Port Talk

[Marc Silver]

I created a port talk in PowerPoint that I have been asked to share with the Cruise Critic members.

I have created over 200 port talks completed..

 

I have more to do, but here is a good start.

Let me know if it is useful.

I can be reached at marcs@sonic.net if you have any questions.Malaga.pptx

Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx Lisbon Portugal.pptx Casiz Spain.pptx Malaga.pptx Barcelona.pptx Cannes.pptx Livorno.pptx Santorini.pptx Athens.pptx Piraeurs.pptx Katakolon.pptx Olympia.pptx Valletta Malta.pptx Katakolon.pptx Livorno.pptx Alicante, Spain.pptx Palma (Majorca), Spain .pptx Naples (2).pptx Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx Santorini.pptx Valencia Tour.pptx

[Harters]

Marc - I've read the Palma de Mallorca one, as it's the place best known to me (I have family members who originate from Soller). And, yes, I think folk visiting on a port day will find it useful mentioning, as it does, many of the city's main sights. 

[Nolafan]

Thank you so much @Marc Silver for sharing this with us! It certainly will come in handy with my trip planning!!!!

[mskaufman]

Do you have a web site where we can find all of the port talks (and download them)?

[Marc Silver]

2 hours ago, mskaufman said:

Do you have a web site where we can find all of the port talks (and download them)?

You can contact me at marcs@sonic.net and I will happily send you whatever you want.

[Marc Silver]

4 hours ago, Nolafan said:

Thank you so much @Marc Silver for sharing this with us! It certainly will come in handy with my trip planning!!!!

I am happy to be of some help.

[Globaliser]

I can't help thinking that these would be of more use (and seen by more of their intended audience) if they were posted in the correct forums:

• France Ports (eg Cannes, Corsica, Marseille, Nice, Sete, St. Tropez, Toulon, Villefranche)
• Greece Ports (eg Athens, Corfu, Crete, Katakolon, Limassol, Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini, Volos
• Italy Ports (eg Capri, Florence, Genoa, Naples, Palermo, portofino, Rome, Sardinia, Sorrento, Taormina, Venice)
• Spain and Portugal Ports (eg Barcelona, Ibiza, Mallorca, Seville, Lisbon, Madeira, Porto, Azores, Canary Islands
• Other Mediterranean and Black Sea Ports (eg Dubrovnik, Gibraltar, Istanbul, Kotor, Kusadasi, La Goulette (Tunis), Malta, Odessa, Sevastopol, Varna, Zadar)

[Harters]

41 minutes ago, Globaliser said:

if they were posted in the correct forums:

And maybe see if the moderators would create a "sticky" for them in each of the relevant forums, so they don't disappear down the list? 

[Cotswold Eagle]

Indeed, none of these appear to relate to this board. 
 

Out of curiosity, I looked at the one for Valletta, Malta and a significant amount of the information appears to relate to Messina in Sicily, including the map….

[Globaliser]

51 minutes ago, Cotswold Eagle said:

Out of curiosity, I looked at the one for Valletta, Malta and a significant amount of the information appears to relate to Messina in Sicily, including the map….

 

That's hilarious.

 

My curiosity having been piqued as well, I've looked at the one for Santorini, which is a place I know a little bit about. (The two copies in the OP are identical.)

 

This contains a map of the centre of Cannes, along with descriptions of places supposedly in Santorini like Le Suquet, the Musée de la Castre, the Marché Forville, the Fort Royal on Île Sainte-Marguerite, the Rue d'Antibes (which was "once a road that linked Toulon to Antibes"), and La Croix des Gardes - although the guide does mention one place that is definitely in Santorini (namely Oia).

 

By the time I got to the page listing Michelin-starred restaurants in Santorini, situated on streets named rue Saint-Antoine, rue Meynadier, rue Jean-Daumas, rue La Fontaine and boulevard de la Croisette, I was completely baffled as to what set of mistakes could have led to this.

 

Indeed, there are (at least at present) no Michelin-starred restaurants in Santorini.

 

I do hope that these weren't slides accompanying an actual talk.

[Marc Silver]

10 hours ago, Globaliser said:

 

That's hilarious.

