Vacation In Style - There Is A Waiting List. 30 Years!

As it seems my ideas of traveling do not fit my actual age. I was surfing the net last night looking for a nice destination for the next trip. Of course there are all these monster hotels on the coast of a bigger or smaller island, cruises on huge ships which have everything form a movie theater to a mall, for the adventurous people there are backpacking trips through Asia or Australia.

All the above things are not for me. For me, the Hotel is as important as the destination itself. As I have mentioned before, I love Hotels and not leaving the Hotel room the entire day sounds very blissful. So what would be the best vacation for me? I guess a fancy hotel room that moves around and all I have to do is step out to see something new, or simply look out of the window. Some people might say that I should try an RV trip where you drive around in a truck which has everything you need. Well, I am not a big fan of that since I have to cook, clean, make the bed and stuff like that and taking a servant along on the trip is impractical. I need my privacy.

So yesterday I found the perfect thing for me. A trip down the Nile in a luxury steamer ship originally constructed in Preston by the Royal Navy in 1918, the SS Misr was purchased and later converted into a luxury Nile steamer for King Farouk and is recorded as the venue for the King’s birthday celebrations. Now fully restored to a 5-star deluxe propeller steam vessel, the SS Misr accommodates just 45 passengers in spacious, air-conditioned cabins and suites and there is a crew of 63 to ensure the highest level of service. All cabins and suites have a private balcony and en-suite bathrooms.

The two Panorama suites at the front of the vessel offer impressive panoramic views. The period-style restaurant accommodates all guests at one sitting. There is also a lower sun deck with comfortable wicker chairs and an upper sun deck with a pool and sun beds for relaxation. I love the fact that there are only 45 passengers and 63 crew. I don´t like large crowds of people, for example at the breakfast buffet in the morning. Wait, I don´t do breakfast buffets, I prefer having breakfast in my room.

Another thing I would also enjoy would be a vacation on board of a luxury train going cross country. I mean a real luxury train not the Amtrak where I have to shower over the toilet.
With a nice suite cabin with separate sitting area.


A picturesque (that would be creepy with lots of fog) villa somewhere on a cliff in England would be nice as well, but they should have a helipad somewhere on the grounds, just in case I feel the urge to go clubbing and I am sure there is no club in the next town 50 miles away named Tippton St. Something.


There is a catch to all the above mentioned. I AM TOO YOUNG FOR THIS. All the pictures of the ship or the train where you can actually see people, features a wide selection of white haired people. If the youngest guest on one of these trips is under 55 you are lucky. Can you imagine me surrounded by a crowd of elderly ladies and gentlemen? I would be in the bar car from eleven in the morning on to drown my sorrow that there is no one who wants to play with me in Martini. Wearing a tuxedo of course, being an alcoholic is fine but lack of style is inexcusable.

If there would be an Agatha Christie travel company I would book with them for the rest of my life. Death on the Nile tour, yes please. Murder on the orient express, wait, let me look for my Vuitton trunks. Random English mansion murder mystery, you got me on mansion. Evil under the sun, I´ll take one, keep the sun.

I miss the 1920´s.