A couple who cruise together stay together, with one Aussie husband and wife about to embark on a two-and-a-half year adventure on the high seas.<\/p>\n
Marty and Jessica Ansen have been cruising together for over 40 years, but their passion was put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
So to catch-up on all the trips they missed out on during lockdown, the Ansens booked an astounding 54 cruises back-to-back.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: First cruise in more than two years to leave Sydney<\/p>\n
\"Cruising is what we do. Once COVID-19 came, we couldn't cruise, so we booked as many as we could once it started again,\" Marty told Today.<\/p>\n
Jessica said cruising is \"just wonderful\" and since their first cruise on the Fair Star in the 80s, they haven't looked back.<\/p>\n
\"You have all your meals prepared, you don't have to cook, you go to a show every evening and go dancing after the show, then you go for supper and head back to your cabin,\" she said.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: What it's like being back on a cruise ship after two years<\/p>\n
For anyone wondering how the Ansens avoid getting cabin fever being in such close quarters with each other all the time, the couple said there is plenty to do on a cruise ship and they sometimes spend a whole day apart.<\/p>\n
\"We only live in a cabin at night. So we can go away and do our own thing - we don't have to be joined at the hip,\" Marty said.<\/p>\n
\"We get up in the morning and play table tennis for an hour together, then Marty disappears for the day because he has bowls and deck sports and I go downstairs because I'm into the quizzes and bingo,\" Jessica said.<\/p>\n
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