Got to tell you one more thing today. We were on this marvelous ship for 20 days last May cruising through the Panama Canal. Since we boarded in Sydney, we have discovered about a dozen crew members, bar and dining staff, have been on since May. Amazing. Two are scheduled to go back home--FINALLY--when this ship docs in San Francisco. One is on for another six months. Well, not only do we recognize them, they recognize us as amazing as that seems. I encountered several by myself and was asked "Where is mister Fred?" This morning, at breakfast in CR, our waiter approached us and said: "Let me guess. You both are having Eggs Benedict." Bingo! An experience like that is far more compelling to us than anything the Silver Seas Society offers. We are back at home and it feels wonderful.

Pat