Well, I'm in my cabin. It is bucketing rain in San Francisco. I haven't seen rain like this in California for years, and it seems there are several days of continuous storms forecast. Looks like a sloppy field for Monday's college football bowl game in Levi Stadium (only a few miles from where I live). … Continue reading On Board

(Note: this is not specifically about my cruise. But I want to get into the habit of writing more often, so here you go.) My kitchen smells better than usual today. I should explain: Flowers! I received flowers from Amazon the other day - but not really. It was sent to my home address, but … Continue reading Flowers

Silversea offers a "baggage valet" service. If you are going on a 4 1/2-month cruise - which includes casual, informal and formal dress codes - chances are you will not be able to put everything you need in two airline-approved pieces of luggage. So, Silversea will come and pick up your (many) bags - which … Continue reading Baggage

I've been on a few other cruises, so I was not surprised when I received a welcome package from Silversea. But this was over the top. Welcome Box The theme of this cruise is "The Tale of Tales", in other words - writing. They have guest authors scheduled throughout the cruise. The author for the … Continue reading Welcome Package

This is my first post on my new "Cruise Boy" blog. So below is my post on Facebook where I announced this cruise 1-Nov-18. Silver Whisper Short version: I'm going on a world cruise! Long version: I don't have a very long bucket list. My father was in the Navy, so we lived all over … Continue reading First Post