Tag: At Sea

Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Today’s Activities Include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dance Lessons
• Destination Lecture with Michael DiSpezio: Introducing Alaska and Dutch Harbor
  • We return to US soil as we make port in Dutch Harbor and explore its history, natural beauty, and the island’s role in the Pacific theater of World War II.
• Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keeney: Seven Wonders of The (Ancient/Modern/Engineering) World
  • From The Colossus in Rhodes to Petra to the Burj Khalifa—and more. Keeney starts this talk with the original Seven Wonders of the World and then takes audiences on a docu-drama that explores the all-new man-made wonders of engineering, architecture, and the New Seven Wonders of the World (and how they were selected).
• Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burgel: Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burgel: When Yellowstone was in Oregon.
  • Approximately 50 million years ago, an island the size of Iceland docked onto the west coast of North America. This fascinating saga will have you on the edge of your seat as you try to make sense of the Yellowstone Hot Spot’s 50 million-year journey!
• Enrichment Lecture with Scott Bornstein: Remembering Ideas, Conversations, and What You Read.
  • Scott’s Systems to expand your powers of focus and recall.
• Hat’s & Horses – Kentucky Derby Party.

Tonight’s dinner was in The Restaurant.

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Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Today’s Activities Include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dance Lessons
• Enrichment Lecture with Sir Alistair MacDuff: Royal Scandals 1850 to 1950
  • Scandals occurred in three generations of the British Royal Family: perjury, adultery, deceit, and treason. Edward VII, Prince Eddy, and Edward VIII.
• Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keeney: Assassins In Every Port. U-Boats Below the Seas
  • Roosevelt and the Greatest Transatlantic Crossing Ever—In 1943, at the height of WWII, President Roosevelt dashed across the Atlantic Ocean on the battleship USS Iowa. He then flew to Tehran. Three days of heated debates ensued over when—and where—to launch D-Day. It was most captivating!

• Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burgel: Mega-Floods!
  • In the 1920s, geologist J. Harlen Bretz discovered strange and unique geologic structures in numerous locations on Earth and on Mars! The story is a thrilling one, complete with mystery.

• Enrichment Lecture with Scott Bornstein: Training Your Memory Muscle
  • The power of locations and systems for lists and tasks

• Pre-Dinner Showtime! Silversea proudly presents Virtuoso Baritone “Giovanni Palminteri.”
  • A selection of songs made famous by the most famous opera singers in the world in different languages. All the pieces were arranged for his voice by famous composers in Italy, and the tracks were recorded by the “Sicily Philharmonic Orchestra.” Songs by Carl Orff, Ennio Morricone, Albinoni, and many more…

• Tonight’s Dinner was in The Restaurant.

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Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Today’s Activities Include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burgel: The Development of the Science of Geology during the Growth of the Railroad Industry
  • Inventions such as James Watt’s steam engine needed a source of fuel, and it soon became apparent that geologists (who found coal) and railroads (who transported coal to where people lived) were in this growth cycle together. Mr. Burgel explains the beginnings of the railroad industry with the spotlight on fuel deposits.
• Enrichment Lecture with Scott Bornstein: Aging, Memory, and Cognitive Training
  • The Science of memory and Strategies for keeping your memory sharp as you age.

• Enrichment Lecture with Sir Alistair MacDuff: A Miscarriage Of Justice
  • The fascinating story of the conviction and hanging of an innocent man in 1950 for a murder of which he was not guilty.
• Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keeney: Vanished! Pan Am, Malaysia Flight 370 – The Unfinished Story of Transoceanic Flight.
  • From the author of Lost in The Pacific – and a pilot himself – Keeney traces the history of aviation from barnstormers to international airlines and how pilots conquered transoceanic flight. He concludes with the lost flight of Malaysia 370 and the latest updates, including videos, animations, and photos.

