{"id":805,"date":"2022-03-28T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/?p=805"},"modified":"2022-03-30T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:34:59","slug":"and-off-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2022\/03\/28\/and-off-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"And Off We Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not to my surprise, I made the deal to acquire the Taylor Builders Edition 652ce<\/a>. When Chuck Levin’s<\/a> gave me a good price, and saved me the 6% sales tax by shipping it (three days from purchase to delivery), the deal was done.\u00a0 A new set of strings included, and it’s now sitting within arm’s reach and I’m enjoying the sounds of a 12-string again.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Builders Edition 652ce 12-string guitar<\/p><\/div>\n

And now on to my next adventure.<\/p>\n

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Yep, another of my “bucket list” voyages.\u00a0 Greece has appealed to me since I attended college in Munich, but it seemed distant and unworkable in so many ways.\u00a0 In 2018, I started to plan a trip, but events in Turkey (which is included in the journey) warned against travel there, so I wound up going to Costa Rica<\/a> instead.\u00a0 Definitely not a loss, as Costa Rica will remain in my memory as one of the world’s nicest locations!<\/p>\n

Nineteen days.\u00a0 I think this may be the longest vacation I have taken in my adult life.\u00a0 In the past I’ve found myself growing restless to return after 7-10 days, but somehow I feel this trip will be different.\u00a0 For starters, there are full days of flying, so that reduces the time on the ground (or the sea, as it were).<\/p>\n

The ship is the Aegean Odyssey, a 350-passenger cruise ship that is all Road Scholar.\u00a0 This is the general itinerary:<\/p>\n