Greghouseo

As ever, pure quality.

Interesting, amusing, self depracating.

Jill must be an astonishing lady to hold on to Sailor Jack for so long.

Would love to cruise with you and sit on the same table if your verbal communication is half as eloqent as your writing skills

We had the same "problem" on a flycruise.....we opted to leave space in our carryon and buy at Heathrow. Not ideal, but at least we got to take a couple of bottles onboard. :)

I think that may be our best option. however as we are flying within the EEC are we allowed to buy "Duty Free"?

Are you coming straight from the airport to the port and on the ship or, are you arriving the day before? If you need a hotel, I suggest the San Georgio, a few meters from the port entrance and it has a wonderful wine cellar from which you can buy a few bottles.

If going directly to the ship, how are you getting there? Private cab? He can stop at an enoteca or even a grocery store and you can pick up a bottle or two. Civitavecchia is a large town and has lots of places to buy wine.

Thanks for that, but am on the full Celebrity package flying out from UK on the morning of the cruise.

I think this is probably the right forum as opposed to the Rome one, but I may be wrong.

Question is this:-

We are on the Silhouette out of Civitivecchia in September

We are aware of Celebrity policy regarding wine on board.

We are taking the full Celebrity package including flights and transfers.

Sounds like a daft question but where should we buy our wine.

Reluctant to buy at LHR airport as it means carrying it on the plane

Don't know whether we will have time at Fumincino Airport

So, is Civitavecchia like Malaga inasmuch as it has a small shop just inside the terminal selling wine and other products where we can buy a couple of bottles of Italian Chianti.

Unwilling to buy at home and pack in our luggage "just in case".

Would welcome advice from sensible Celebrity clients (if such a thing exists):p

Thank you

One of the more bizarre questions I have seen on CC

A favorite sail away spot for me is the helicopter landing pad at the very front of the ship (Voyager, Freedom and Radiance classes). Most folks don't figure out the way there until later in the cruise. Just go out to the wrap around promenade under the life boats (deck 4 on Freedom) and walk all the way forward. There will be stairs that take you up one deck, continue walking toward the front and you'll soon be at the heli pad with one of the best views on board.

 

Second best place: Viking Crown Lounge. Easier to find, just take the aft elevators up to the very top.

We did this last week on Adv OTS.

The peek-a-boo Bridge is also a great place for sailaway.

#In my teens I would only eat steak well done, but I had a friend who was a chef and offered to make me a steak at his home one night.

I asked him for it well done and he refused. He said "I will make it for you as it should be done, and if you don't like it I will throw it away and start again with another steak and do it exactly how you want".

Which is basically how I came to eat steak "blue".

Rare is now too well done and medium rare is an abomination.

:p