 

My curiosity having been piqued as well, I've looked at the one for Santorini, which is a place I know a little bit about. (The two copies in the OP are identical.)

 

This contains a map of the centre of Cannes, along with descriptions of places supposedly in Santorini like Le Suquet, the Musée de la Castre, the Marché Forville, the Fort Royal on Île Sainte-Marguerite, the Rue d'Antibes (which was "once a road that linked Toulon to Antibes"), and La Croix des Gardes - although the guide does mention one place that is definitely in Santorini (namely Oia).

 

By the time I got to the page listing Michelin-starred restaurants in Santorini, situated on streets named rue Saint-Antoine, rue Meynadier, rue Jean-Daumas, rue La Fontaine and boulevard de la Croisette, I was completely baffled as to what set of mistakes could have led to this.

 

Indeed, there are (at least at present) no Michelin-starred restaurants in Santorini.

 

I do hope that these weren't slides accompanying an actual talk.

I really appreciate the input. I will fix the issues.

[Harters]

Marc - just a suggestion for a tweak on the Palma de Mallorca one (and possibly others). You are not consistent in the currency you mention for attractions - sometimes in Euros, sometime in dollars. Suggest that you check things over and have everything priced in local currency, as that's what folk will actually be paying (it's also irrelevant to cruisers like me, who not American, what the dollar equivalent is). 

[Marc Silver]

23 hours ago, Globaliser said:

 

That's hilarious.

 

My curiosity having been piqued as well, I've looked at the one for Santorini, which is a place I know a little bit about. (The two copies in the OP are identical.)

 

This contains a map of the centre of Cannes, along with descriptions of places supposedly in Santorini like Le Suquet, the Musée de la Castre, the Marché Forville, the Fort Royal on Île Sainte-Marguerite, the Rue d'Antibes (which was "once a road that linked Toulon to Antibes"), and La Croix des Gardes - although the guide does mention one place that is definitely in Santorini (namely Oia).

 

By the time I got to the page listing Michelin-starred restaurants in Santorini, situated on streets named rue Saint-Antoine, rue Meynadier, rue Jean-Daumas, rue La Fontaine and boulevard de la Croisette, I was completely baffled as to what set of mistakes could have led to this.

 

Indeed, there are (at least at present) no Michelin-starred restaurants in Santorini.

 

I do hope that these weren't slides accompanying an actual talk.

I wishi I knew what went wrong. I will have to go back and look at each of them and see if I can find the mistakes and fix them.

[Marc Silver]

On 10/2/2024 at 6:54 PM, Marc Silver said:

I created a port talk in PowerPoint that I have been asked to share with the Cruise Critic members.

I have created over 200 port talks completed..

 

I have more to do, but here is a good start.

Let me know if it is useful.

I can be reached at marcs@sonic.net if you have any questions.Malaga.pptx

Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx 7.41 MB · 2 downloads Lisbon Portugal.pptx 3.48 MB · 5 downloads Casiz Spain.pptx 2.49 MB · 3 downloads Malaga.pptx 3.11 MB · 3 downloads Barcelona.pptx 3.21 MB · 2 downloads Cannes.pptx 3.07 MB · 1 download Livorno.pptx 2.22 MB · 1 download Santorini.pptx 2.97 MB · 6 downloads Athens.pptx 2.47 MB · 2 downloads Piraeurs.pptx 3.35 MB · 3 downloads Katakolon.pptx 1.9 MB · 1 download Olympia.pptx 3.75 MB · 1 download Valletta Malta.pptx 3.99 MB · 6 downloads Katakolon.pptx 1.9 MB · 1 download Livorno.pptx 2.27 MB · 1 download Alicante, Spain.pptx 2.98 MB · 1 download Palma (Majorca), Spain .pptx 1.88 MB · 5 downloads Naples (2).pptx 5.4 MB · 2 downloads Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx 7.41 MB · 4 downloads Santorini.pptx 2.97 MB · 5 downloads Valencia Tour.pptx 2.11 MB · 3 downloads

 

Valletta Malta.pptx

[Marc Silver]

5 hours ago, Harters said:

Marc - just a suggestion for a tweak on the Palma de Mallorca one (and possibly others). You are not consistent in the currency you mention for attractions - sometimes in Euros, sometime in dollars. Suggest that you check things over and have everything priced in local currency, as that's what folk will actually be paying (it's also irrelevant to cruisers like me, who not American, what the dollar equivalent is). 

