Hi,
I am Merril and my husband is Alan, and we live in Manhattan. Alan was born in Liverpool, England, and I was born in Ohio. We have both lived in NY for over 30 years. Alan retired about 10 years ago from the printing business where he was a lithographic artist. I was a pension plan actuary and retired in 2004.

We started cruising in 1998 and have cruised on Silversea, Seabourn, Radisson, SeaDream, the QM2, and Celebrity. We are currently booked on the Mariner for the last leg of the SA cruise which starts next week, and Seabourn for three weeks in the Summer (Norway and the Baltic).

We enjoy several types of cruising experiences. We love small ship luxury cruising when it is just the two of us since the service, ambiance and friendliness cannot be beat. We find larger ships can be a lot of fun and are great for multi-generational family gatherings.

I was introduced to Ngaire and this board when I emailed Marci about one of her posts on the cc board. I booked the Mariner cruise and started lurking on this board in August. We are looking forward to meeting people from this board on our travels.

Merril