Aboard the Silver Wind--Day 4 and 6

Saturday as we left Venice we treated ourself to a wonderful buffet and sat on the rear deck and watched Venice go by. Then we passed one of the largest yachts in the world, owned by a Microsoft Exec and took our picture by it. Then there is High Tea in the afternoon which is more delicious sandwiches and goodies. We also took the tour of the Captain's quarters and watched them drive the ship and checked out all the maps and things...The Social Director took his picture with us. Entertainment also consisted of playing the slots and winning ($540) or the roulette wheel and not winning. (I didn't consider it gambling--just entertainment for the moment.) There was also dancing lessons, Karoke, pilates, jogging on the deck and alot of lazing around the pool and eating... One of the dancers helped with the Bingo and was this demure, quiet, slender London girl. But at night she turned into this sexy, vibrant dancer. It was amazing.

The singers were especially good and the lead male and female singer had recently married so were very romantic. Most of the entertainers were from England. But the cooks and service people were from Greece, Thailand, Singapore--in other words, all over.

James tried out the Captain's chair. It was amazing how smooth the ship was all the time.

Oh, yes, the bingo. It was fun and I accumulated enough points to win a T-shirt. Woo woo.

There was also several movies on the TV you could choose from and a library of books and movie cds and there was the computers you could use to check your email. One day they opened up the galley which was almost the length of the ship and had a buffet up and down both sides. I asked the service girls if they ate what we did but she said, "Not at all, they had mostly rice dishes and simple foods." Nothing fancy like ours at all. Plenty to do on the ship and you could always sit on your private deck and have them bring you pizza--the Margarita pizza is just different kinds of cheeses and fresh tomatoes (no sauce or olives, etc) and it was to die for...

And the company did have a three hour meeting one day...but that was the only business except for the guy talk around the tables...