Thanks, I will in the future. I often grab what the site has, I think it makes more sense to  use local currency if possible.

[Marc Silver]

On 10/7/2024 at 5:04 PM, mskaufman said:

Do you have a web site where we can find all of the port talks (and download them)?

I may try that. I just need to find a website that would be easy for me to do that. Any recommendations?

 

[Marc Silver]

On 10/2/2024 at 6:54 PM, Marc Silver said:

I created a port talk in PowerPoint that I have been asked to share with the Cruise Critic members.

I have created over 200 port talks completed..

 

I have more to do, but here is a good start.

Let me know if it is useful.

I can be reached at marcs@sonic.net if you have any questions.Malaga.pptx

Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx 7.41 MB · 2 downloads Lisbon Portugal.pptx 3.48 MB · 5 downloads Casiz Spain.pptx 2.49 MB · 3 downloads Malaga.pptx 3.11 MB · 3 downloads Barcelona.pptx 3.21 MB · 2 downloads Cannes.pptx 3.07 MB · 1 download Livorno.pptx 2.22 MB · 1 download Santorini.pptx 2.97 MB · 6 downloads Athens.pptx 2.47 MB · 2 downloads Piraeurs.pptx 3.35 MB · 3 downloads Katakolon.pptx 1.9 MB · 1 download Olympia.pptx 3.75 MB · 1 download Valletta Malta.pptx 3.99 MB · 6 downloads Katakolon.pptx 1.9 MB · 1 download Livorno.pptx 2.27 MB · 1 download Alicante, Spain.pptx 2.98 MB · 1 download Palma (Majorca), Spain .pptx 1.88 MB · 5 downloads Naples (2).pptx 5.4 MB · 2 downloads Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx 7.41 MB · 4 downloads Santorini.pptx 2.97 MB · 5 downloads Valencia Tour.pptx 2.11 MB · 3 downloads

I am fixing these as I can. Here is Santorini. All Fixed.

Santorini.pptx

[mskaufman]

6 hours ago, Marc Silver said:

I may try that. I just need to find a website that would be easy for me to do that. Any recommendations?

 

Maybe, if not a web site, something like Google Docs

[Cotswold Eagle]

12 hours ago, Marc Silver said:

I wishi I knew what went wrong.

A bit of gratis consulting advice, it looks to me as if you have ‘saved as’ a previous deck to create new ones and have failed to remove all the previous slides when you edit.
 

A much better way to approach this would be to creat a template for your presentations in PowerPoint, to provide a consistent look and content, and use that to create new decks. I’d also take the time to update the design - the inbuilt features and suggestions are not awful for your purposes. 

 

And as others have mentioned, spamming various Cruise Critic message boards in the fashion you have done is an inefficient way to distribute this material, not least because any changes you make requires reposting, as above. I don’t know who asked you to do this! Store one shareable copy somewhere as suggested above and provide links to it, and your version control becomes much easier. Oh, and date your content, as this is an area in which things can change rapidly (restaurant recommendations in particular!) 
 

I’m sure some people will find these interesting and useful, and I appreciate the effort you have gone to, but as the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a good first impression….

 

And to reiterate, none of these ports are covered by this particular sub-forum anyway! 

[Globaliser]

13 hours ago, Marc Silver said:

I am fixing these as I can. Here is Santorini. All Fixed.

Santorini.pptx 3.2 MB · 0 downloads

 

I don't know whether you are seeing what I am seeing, but with a fresh download from this link, I still see:

• page 13: map of Cannes
• page 16: electric minibus "operating in and around Le Suquet" with a picture of a pink minibus with writing in French
• page 19: a page about Le Suquet, which claims to be in contrast to "sleek and modern" Santorini
• page 20: a page about the Musée de la Castre "in Santorini"
• page 21: a page about the Marché Forville, "located near Rue Meynadier, is the oldest market in Santorini"

 

And so on.

