{"id":20125,"date":"2020-06-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/?p=20125"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:44:00","slug":"cancer-survivor-trafalgar-trip-lifetime-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/cancer-survivor-trafalgar-trip-lifetime-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"A cancer survivor celebrated her recovery on this trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>When New Zealander Delwyn was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, she was utterly shocked. With no family history of the condition, the diagnosis came out of nowhere, and Delwyn began an almost year-long battle for her health. 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It has made me appreciate what I have and to try and make the most of each day, which is easier said than done when we are just going along day by day.\u00a0 I do count my blessings though, as I have lost 4 friends to this disease since I was diagnosed. It also gave us the push to book our trip, as we thought, \u201cwhy wait?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Were there any moments that were particularly special on your trip?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">It became clear quite soon on that I was the &#8216;bawler&#8217; of the tour, but seriously, standing under the magnificent Eiffel Tower, I had tears dripping off my nose and down my neck!\u00a0 One of my beautiful new friends, who had early on nicknamed me \u201cSunshine\u201d said worriedly, in her lovely South African accent \u201cSunshine, are you ok? Why are you crying?\u201d\u00a0 I had to try and speak and just say I was so overwhelmed and happy to finally see this incredible, iconic landmark as 4 years earlier I wasn&#8217;t sure I would ever get anywhere, ever again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-20132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2020\/05\/Us-the-tower-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Us-the-tower-1-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Us-the-tower-1-248x330.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Singing my wedding song \u201cThinking Out Loud\u201d by Ed Sheeran, with the duo at our dinner in Tuscany was also pretty special.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>We also came across a fundraising run for breast cancer in beautiful Liechtenstein, so I went and introduced myself as a survivor, to a group of girls (luckily one of them spoke some English).\u00a0 This was a touching experience as they would have all either had, or known someone who had cancer, to be competing in the run.\u00a0 I suggested a group photo which they were very keen for.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-20127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2020\/05\/Liechenstein-pink-girls-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liechenstein-pink-girls-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liechenstein-pink-girls-330x248.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liechenstein-pink-girls-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liechenstein-pink-girls-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Liechenstein-pink-girls-rotated.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>RELATED CONTENT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/27-reasons-trip-to-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>27 Reasons why a trip to Europe is good for the soul<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Will you be travelling with us again in the future? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>We would dearly love to do another trip.\u00a0 We started saving the day we got back!!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>We are thinking maybe Croatia, Greece, more of the bottom of Italy &amp; Sardinia.\u00a0 Spain &amp; Portugal?\u00a0 More of France.\u00a0 Just\u2026 more of everywhere!<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When New Zealander Delwyn was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, she was utterly shocked. 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