I’m already through a significant portion of my contract. I just now looked at my schedule and realized that today is my one month anniversary of being on the ship. It’s not quite as startling as when I realized the same thing on my first contract, though it still seems short.
I’m discovering great things about every port. Today for instance, after visiting the Silhouette, the newest ship that is nearly identical to the ships I’ve been on, we went out for pizza in Naples, Italy. It was pretty good. They cooked it in a wood fired oven which gave it a smoky and even a bit charred flavor. Very good. Really very good, but I’d like to try some other places. The crust could have been a bit crisper, for my taste, but the flavor was great. But then we went out for gelato at a place near what used to be a theater, I’m told. It was so amazing I forgot to take photos. It was so amazing that it is now my favorite ice cream ever. No small statement for me. I may remember the coconut gelato I had there for the rest of my life. The first time in Naples, I didn’t find much to love. We looked for internet for hours and failed to find it in several different and frustrating ways. Now I’m pretty excited about Naples.
The Theater in Naples
I guess the most important change on the Silhouette is that there is no Hot Glass Show. The following are pictures from that ship.
Holy shiny floors!
Nice pavers on the lawn leading to where our shop should be.
I am loving the huge Adirondack chairs. They’re about 15 feet tall.
The Lawn Club Grill. Booo. This is where the glass shop would be. I hear it’s really good food.
The floating tree gets a better planter in each subsequent ship. If you can’t tell the tree hovers about 5 stories above the lobby floor. In the background there’s a reading area called the hideaway, which is new.
Another change is that they have changed “Michael’s Club” from a piano bar into more of a sports bar hangout with a pretty good beer selection. I’ve heard rumors that they’ll be retrofitting the rest of the ships like that too. If I could get a good beer here on the ship, that would be awesome.
And really good photography!
It was a beautiful day in Naples. Here’s a couple shots of sailaway and the Silhouette. Thankfully I’ve never seen one of the Solstice class ships sail away from port. It is kind of pretty though.
