Will report back later on the answers to the questions.I am doing a tour of the cabins this afternoon but problem is I think those aft cabins are full so it will be a rush up and see them on debarkation day exercise. We have met some people in one those aft cabins so I may ask them to let me see their cabin. We are having dinner in a few nights.

Have lunch with Conrad to day so will get some questions answered.

Talking about lunch and dinners we are missing all of you! Got an emaill from Ralph and June and they said they were happy for us to be having a "vacation". There are advantages and disadvantages to doing a trip by ourselves. But just last night Ken and I agreed we missed our wonderful travelling buddies! Meeting new people can be interesting but dinner with good friends with whom you share so many memories is priceless. So we feel the advantage of travelling with a group far outweighs any of the disadvantages. I am looking forward to the next three cruises this year with groups!

Yes we had to get a Russian visa for this trip. There are two Russian girls onboard with us who are supposed to be able to speed up the whole immigration process.