• Enrichment Lecture with Michael DiSpezio: Cool Concepts in Cosmology – Space Science Made Simple
  • Join Michael for an incredible, unique, and interactive journey in which he explores a treasure trove of space science topics, including sky objects, northern lights, celestial navigation, time travel, and space station viewing.

• Pre-Dinner Showtime! Silversea proudly presents Comedian “Tony Daro”
  • Tony Daro’s hilarious routines have made him one of the established stars of the New York comedy scene. He has dozens of television appearances under his belt, has won multiple Writer’s Guild awards for comedy writing, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on “Saturday Night Live.” Tony is the rare comedian who can be both inoffensive and gut-busting funny.

Tonight’s dinner was in The Restaurant.

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Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Today’s Activities Include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dance Lessons
• Enrichment Lecture with Michael DiSpezio: The Northwest Passage
  • The incredible stories of exploration and survival as you dive into the history of uncovering the Northwest Passage, with particular attention to the Franklin Expedition.
• Start of our Country Fair – Join us for a fun-filled morning with entertaining games on the Pool Deck.

• Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keen
  • As only a historian can, Keeney makes connections and linkages that bring together often-forgotten but essential moments from the 20th and 21st centuries. Categories include I Remember Where I Was When, Great Love Affairs, The Digital Age, Entrepreneurs, The 70s, cultural forces, and more.

Tonght’s Dinner was in The Restaurant.

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Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, USA.

Today’s activities include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dancing Lessons
• Enrichment Lecture with Sir Alistair MacDuff: You be the Judge
  • The audience is asked to sit in judgment and make decisions in murder trials. Enter the competition with a prize for the best answers!
• Enrichment Lecture with Scott Bornstein: Never Forget a Name or Face Again
  • Six steps to making names and faces unforgettable.

• Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burge
  • In the Yucatan Peninsula near Chicxulub, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid struck the earth 66 million years (MY) ago, creating a ma or impact crater. Following studies in Italy and elsewhere, Mr. Burgel will describe how this asteroid suddenly changes life forever on our planet.
• Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keeney: Pearl Harbor. The Day Of The Day After.
  • No matter the cruise, this talk is always loved by audiences. We all know what happened on December 7th — but what did happen — and why was America so unprepared? Author Keeney presents the attack on Pearl Harbor using custom-built animations for his talk, period photography, and first-person accounts.

Tonight’s dinner was in The Restaurant.

Farewell Dinner – Sayōnara Japan
The Restaurant had a celebratory farewell to the “land of the rising sun”. A delicious Japanese-themed dinner experience awaited us, and we indulged in mouthwatering Japanese delicacies, including some of Japan’s famous sweet delights! We dressed up in Japanese/Asian attire.

TONIGHT’S CABARET SHOW – A NIGHT WITH LEFA

Motown, blues, and all that rhythm! Get your dancing shoes on and join Lefa Pike
this evening while he sings some all-time classics from artists such as The Blues
Brothers, The Drifters, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, and many more!

Lefa is a vocalist with extensive experience performing South African pop,
international pop, rock, soul, R&B, reggae, and jazz. He began performing in small
venues at the age of 19. He then trained at Ochrim School of Music in his early 20’s for 2 years. Soon after, he was featured as a participant on eTV’s CocaCola Pop Stars and, later in his career – a top five finalist on South Africa Idol.

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Where in the World Are We?

We are sailing from Japan to Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Today’s Activities Included:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dance Lessons
• Enrichment Lecture with Bill Burgel: 2004 Boxing Day Earthquake and Tsunami
  • At 8am local time on December 26th, 2004, a magnitude 9.2M subduction earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra creating localized destruction but also generating a massive tsunami that swept through many islands of Indonesia, as well as the nearby countries of Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and the east coast of Africa. Mr. Burgel visited the area soon after the quake and will describe the geologic processes that led up to this event.
• Enrichment Lecture with Sir Alistair MacDuff: Murder Cases To Die For
  • More tales from the Bench; the murder of the beautiful model; gangster murders; and more insight into life as an English judge

• Enrichment Lecture with Douglas Keeney: Orbit! The Daring New Era in Human Space Travel
  • Musk, Bezos, and Branson want to take us beyond our dreams. Will they? From Keeney’s three books on human space flight comes the sequel to Lights of Mankind. What does it take to go into space in 2024 and why is Mars a reality? Includes images of the new commercial space stations, the most recent SpaceX missions, and numerous animations. Concludes with profiles of Musk, Bezos and Branson.

