| My mom loves cruises. Every winter, without fail, she'll lament—on a particularly blustery day—how much she wishes she were on a cruise at that very moment. So when Norwegian Cruise Line invited me on the inaugural sailing of the Norwegian Prima, the first of six ships in the brand's new Prima class, I didn't have to think twice about who I was going to bring as my plus-one—especially because the trip just so happened to line up with my mom's 60th birthday.
As I'm writing this, it's day seven of an eight-night cruise, and the Norwegian Prima has proven to be an excellent mother-daughter trip around northern Europe and the U.K. Truly, there's something to suit every type of mom-daughter duo: a state-of-the-art thermal spa featuring multiple saunas and saltwater and freshwater pools for a girls' day in; a three-level go-kart track, pickleball court, and mini golf course for sporty types; and craft cocktails blended with sustainable ingredients from the Prima's kitchen (day-old croissants, anyone?) for those who love to imbibe.
As for us, we absolutely loved dining at Indulge Food Hall, where we could order dozens of small plates from a variety of restaurants with just a few taps on a tableside tablet (our favorite was the pesto gnocchi from Nudls), and bopping our heads to disco beats at the headlining "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical." (And, I'll admit, I enjoyed lapping her around the race track).
On her birthday, we got off the ship in Le Havre, France, where we took a shore excursion to the port city of Rouen. After taking a walking tour of Normandy's capital, where we saw the cathedral that inspired Monet's Rouen Cathedral series and followed in Joan of Arc's footsteps, we stopped in at a patisserie and ordered two croissants aux amandes—a throwback to when we traveled around Paris when I was in college and ate pastries every day of our trip. Not a bad way to ring in a new decade. | 
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