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SO HOW WAS OUR LATEST TRIP?: Part 2

Yesterday provided highlights from Iceland to Montreal, including our experience of the total eclipse of the sun on the Azamara Journey.  Today, will feature our stops in Montreal and Vancouver.  Tomorrow, Part 3, will be our ten days on the Silverseas Silver Whisper.  If you missed them, here are the full Montreal and Vancouver postings, in chronological order: WE ARE IN MONTREAL ALL ABOUT MONTREAL AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES, 2026-2027 and NCAA FOOTBA... TOUR OF MONTREAL MY BEST DINNER IN MONTREAL MY LIFE: Part 3h--Incredible Journeys during Reti... . WE ARE IN VANCOUVER....Again Here is a professional travelogue of Montreal by fox Tours and Travel.  Our highlights: On Day 1 in Montreal, I mostly paid tribute to Dolly Parton: Goodbye Dolly . A Look Back at Her Extraordinary Life. All about Montreal. The city is an island, 30 miles long and 10 miles wide, connected by 20 bridges. Is 315 miles east northeast of Toronto, 122 miles west of the national capital, Ottawa, an...
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SO HOW WAS OUR LATEST TRIP?

Nice to be home after our 5-week trip.  Here was our sunset view in Honolulu last night from where I am composing this posting. This morning. And towards Punchbowl Crater. Meanwhile, the price of oil jumped today . Adding to investors’ worries, a meeting set for today between Iran and Gulf countries regarding Hormuz was postponed “in the interests of consensus,” Oman’s foreign minister wrote on X. The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, rose as high as $108, while U.S. crude oil touched $103 per barrel. The bad news about Tropical Storm Norbert still at 40 MPH is that he is not turning more southward, once on a path taking him south of the Big Island.  Now, Norbert is heading straight for the middle of the Hawaiian Islands.  However, environmental conditions are such that the system is expected to degenerate into a post-tropical remnant low tomorrow, then dissipate by Wednesday.  It should be rainy and not so windy on Thursday. We in Hawaii are now paranoid ...
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CHOCOLATE, CAVIAR, FOIE GRAS AND TRUFFLES EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE SILVER WHISPER

 The Silversea Silver Whisper just arrived in Honolulu Harbor.  Back to the conclusion of our cruise.  We've had anxious moments, but for me, this could well have been the best ever.  The most important thing is that, after flying all the way to Iceland, than boarding the Azamara Journey to see the Total Solar Eclipse, then confronting three hurricanes on the Silver Whisper, we are well with more fabulous memories. Our usual starting lunch with salad and pasta. The ship had a 7PM departure, so we ordered room service caviar to have on our veranda to watch the parting. We then went for dinner at La Terazza, beginning with antipasto, and two white and two red wines. Then came spaghetti bolognese and an asparagus/egg dish. Ended with a coffee panna cotta. One of the highlights of this cruise was  then the Chocolate Extravaganza at the pool deck.  I don't know how these entertainers and passengers were dancing, for the ship itself was rocking. The following cav...
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