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Cabins, cruises, hotels and local tables — journeys as they were lived, with the details that mattered.
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First Night Aboard: A Tokyo Dinner at S.A.L.T. Kitchen
No reservation on the first night aboard — just walk into S.A.L.T. Kitchen. Two menus: one tastes today's port, Tokyo; the other, the voyage ahead across the North Pacific. Wherever the ship sails is what dinner becomes.
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Embarkation Day: A Stroll Around Silver Moon
The first afternoon aboard, with nowhere to be: a slow walk from the Arts Café on Deck 8 up to the pool deck on Deck 10, getting to know all 40,700 tons of Silver Moon, one deck at a time.
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Suite 605 on Silver Moon: Unboxing Our Room at Sea
Our first day aboard Silver Moon, unboxed slowly: Suite 605's sitting area and veranda, the details in its drawers, the walk-in wardrobe and life jackets, a butler who arrived a little late — and a pot of ginger tea he never forgot again.
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Boarding Silver Moon at Tokyo's Harumi Pier
Late April in Tokyo: boarding Silversea's Silver Moon at the Harumi cruise terminal. Check-in, a poolside lunch, afternoon tea at the Arts Café and a butler's welcome — a slow record of the voyage's first day.
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Watching a Sunset from Above the Clouds | Qantas QF149 Sydney to Auckland
After two lounges, gate 37 and Qantas QF149: window seat 5F in economy, a proper hot dinner, two mini bottles of wine, and a sunset watched from above a sea of clouds — landing in Auckland just after midnight.
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An Evening with the Centurion | The Centurion Lounge, Sydney Airport
Terminal 1 at Sydney Airport, the American Express Centurion Lounge: an à la carte dinner in the Centurion reserved area, steam rising off the buffet, and a champagne opened at the bar — a layover, turned into a proper meal.
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Sydney Airport, a Departure Hall Under Globe Lights | Qantas Business Lounge
After dinner at the Centurion Lounge, I stopped by the Qantas Business Lounge before boarding — a long island bench, rows of woven globe lights, and Australian wines you pour yourself. A ten-minute visit, and the grand-hall manner of a hub airport.
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Morning Light over Sydney | Singapore Airlines SQ221 Business Class — Part Two
Part two of SQ221: a bowl of seafood noodles after sleep, an arrival card filled in at altitude, and the A380 touching down in Sydney at 7:47 in the morning. We left in the dark and arrived in the light — the night flight south ends here.
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A Night Flight South on the A380 Upper Deck | Singapore Airlines SQ221 Business Class
South from Changi into the night — SQ221's A380 upper-deck business class: a shell of a seat, satay and lobster, and a dinner in no hurry at all. Part one of the night flight: dinner first, then sleep — Sydney's morning waits in the next article.