Mooning along the coast of Spain, Barcelona to Lisbon

[Silver Spectre]

Valencia sunset

 

[Lois R]

1 hour ago, Silver Spectre said:

Valencia sunset

 

Beautiful photo......thanks for sharing it with us😀.  I understand Rico is your CD....if you have an opportunity, give him a big hello from me. Thanks🙂

[Silver Spectre]

45 minutes ago, Lois R said:

Beautiful photo......thanks for sharing it with us😀.  I understand Rico is your CD....if you have an opportunity, give him a big hello from me. Thanks🙂

Will do Lois.

[ronrick1943]

2 hours ago, Silver Spectre said:

Will do Lois.

Sounds like the cruise is OK, you seem to be enjoying yourself.  Thanks for taking the time to write and tag along.  Safe and healthy travels.

[Silver Spectre]

4 hours ago, ronrick1943 said:

Sounds like the cruise is OK, you seem to be enjoying yourself.  Thanks for taking the time to write and tag along.  Safe and healthy travels.

Cheers, I would say better than OK, it’s living up to expectations. Going on a wine tour this morning so will be able to assess the tour bus masking compliance.

[Silver Spectre]

29 guests on our tour bus of whom 7, including us wore masks. One lady coughing a bit. The bus was half full, with most guests at the front. The wine tour itself was good.

A Spanish sub and some fancy yachts 

[Silver Spectre]

Cartagena on another lovely sunny day

[Stumblefoot]

32 minutes ago, Silver Spectre said:

Cartagena on another lovely sunny day

Weather looks fantastic. What are your daytime temps running at?

[Emtbsam]

Can you please tell me who the Hotel Director and Captain are.  How long will you be on board?  Would love to see you both again.

[Silver Spectre]

1 hour ago, Stumblefoot said:

Weather looks fantastic. What are your daytime temps running at?

In port about 25/26c, inland today about 28c. Malaga tomorrow 26c. We now have our first guest identified with COVID, no crew at present.

[Silver Spectre]

35 minutes ago, Emtbsam said:

Can you please tell me who the Hotel Director and Captain are.  How long will you be on board?  Would love to see you both again.

Hi there, Captain is Zanello, who was on here last year, HD is Daniele Franco, who was on the Shadow last September. We get off when the ship gets back to Lisbon on Oct 30th.

[Silver Spectre]

Not sure why but the Wifi on here is pretty bad, standard is really sluggish and the premium service is running at about of that on the Whisper in March. Even at 1am with most of the ship asleep it’s bad.

 

And of course my general bugbear, PressReader newspapers, on here the English ones are being loaded around 6pm!

 

Luckilythe weather is still good.

 

We have 210 Venetians onboard with 5 guests over 1000 days. So that’s an awful lot of newbies.

[spinnaker2]

Glad to hear weather is good! 

Some friends boarding soon, they are looking forward to the Azores and Canaries and of course sea days!

 

Stay well.

[Silver Spectre]

1 hour ago, spinnaker2 said:

Glad to hear weather is good! 

Some friends boarding soon, they are looking forward to the Azores and Canaries and of course sea days!

 

Stay well.

Can’t wait for that first sea day!

[zqtchas]

How's the maple syrup supply?😊

Edited October 15, 2022 by zqtchas

[Silver Spectre]

2 hours ago, zqtchas said:

How's the maple syrup supply?😊

Good question, any particular brand?

 

[rosepark]

See you on Tuesday. 
Rp

[Silver Spectre]

6 hours ago, rosepark said:

See you on Tuesday. 
Rp

Have a safe flight. We will try and keep the ship looking good for your arrival.

[Silver Spectre]

12 hours ago, zqtchas said:

How's the maple syrup supply?😊

So far I have identified Maple Joe from Canada, in individual portions, but there is a rumour of a jar somewhere.

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Today’s companion 

 

[Stumblefoot]

19 hours ago, Silver Spectre said:

So far I have identified Maple Joe from Canada, in individual portions…

Hey, hey, hey… that’s some pure Canada Grade A maple syrup right there!

[Silver Spectre]

Yesterday’s big sister is here. And this is BIG, 5209 passengers.

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Spanish sunset

 

[Silver Spectre]

One thing that really sucked on this voyage was the imposition of a 21% Spanish Vat charge on every additional service onboard. This included La Dame, the Boutique, the Spa and any purchased service such as Premium Wine and the Premium Wifi.

 

Its not SS’s fault, but the authorities should be happy for cruising to return and not be gouging guests!

[Stumblefoot]

2 hours ago, Silver Spectre said:

One thing that really sucked on this voyage was the imposition of a 21% Spanish Vat charge on every additional service onboard.

Did SS disclose the fact they would be doing this at embarkation?  If not, what an unpleasant surprise.