Spirit: Valparaiso to Ft Lauderdale.

[englishusa]

Sea-mail. Silver Spirit. Valparaiso to Ft Lauderdale. Feb 23- Mar13.

 

Day One.

Arrived Santiago airport am. Silverseas transfer to ship was terrible. In airport for 1 1/2 hours waiting for later flights. Then long walk to coach with own luggage in tow. No portage supplied. Then another 45 mins waiting in coach.

Check in at ship very efficient, got on quickly.

When on ship met with Vivien Romero (ex Radisson Diamond and Regent Navigator head waitress). She was visiting with her lovely, well behaved, son. Had a wonderful, tearful, re-union.

Extremely smooth sail away.

Excellent dinner with shrimp, soft shell crab tempura and crab cake. The soup chef on the Spirit is excellent. Had Chorizo and lentil soup-fantastic! When in Chile….had Carmeniere wine.

Completely smooth overnight to Coquimbo Chile. A little overcast

[duct tape]

Thanx! Looking forward to your reports.

[WesW]

Hi David, Ida and I wish you a wonderful Spirit cruise...if Paolo is GM, pls pass along our warm regards.

[Stumblefoot]

Looking forward to following your voyage EnglishUSA. Thx for sharing!

 

 

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[Herman The Cat]

Have a great trip...thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear about the terrible transfers.

Just wondering...who is the head chef these days? Still Ramon? And is Jorge still the MDR manager/head?

I assume you'll be disembarking on March 13?

Looking forward to hearing about your journey.

:)

[Wellseasoned]

Very much looking forward to your posts, David! Tell us about your plonk wines, and send photos of your t-shirts, if possible.

 

Dieter