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In my case, for vicarious travel only!!!

I'm enjoying this, and I love your writing style. I'll just make sure I have a few minutes free before clicking on new installments... 😉 I assume that Nova has a completely different layout than any of the other Silversea ships since it is the first one with cabins spread all the way aft. That forces public spaces to be moved to different locations than usual on SS. Hopefully you will find everything quickly, and will find that navigating around has a good flow.

Search on Aranui in 'everywhere' on Cruise Critic. There are several mentions spread around different forums.

@pontac love the bow tie!

The problem isn't so much learning to use the new phone (or OS upgrade), as unlearning how you used the old one. Especially if you like the old way better than the new! [I often find hacks on the internet to bend the iPhone to my will...]

But my experience is that the staff runs up from the ship to your cab and just grabs everything without counting – they even try to take the 'personal item' that I want to keep handy!

The gas works images don't seem to be as amazingly immersive as the ex-salt mine in Les Baux (which I think is the original locale for this type of show). I will be seeing the one in Bordeaux next year. Each year they feature different artists, so it's something you can keep going back to if you enjoy it. It isn't the same as seeing the originals in a museum, but if the museums are crowded (as they often are around these masterpieces) you can't really appreciate the art work there either. [I'm just back from a very interesting lecture on Turner and Constable at our local library. Slides of paintings projected on a movie screen are not much like the originals, except that the lecturer had high-res close-ups to illustrate his points about the painter's technique and you really could see the brush work and impasto that way. It would be nice to visit the museums in London without the public!]

You and my DW!

That is a problem with Silversea's tradition ship design: all the cabins are in the front and mid parts of the ship. Only their latest ship (Nova; and Ray which is under construction) has aft cabins. Silver Whisper has nothing like the Azamara CW suites.

Which would not have changed any of my complaints. I was happy with the Veranda cabin, but not with the food or other common aspects. I'm glad that you enjoy Silversea. Why can't you understand that other people can come to different conclusions and still be valid? And why do you keep posting here on the Azamara forum, rather than on my original review thread on the Silversea forum since you haven't sailed Azamara and obviously have no intention of ever doing so?

requested corrections made – hint: it would be easier to read if you had put each day in a separate post

The Google... [Actually, I lie – it was The DuckDuckGo, but in addition to not using The Google I'm trying to break their trademark by turning it into a generic term...]