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Silversea Silver Moon Cruise Review

Day 4: Patmos, Greece (Silver Note Review)

Cucumber water

Today, Silver Moon is anchored off the coast of Patmos, Greece. Patmos is a seahorse-shaped island of stunning seascapes and cultural significance. Unfortunately, Rickee and I will have to miss this port-of-call because we are just too behind in our blogging and video duties. We spent the day on board Silver Moon just relaxing, and trying to get caught up on work!

In light of the fact that we have reservations this evening at Silver Note, we decided on a light lunch at Arts Cafe. Rickee and I shared a ham and cheese baguette sandwich and we each had a small Waldorf salad, which is served in a neat little glass jar. One of our favorite refreshing beverages at Arts Cafe is the cucumber water. Very refreshing. And, Silversea still offers plastic straws. Now that’s luxury!

Of course, we could not resist the temptation of joining Cruise Director Vicky Van Tassel for Team Trivia. Another couple from Texas joined us today and we came in third place. We are improving!

Silversea has upgraded the Silversea Prize Points that they now award to guests who win at trivia, or other shipboard competitions. No longer do you receive xerox copied pieces of paper of varying sizes with points printed on them. Silversea now gives out nice plastic points cards.

New Silversea Prize Points

After trivia, we decided to have a pre-dinner cocktail at Silver Note Bar which is inside the Silver Note restaurant on Deck 7. Conveniently, Silver Note is just about 50 steps from our suite! Mary Beth is the bartender at Silver Note and she does an excellent job of keeping guests entertained.

Soon, we were seated at our table for two and given menus.

Silver Note menu

Bread served at Silver Note

Silver Note is the latest incarnation of what was originally Stars Supper Club introduced on Silver Spirit back in the day. There may be a new name to the venue, but the menu remains as quirky as ever. The menu is split into four sections: Oceans, Cooked, Raw and Earth. Oceans makes sense because the three dishes are seafood. Raw, sort of makes sense because all of the items are served uncooked, yet, they are all also seafood, so shouldn’t they be under Oceans? Then there’s Cooked which includes a Crudo of Beef, which is apparently cooked even though the word “Crudo” is Spanish for raw! Being from Texas, I started looking for the page with chicken-fried steak and mashed potatoes!

Don’t let the menu confuse you too much because as it turns out, you can order any item, or items, from any section of the menu. However, I should warn you to order at least three items because the portions are quite small. Rickee and I both ordered the Buttered Lobster Tail and the Crudo of Beef. I ordered the Salt from the Fields lamb and she ordered the Moulard Duck.

Buttered Lobster Tail

The poached lobster tail was served atop expertly whipped potatoes, drizzled with butter and topped with micro greens. The dish was spot on and the chef should get points for presentation as well as flavor.

Crudo of Beef

The Crudo of Beef was definitely cooked and consisted of thin slices of deliciously tender beef, most likely Prime Rib. I cannot identify the accompanying sauces, but dragging the beef through them added to the flavor and they were all very good.

Moulard Duck

Salt from the Fields lamb

Neither Rickee nor I thought that the Moulard Duck was particularly tasty. It was our least favorite dish of the evening. The lamb, on the other hand, was truly delicious. It was fork-tender and wrapped in a tasty crust, almost resembling a tiny Beef Wellington, but with lamb.

During our meal, we enjoyed the music of the Jazz Duo, Didi and Kim, from South Africa

Jazz Duo, Didi and Kim

Our meal ended with a very nice Sugar Volcano which is described as a Chocolate Caramel Fudge Cheesecake with Chantilly Cream. It did not resemble any cheesecake we have ever tasted, it was more like a chocolate mousse covered in a dark chocolate with caramel with little pink crunchy bits of meringue. Don’t get the wrong idea. It was AMAZING!

Sugar Volcano

After dinner, we had just enough time to head to the Venetian Lounge for tonight’s show, a comedian/magician, Dain Cordean. The theater was only about half full, a tough room for any comedian. But, Cordean did an admirable job of getting everyone to laugh at his jokes, even jabbing fun at the somewhat sedate crowd from time-to-time. And, his sleight-of-hand tricks were also pretty impressive. We had a great time and look forward to his next show.

Dain Cordean, Comedian and Magician

Tomorrow, Silver Moon will dock in Rhodes, Greece, where we are scheduled to take an excursion of Medieval Rhodes. So, stay tuned!

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Cruise Preparations and Our Sponsors

Our 10-night Greek Isles cruise aboard Silversea Cruises’ brand new Silver Moon will be our first cruise in over 16 months, following the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a completely vaccinated cruises, and Rickee and I have both been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine.

Health and Safety Protocols

Silversea has informed us that we will be required to wear masks while inside the ship unless we are seated in one of the restaurants, or in one of the bars/lounges. Masks are not required on outer decks as long as distancing can be maintained. We also are not required to wear masks when in our suite.

A rapid Antigen test is required prior to boarding and will be provided by Silversea at the cruise terminal prior to embarkation. Embarkation begins at 2pm.

Daily temperature checks will be conducted by our butler, in our suite. And, another random Antigen test may be required at some point during the cruise. A final Antigen test will be administered upon disembarkation.

Our Sponsors

We will be sailing on this cruise as guests of Silversea Cruises, along with other members of the media. In addition, we have been sponsored by Luggage Forward, Aperturent and OneSim.

Luggage Forward is an international luggage delivery service. We have used their services in the past with excellent results. On this journey, we will be shipping two large duffels from our home in Dallas, Texas to Pireus, Greece. Our luggage was shipped yesterday via Fedex (12 days prior to embarkation) and we will not see our luggage until we board the ship. Luggage Forward has agreed to provide this service on this journey in exchange for a review of their services. Click here for more information.

Aperturent is a company that rents high-end camera and video gear. We have used Aperturent in the past with excellent results. On this journey, Aperturent has agreed to provide us with a zoom lens for our Sony A7S III camera as well as a DJI RSC2 Gimbal. We will be using this gear to produce videos for our YouTube channel. Click here for more information.

OneSim is an international sim card calling service. OneSim has provided us with an eSim for my iPhone 12 Pro to use during our time in Greece. Click here for more information.

Pre-Cruise

We will be flying from DFW to Athens on Delta Airlines. Our air was provided by Silversea Cruises. Will will be flying in Delta’s Economy Class and will review the experience. Since we are fully vaccinated, it appears that we are not required to have Covid tests prior to boarding the flight. Unfortunately, our seats were not upgradeable, so we were not able to upgrade to Premium Economy or Business Class.

We are flying into Athens the day prior to embarkation and we will be staying one night at the Athens InterContinental Hotel.

We were able to pre-select an embarkation time of 2pm on the MySilversea.com website.

MySilversea Website

The MySilversea.com website is for booked guests and is very intuitive. This is where you can complete all of your Guest Information forms prior to the cruise. We were able to upload images of our vaccination certificates here in addition to choosing our bed configuration, desired pillows, etc.

You can also use this website to book restaurant reservations, spa treatments and shore excursions.