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    Port to port vs Door to door??

    in Silversea

    Posted · Edited by Rocchi
    More annoyed words

    Outrageous, Farcical.

     

    What's a National Account Amenities?

     

    What's a Trade Event certificate combinability?

     

    Since when did children on Silversea become Kids?

     

    So much devaluation.

     

    Yours, Strongly annoyed.

     

    Rocchi

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    Silver Shadow Cabin 5500 & 5501

    in Silversea

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    Hi All.

    These cabins are very far forward and if you are sailing in heavy seas the ship will be pitching a lot giving a fair degree of up and down motion and maybe some slamming that can be pretty loud. Try sleeping in that. They are also near to the anchor chain chamber so if she is not docked the anchor chain release running out is very noisy and usually done on arrival on station early morning. I noticed in Silversea website image of The Shadow the anchor is photo shopped out. That leads me to think SS is try it on. These two cabin were never sold before RCCL took over probably because they are not good places to be while sailing.

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    Silversea Water Cooler: Welcome! Part Five

    in Silversea

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    15 hours ago, jpalbny said:

    For @highplanesdrifters:

     

    This Peru trip is for my brother's wedding. Except he and his bride couldn't wait through Covid, so they got married 2 years ago. So this is an excuse for a party on their 2-year anniversary. That's in Lima, a week from tomorrow. 

     

    We're going early because, why not? We fly out tomorrow afternoon. We've been to Machu Picchu in the past so we're not going again. So we land in Lima Sunday morning and immediately fly to Cusco. Nothing planned for Sunday other than around town on our own. Monday we are hiking to "Rainbow Mountain" to see if we can get some good pictures before we die of hypoxemia.

     

    Tuesday we take the Belmond Train - not to MP, but to Puno. It's an overnight train which will be fun! We have two nights on the shore of Lake Titicaca. Then Friday (a week from today) we fly back from Juliaca to Lima for the pre-party, then the party on Saturday, then fly home early Sunday (ugh).

    We just knew you two adventurers would get to the Rainbow Mountain at some time. I'm sure you will cope with the altitude. The Lake Chungara car park was just a bit above our limit at 4570 metres. We will look forward to see your photos.

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    Silversea Water Cooler: Welcome! Part Five

    in Silversea

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    1 hour ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

     

    Good Morning Rochi,

     

    The most important thing is that you like it and it gives you pleasure.  My only argument against that is that you never know what you're missing until you venture forth and my own journey started with Illy and I loved that. 

     

    What Gerald (my blender/roaster) has taught me is that the brands buy the cheapest bean they can source (ethical stamps mean nothing ....) and they never tell you what the bean actually is and where it actually came from and then it is all about the marketing and branding and making as big a margin as they can.  So by the time the manufavturer makes the profit and the supermarket makes their profit and all of that is completed at less than £20 per kilo it cannot add up to much by way of decent quality. Their descriptions are simply written in an elaborate romantic style to suck old gullible soppy romantics like me in.    They also rarely give you the "roast date" which is in a way more important than the "use by date".   So in my experience one has no idea where the bean is from and whether they were properly paid, what it is blended with and when it was roasted.

     

    In a different post at some time I'll tell you a bit about Gerald and why he is so important and why I pay more for his travels.  And then ... well you can become a compulsive degenerate like me or be sensible and stick with where you are.  The key thing is to be discontent and try new things. Or not.

    We like darker stronger filtered coffee, Black or with a little single cream and absolutely no sugar.  We don't chase the ideal blend. Most of the time it's a packet of dark roast from the supermarket (yes, blasphemy).

    Some of the best and freshest cups of coffee we have had were in Artisan Coffee in Broughton St. Edinburgh. Other locations are available.

     

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    Silversea Water Cooler: Welcome! Part Five

    in Silversea

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    6 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

     

    For what it’s worth JB, I think it is one of the cheapest self indulgences to buy real coffee beans from a specialist local blender / roaster who buys direct and  has a relationship withe the grower and ensures that both growers and pickers are properly paid.  This sadly does involve a bit of engagement with your local roaster and paying much more for each cup.  I currently pay around £30 per kilo delivered.  But is this too much for such please?  But in the overall scheme of things the coffee isn’t the most expensive of self-indulgences.

     

    I use  to buy green raw beans and had a roaster and blended and experimented.  That was short lived.  Specialist blenders and roasters are much more knowledgeable and talented than me.  

     

    I have spent a packet over the years on coffee machines and all have ended up being given up for something that is new and shinier and smells newer and has glowing reviews.

     

    Our current machine is the Sage Oracle Touch.It is a thing  of shiny beauty and even I will eventually learn how to use this fully automatic machine. 

     

     

     

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    This may sound cheeky but is a serious question. In some areas of the UK they have hard water. If you are particular about your coffee could this taint the flavour. If so would you use bottled water?

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