Italian, Greece Cruise, Norwegian May 24-June 6, 2023 First Report Took Lyft to the airport.  Driver did not help me put the bags in the car and did not say anything to us on the trip.  Got to the airport at least three hours in advance.  Security was heavy at the airport because of the immigrants, border crossers.  Two additional layers of security before we were allowed to enter the security area.  Ticketing was fast and bags were checked through to Rome.  Was able to get a courtesy ride to the gate.  Tickets include gates for each airport.  Very smooth so far.  Only error so far is that my cheap reading glasses were lost going through the x-ray machine.   I am overcoming the news my VA doctor gave me yesterday regarding my recent detailed radiation x-ray (used radioactive IV to do it).  They have found that my cancer has returned and is one inch long.  I had radiation treatment in 2012 where 93 radioactive seeds were implanted in my prostate gland.  It appears that it has returned.  My VA doctor repeatedly told me yesterday that when it reoccurs it is aggressive.  Wonderful.  I have an appointment with a radiation doctor on returning to El Paso.   This trip with Norwegian Cruise lines is different then other times we have taken this cruise line. As incentives to take the cruise they offered free air travel and also other add ons for free. This is after COVID to regain their cruisers. So we took the free travel. This did not turn out to be best because they scheduled us with the cheapest seats, many times in the back of the airplane. I did think the Lufthansa airlines provided good overall service. On the trip from Houston, Texas to Rome, we were in the very back of this very large plane. My seat belt would not fasten. There were three large (muscular) German speaking women stewardesses working hard on my seat belt with me seated. At this point, this has been the highlight of the trip for a 79 year old. Terrific. They ended up adding a section to the belt to make it work. We landed in Germany at the Frankfurt Airport. It is incredibly large and Linda and I had to hustle, walk very fast, take buses, use mortorised walk ways to arrive 15 minutes prior to fly to Rome, Italy. In the walk, I lost Linda once and was able to find her on a different floor of the airport preparing to board the bus to take us to another section of the airport. Many years ago we lost each other in the metro system in Paris, France. I ended up on that trip seeing the Actress’s Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry with out her. It was a nice display and the museum was very nice. She had returned to the room that day not thinking good thoughts of me. Hey, 6 years difference in years make me a slower walker. In Rome, Norwegian required us to arrive a day early because of the airline delays, would cause us to miss the cruise. Well this ended in a disaster. We had booked the wrong day for the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Italy and they would not rent us a new room. I think that they did not like the fee I had obtained from my favorite booking company, Agoda. They did call Best Western and we were told they had a room available. It is 50/50 as to the odds of us getting a refund from the agency we used to book the room. 30 euros cab fee later, we were at our new hotel who told us they were full and after much haggling and 400 Euros, agreed to rent us a room. So, another expensive lesson. In the future we plan to not go for the special deal and book our airflights separately and also double, triple check our hotel reservations.