting my cat and knitting another pair of socks.
