Freddie, congrats on the Silversea plans! Sounds like a nice itinerary, and I'll be very interested to hear your thoughts on Silversea. As much as we love RSSC, and we definitely do, we are drawn to smaller ships (two of the four cruises we have under our belts were on the 180-passenger Song of Flower), so Silversea is on our radar for consideration.

Your philosophy of live for today while keeping a reasonable eye on tomorrow mirrors my philosophy as well. I must say, however, that I don't know when a thoughtful consideration, such as yours, of that very serious issue has left me laughing out loud. You DO have a way with words!