Best ship entertainment ever

On formal night in Atlantide (restaurant), TSH and Diva were given a window table and the waiter obligingly opened the blind so that they could see the sea. Surprisingly, it was Diva who first spotted what was happening. First one dark shape and then another appeared fleetingly above the surface of the very calm sea. Soon it was apparent that there was a large number of dolphins accompanying the Silver Moon. Many jumped clear out of the water – sometimes more than one at one time. Brilliant show appreciated by all. There has long been a guest rumour that a tank of dolphins is kept in the bowels of the ship to be let out by the Captain at appropriate times. When better than formal night?

In Valencia, TSH and Dive took the almost empty shuttle bus into the city centre and walked around the main squares. They had been warned that it was Sunday of a Bank Holiday weekend and everything would be closed but in fact many cafes and some tourist shops were open and there were large numbers of people around. When they boarded the shuttle bus for the return journey, it was clear that many guests were using the shuttle as a drive-by excursion, were not getting off and were quite happy to return immediately to the Silver Moon.

TSH is taking many pics but is struggling with his camera steaming up whilst he is wearing a mask.

Only 1 guest is now testing positive for Covid.

Photoblog

Modern architecture in Valencia

Diva’s Sea Dragon

Thanks from Silversea

Valencia vindicated

The previous time TSH and Diva were in Valencia was not a happy time. Silversea had lost their luggage in transit and this situation lasted for about 4 days. So they had spent a lot of time hunting for mascara and contact lens care and had missed out on part of the planned sightseeing. This time more than made up for it. They took a taxi to the modern City of Arts and Sciences. This is a park area with water and trees and very futuristic buildings. They already had tickets for the aquarium, which claims to be Europe’s largest.  The aquarium itself is new and extremely well laid out, partly indoors and partly outdoors. There are southern sealions, walruses, beluga whales (like the ones seen in the wild in Greenland) and a very ugly octopus (which became very graceful and aerodynamic when it started to swim). Diva was much taken with the Sea Dragons, which were very graceful and looked as if they were made from twigs and seaweed.  TSH saw a wild lizard in the bushes.

Back at the port, a ferry for Algeria was moored next to the Silver Wind. Most of the cars waiting to board had many parcels strapped on top. One had a ladder and there were lots of bicycles. The guess was that Algerians working in Spain were taking goods not readily available in North Africa back to their families.

The day surpassed expectation.