Hello from Venice on our way to Rome tomorrow to join the Silhouette Oct.11 !

[A Sixth?]

Great pre cruise de-jet lag, next the bullet train and then a 39 day stay aboard the ship.

 

Testing the therory that retirement on a cruise ship (experimented in 2016 pre retired) isn’t a dumb idea. At least for several months a year anyway.

 

Not in AQ as we usually strive for but have always had a great time with Celebrity and are looking forward to this first “retirement cruise, and the second half January through March in the Celebrity Caribbean

 

Ps I am still in my fifties but grey.... as I was at 16:cool:

 

Donald

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2017 by A Sixth?

[easyboy]

Enjoy your cruise. Looking forward to your updates!

 

 

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[Tiggertastic]

Enjoy, 39 nights, how fabulous. I bet you two could teach us all a few packing tips

 

 

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[A Sixth?]

Oh Pooh.

 

If I look for a ship I had better look for the “ Silhouette”and not the Silo-here” lol

 

 

[A Sixth?]

Enjoy, 39 nights, how fabulous. I bet you two could teach us all a few packing tips

 

 

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Carry on is the way to go but we did check a bag (just over carry on airline limits) for this one. Joni’s carry bags’ handle broke just before the trip and yes.... it too is as full as the carry on would have been. But still a bag each easily wheeled about on train, vapporetto, ferry or taxi

 

Our apartments private court yard right next to Mauricio

 

 

Discount cruise line

 

 

 

A Venice fling

 

[Welland]

Great pre cruise de-jet lag, next the bullet train and then a 39 day stay aboard the ship.

 

Testing the therory that retirement on a cruise ship (experimented in 2016 pre retired) isn’t a dumb idea. At least for several months a year anyway.

 

Not in AQ as we usually strive for but have always had a great time with Celebrity and are looking forward to this first “retirement cruise, and the second half January through March in the Celebrity Caribbean

 

Ps I am still in my fifties but grey.... as I was at 16:cool:

 

Donald

 

 

 

 

Happy retirement. Nice age to retire.

 

Which ship are you on in January and February? Perhaps you can "lecture" on early retirement.:cool:

 

Happy cruising.

[jimbri]

Great photos! Looking forward to the rest of your review. Enjoy!!

[vickykay]

Did you mean Oct.11? We're on the ship on Nov. 4 for our first TA so really looking forward to your thread.

[A Sixth?]

Did you mean Oct.11? We're on the ship on Nov. 4 for our first TA so really looking forward to your thread.

 

Duh, my brain and the iPad keyboard...... Yes, Oct 11 and we’re on the November 4th trans Atlantic too. I’ll ask the administrator if the headline can be corrected

 

We’re in Rome after a great high speed train trip from Venice

 

 

Edited October 10, 2017 by A Sixth?

[A Sixth?]

Happy retirement. Nice age to retire.

 

Which ship are you on in January and February? Perhaps you can "lecture" on early retirement.:cool:

 

Happy cruising.

 

Make sure your hobby pays a bit

 

I dabbled in cattle rustling :D

 

 

Edited October 10, 2017 by A Sixth?

[Host Walt]

Duh, my brain and the iPad keyboard...... Yes, Oct 11 and we’re on the November 4th trans Atlantic too. I’ll ask the administrator if the headline can be corrected

 

Title corrected.

[upwarduk]

Looking forward to reading, as we will be on Silhouette for the first time next June. Just love photo reviews.

[cjcruiser27]

Have a wonderful time! I envy you and hope that I can do this someday- so many days at sea[emoji41][emoji106] I will be following you along and I love your photos, Italy is my favorite place❤️

 

 

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[kenevenpar]

This sounds so great. I'm not sure that DW could be away from the grandchildren that long, but I would like to give it a go!

[JaniceB]

Looking forward to this review and my retirement, but since that is a few years away I will live through your post retirement cruise.

[vickykay]

Looking forward to meeting you on the TA

 

Vicky

[A Sixth?]

Sea day and Palma weather, ship and everything 110%, in fact, it was hot today.

 

FWIW, the ship bus to downtown was 8euro pp (cash not part of Celebrity but mentioned in the daily news letter) but a taxi was10 for the whole car.

 

We walked and it’s about 45 to 60 minutes to the cathedral depending on how many yachts you check out on the harbour stroll

 

Food in the main dining room is very good and IMHO excellent. Roast beef, beef ribs, and duck all as good as I can remember having on a ship

 

I will try to post pictures soon

[A Sixth?]

Pics

 

Sorry but posting pictures is almost impossible using TinyPic

 

I need a new site