Dinner was in The Restaurant.

TONIGHT’S SHOW WITH GIOVANNI PALMINTERI VIRTUOSO BARITONE

Giovanni Palminteri is a Classical Baritone, Showman, and Actor.

He has performed his soloist concert in opera houses around the world and was the first Opera baritone to perform during the “World Cruise” event aboard the Silver Whisper for many years. Some of his productions include Made in Italy, Il Bel Canto, Passione, Teatro Dell’Opera, and the new show Virtuoso Baritone.

Giovanni recently made his debut in La Traviata, playing Giorgio Germont at the Ancient Greek Theater in Taormina alongside the famous soprano Desireè Rancatore.

He is known for the role of Figaro in Gioacchino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, which debuted in various theaters in Italy. He also played the role of Dandini – La Cenerentola (C.Gounod), Malatesta – Don Pasquale (G.Donizetti), Belcore – l’Elisir d’Amore (G.Donizetti), Don Giovanni-Don Giovanni (W.A.Mozart), Papageno – The Magic Flaute (W.A.Mozart), Silvio – I Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo) and Carmina Burana (Carl Orff). His next debut will be at the ancient theater of Taormina in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet this summer.

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Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Shimiza, Japan to Kagoshima, Japan

Today’s Activities Include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dance Lessons
• Destination Lecture with Michael DiSpezio: Nagasaki and Busan
  • We discovered what awaits us in the upcoming Japanese port of Nagasaki, along with an introduction to South Korea and its bustling port of Busan.

MEET ENRICHMENT LECTURER SIR ALISTAIR MACDUFF
After a Grammar School education, Sir Alistair read law at the London School of Economics and did a postgraduate degree (LLM) at Sheffield University.

He was an accomplished young footballer and could have turned professional.

He became a barrister and a Recorder in 1982 and took silk (QC) in 1993. In 1997, he was appointed a Circuit Judge and became a High Court Judge in 2008 when he was given the customary knighthood.

He retired in 2015 and is an accomplished after-dinner speaker and speaks at conferences and other events.

Enrichment Lecture with Sir Alistair MacDuff: Introduction to Murder
An introductory talk from the perspective of a judge presiding over murder trials

MEET ENRICHMENT LECTURER BILL BURGEL
Bill retired in 2010 after a successful 40-year career in the railroad industry. Bill worked for several railroads in both the engineering and operating departments.

After departing from Union Pacific Railroad in 1989, he assisted the Surface Transportation Board as their rail operations manager for two major mergers, once in Washington, DC, and the second in Chicago. While working for the railroad, his interest and training in geology were often called upon to resolve landslide issues and rerouting studies, implement early earthquake warning strategies, and conduct numerous long railroad tunnel analyses.

In addition to his many talks regarding the rail industry, Bill has given numerous presentations on earthquake preparedness and topics on regional geology to local audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest and, more recently, to the cruise ship industry.

Enrichment Lecture with Lecturer Bill Burgel:

Volcanism – Worldwide, including Iceland, Guatemala, Alaska
Approximately 45- to 50 volcanoes erupt somewhere on the planet on any given day. We explored what’s currently active and what volcano has the potential to become active around the world,

BRITISH LUNCH – SPECIAL BRITISH PUB LUNCH
We celebrated St. George’s Day with a unique British Pub Lunch in honor of the Patron Saint of England.

