Found a fantastic coffee shop near our hotel this morning called Nemesis at the Polygon. Despite the rather pretentious name the pastries were out of this world. I had a Blueberry cheesecake Danish and Denise had a Marsala Tiramisu cruffin. We got to watch them making the pastries for later in the day while we drank our iced lattes. Altogether, a very lovely breakfast experience.
After checking out of our hotel we took a taxi over to the cruise ship terminal at Canada Place and boarding was a very smooth experience. Silver Moon isn't a big ship (roughly 500 passengers) and the terminal building was obviously built to cope with the behemoths that cruise ship companies are churning out these days, so the terminal seemed vast and empty and there was a lot of walking involved.
By 1pm we were comfortably onboard with a glass of champagne enjoying the views from the windows in the lounge. There is a small sea plane "airport " near the cruise ship terminal so we could watch the planes taking off and landing every 10 minutes or so.
Rooms were ready by 1.30pm so we after lunch at the pool grill, we went to the room, met our butler, watched the mandatory safety video on our TV with another glass of champagne and unpacked. I won't do a big description of the ship as most Silversea ships (Antarctic expedition ships excepted) are identical and I probably gave a long description of the one I went on for my Adriatic cruise last year.
We set sail from Vancouver at 6pm and were treated to some lovely views of Vancouver and the Rockies as we made our way out to sea.
After dinner in the restaurant we had an early night as I'm still on ottawa time. Tomorrow is a day at sea sailing the Inside Passage to Ketchikan.
The scenery looks incredibly beautiful
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