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Century to Starboard
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GalleryBy Liz Williams, illustration by Ursula Freer
2 February 2004
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Julio and I went down to the port today, to see the Ship for the first time. It's truly amazing -- I
ns had no idea how big it would be. The hull, if that's what you call it, must have been hundreds of
Fiction feet up from the water, and I couldn't see the other end at all. Not surprising, since it's supposed
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to be a mile long, but even so. . . .
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We flew into Singapore from Rome this morning -- Julio had to see some people, so we thought
o Revie we'd combine his business, whatever that is, with a visit to the Ship. After all, in only a few
months, it's going to be our home. Rome's so hot these days, with all these climate changes, and
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the villa in St. Barthelemy's been simply unlivable in. So, as I said to Julio, it really does make
o Archiv sense to go and live on something that can move around all over the place. I know it's costing a
es few million, but it isn't as though we can't afford it -- and there's the whole tax avoidance issue,
of course. And if the brochure's anything to go by, the shopping will be wonderful -- the latest
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seasons will be showing, and as I told him, I'll really be saving on all the airfares, because it costs
o Staff so much to go to New York these days, now that they've brought in the flight restrictions. So the
Ship definitely makes sense. Julio muttered something about people saying the same thing about
o Guideli the Titanic, but he just likes to grumble. It's his ulcer.
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Diary entry, 14 November 2008
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Back in Singapore again, and this time we've actually been on board. I'm just so thrilled. We've
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seen our apartment, and it's a dream, it really is. It's twice the size of our place in Monaco, and
o Award the furnishings are beautiful -- exactly as I told the design consultant, and you know how hard it
s is for these people to get things right. It's high up, too -- right on the uppermost deck, just as we
wanted. There are gardens below, and swimming pools, and full satellite links so Julio can work.
o BannerI can't wait, but I'll have to, because the Ship doesn't set out until May. That's nearly six months
s away, and I'm going to go crazy in Italy.
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Our first night on the Ship -- we're sailing tomorrow. Julio and I have been getting to know our
Donatenew neighbours, the Seckers -- really, really lovely people, even if they are Americans. But not
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ostentatious -- old money, you see. Well, old money for the States, anyway. Originally from
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Seattle, but they got out before the quake (obviously!) and since then they've been living in
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