rogerg43

Thank you for your very quick reply.

Yes, it is the Med Cruise, twelve nights Athens to Rome.

We are in Melbourne, about 25 km north east of the City.

I note you are from Columbus Ohio, I visited Akron more than thirty five years ago. I had a short contract with Goodyear, so visited as a family, we had a very nice experience with Goodyear and their engineers.

I admire your photography, Nikon I assume, by your hat in one shot?

I had a lot of Nikon until a couple of years ago, although I still have an 801 and some lenses.

I switched to Olympus OMD and have recently bought the EM1 MK2.

Hope to put it to good use in the Med.

My Son does some commercial/professional photography, all with Nikon FF.

Back of the Med cruise; as you can imagine it's all going to be new and a sharp learning curve for us, having never cruised.

Our traveling has been either Islands or Hotels, usually a couple of times a year.

We have to be a little cautious with travel as Maureen has a neurological condition which limits her ability. With this limitation we have not booked any Shore Excursions, hopefully we can see how she is traveling and book at short notice. Not the best arrangement but we have to manage things on a daily basis.

We are celebrating Maureen's 70th birthday during the trip, plus our 52nd anniversary!

Again, thank you for such a detailed report, sad that it's coming to an end, at least for this trip.

It's now after 11:30 p.m here so I will close.

Roger G

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Hello Terry ,

We have been really enjoying your detailed information on your Spirit travels. The photographs are just great!

We are making our first SS cruise, or should I say any cruise for that matter, on the Muse on the 15th July.

We are both looking forward to the SS experience, we have travelled a great deal but never thought cruising was for us.

Thank you for such detail and interesting writing. I am sure we have lots to look forward to on our cruise.

Roger G. Australia.

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Thank you!

Such a well balanced review.

We have been keeping a close eye on all Muse reports and reviews, as we are taking our first SS trip on the Muse on the 15th July.

It has helped a great deal in knowing a little more about what to expect.

Clearly there are some issues which will no doubt be corrected/changed/improved over the coming months. Many have their views, some very strongly put.

We are looking forward to a new experience.

I feel we will not be disappointed.

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Thank you for sharing information on Senior Staff. All of this is new to us but we are also looking forward to your blog.

Our cruise is not until July but waiting with great anticipation, your comments will be valued and keenly read.

Do enjoy your first Maiden Voyage.

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Hello Wellseasoned,

We have been following you/Silver Whisper since you left your first port. Throughly enjoyed you reports and pictures. Our reason for our following is two fold, we have never cruised before and are traveling Athens to Rome on the Silver Muse in July. Big event for us, first cruise, wife's 70th and our 52nd Anniversary! Next, we are visiting Silver Whisper at Port Melbourne on Thursday. We live 25km north east of Melbourne beside the Yarra River. We are sitting by the pool, 29 deg, looks to be even warmer on Thursday. Hope you enjoy Melbourne, looking forward to your continuing reports. Roger.

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