[Marc Silver]

6 hours ago, Globaliser said:

 

I don't know whether you are seeing what I am seeing, but with a fresh download from this link, I still see:

• page 13: map of Cannes
• page 16: electric minibus "operating in and around Le Suquet" with a picture of a pink minibus with writing in French
• page 19: a page about Le Suquet, which claims to be in contrast to "sleek and modern" Santorini
• page 20: a page about the Musée de la Castre "in Santorini"
• page 21: a page about the Marché Forville, "located near Rue Meynadier, is the oldest market in Santorini"

 

And so on.

Thank you so much. I think my age and memory have not been helping me. So I dug in and deleted all the pages in question, Put new Google Maps pics in place, and re-wrote some pages.

Take another look and let me know if I missed anything.

Santorini.pptx

[Marc Silver]

On 10/2/2024 at 6:54 PM, Marc Silver said:

I created a port talk in PowerPoint that I have been asked to share with the Cruise Critic members.

I have created over 200 port talks completed..

 

I have more to do, but here is a good start.

Let me know if it is useful.

I can be reached at marcs@sonic.net if you have any questions.Malaga.pptx

Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx 7.41 MB · 2 downloads Lisbon Portugal.pptx 3.48 MB · 6 downloads Casiz Spain.pptx 2.49 MB · 3 downloads Malaga.pptx 3.11 MB · 3 downloads Barcelona.pptx 3.21 MB · 5 downloads Cannes.pptx 3.07 MB · 1 download Livorno.pptx 2.22 MB · 1 download Santorini.pptx 2.97 MB · 6 downloads Athens.pptx 2.47 MB · 2 downloads Piraeurs.pptx 3.35 MB · 3 downloads Katakolon.pptx 1.9 MB · 1 download Olympia.pptx 3.75 MB · 1 download Valletta Malta.pptx 3.99 MB · 7 downloads Katakolon.pptx 1.9 MB · 1 download Livorno.pptx 2.27 MB · 1 download Alicante, Spain.pptx 2.98 MB · 1 download Palma (Majorca), Spain .pptx 1.88 MB · 5 downloads Naples (2).pptx 5.4 MB · 2 downloads Best Places to Visit in Punta Delgado.pptx 7.41 MB · 4 downloads Santorini.pptx 2.97 MB · 5 downloads Valencia Tour.pptx 2.11 MB · 3 downloads

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• June 9, 2018
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Posted just now

I have been cruising for over 45 years and have taken over 100 cruises. So I decided to share some of what I have learned. Since I am leaving for Rome in about 2 weeks for another trans-Atlantic cruise, I thought some information would be of help for other cruisers. Let me know if it is of help.

Rome & Port.pdf

[Cotswold Eagle]

Why are you persisting in posting things on this board about ports that are not covered here? Someone kindly went to the effort of linking all the European ports boards upthread. Please note also, that despite Slide 6, Rome is in Italy, not Spain…. The port map is virtually unreadable - I would guess it’s a screen grab, although there is no credit (by posting here you are publishing these files, so should be respecting copyright). And it seems odd to devote only 1 of 21 slides to what there actually is to see in Rome, with no practical information about what they are, what there is to do, how to get to them specifically and how to divide time between them. 
 

I am still struggling to see what the point of all this is, I’m afraid. The Ports of Call boards are designed for people with detailed knowledge to share it and, without wanting to be unkind, people will be much better off relying on that input rather than these basic presentations.  

[Globaliser]

6 minutes ago, Nolafan said:

Totally agree!!!! @Marc Silveris sharing something nice and useful for everyone and it is horrible that someone could be so petty and judgmental about his Port Posts ! 

 

1. A guide to a port is not "nice and useful" if it's full of information that's completely wrong, especially if the majority of the information in the guide is about a different port in a different country altogether.

 

2. A guide to a port is not "nice and useful" if it's not posted on the correct board. If (like the guides in this thread) it's posted on a board for completely different countries/areas/ports, it won't be seen by the people who might be going to that port. It's just irrelevant clutter here.