Captain’s Welcome Cocktail Reception
Captain Giacomo Longo invited us to the Welcome Cocktail Reception and introduced our Senior Officers.

CHAMPAGNE GALA DINNER SILVERSEA & DUVAL-LEROY
Our wine Ambassador, Lawrence d’Almeida, and Champagnes Duval Leroy’s President du Directoire, Julien Duval-Leroy. hosted a champagne gala dinner. The menu was specially designed to pair perfectly with the finest Duval-Leroy Champagnes.

MEET MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST JIM HODSON
Jim hails from Melbourne, Australia, a city famous for being far from most other places. Between drinking copious amounts of pretentious coffee, Jim somehow found the time to study guitar, trumpet, and composition. He attained a Master’s degree in music from Melbourne University and had his compositions performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. A piece of his won an international composition prize, which thrilled Jim since it allowed him to preface his name with the description: “award-winning composer.”

After studying, Jim embarked on a voyage of musical discovery, which involved traveling to different countries and pestering interesting musicians to share their tricks. He has collaborated with musicians from China, Bulgaria, Finland, Bangladesh, Italy, and the UK and even had the opportunity to perform on the Antarctic continent. He can now share his love of music worldwide with soaring guitar solos and fancy fretwork.

The ukulele was added to the mix relatively recently after Jim realized the potential of this unassuming small instrument. You will be surprised at how the humble ukulele can be transformed by someone we might reluctantly call a professional.

Jim is excited to be able to travel the world performing the music he loves while steadfastly insisting that no one makes coffee as well as they do in his hometown. When not writing about himself in the third person, Jim is an avid kayaker, kangaroo enthusiast, and whiskey-taster.

Showtime! International Multi Instrumental Virtuoso “Jim Hodson”
We joined internationally acclaimed instrumentalist Jim Hodson for a fun and lively musical variety show. From rock n roll to jazz and classical, there was something for everyone, with more than a few surprises along the way

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Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Shanghai to Tianjin, China

Today’s Activities include:

• Bridge Lessons
• Dance Lessons
• Destination Lecture with Michael DiSpezio: Beijing and the History of China
  • Discover what to expect when visiting Beijing, the Great Wall, and the Forbidden City, along with a deeper dive into Chinese history and culture.
• Enrichment Lecture with Cinematographer Pieter de Vries: On Tour with the Queen
  • It’s the 1953 Coronation Tour; Queen Elizabeth is visiting Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand. We’ll follow in her footsteps. Here are clips and stories from this delightful BBC series.
• Enrichment Lecture with Lecturer John Hansen: The Dragon Awakens
  • China’s progression from Empire to Republic to Powerhouse – The Political History of China After The Emperors
• Photo & Video Editing on your Mobile Phone: with Cinematographer Piet de Vries

TONIGHT’S SHOW – INTERNATIONAL TENOR SHIMI GOODMAN

Shimi was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and currently lives in London, England.

He received a BA Honours in Musical Theatre from Guildford School of Acting. He has performed extensively in the West End and some of the most prestigious venues worldwide, entertaining royalty and Heads of State.

In 2015, Shimi sang at the gala tribute to former Israeli president Mr Shimon Peres at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane in London. In 2017, he sang in front of King Felipe VI of Spain at the Teatro Real Opera House in Madrid.

Singing since the age of 14, his first lead role was at 17 as Don Jose in an Israeli production of Carmen, which was also televised. His West End debut was as Akaash in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of Bombay Dreams. He
played in the musical Chicago alongside actresses such as Linda Carter, Brooke Shields, and model Christie Brinkley. He was also a lead performer in the original cast of the record-breaking hit West End show Dirty Dancing and played the role of
Che in Evita and the leading role of Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain.

The press has described him as “a true triple threat” and “a looker, a hoofer and boy can he sing!” Shimi’s music can be heard on all online music stores.