Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Video worked for me.  

For me too

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

We stayed one night in Pisa very close to the Leaning Tower.  Looking out from our room.

 

A very short walk to the Tower

 

 

 

This is where we’re staying for 4 nights at the Hilton Grand Vacation Pisa

 

 

 

Sunrise been cloudy in the mornings

[BonTexasNY]

15 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Woman asks me name of my baby.  I tell her Cosmo, she gave me the strangest look and walked away mumbling to her husband something like "what's wrong with people nowadays, who names their son Cosmo"   I couldn't help but shout out.   He is a Ginger😁

Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld 🙂

[grapau27]

19 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

What is that Graham?

Frozen blackcurrant.

[grapau27]

Good evening.

We have just got home after our short cruise to Amsterdam on P&O Ventura to celebrate Pauline's mam's 4th memory on her favourite ship.

It is my birthday on the 27th so another reason to celebrate as well.

[Momof3gurlz]

4 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Hi Deb, I am feeling better everyday.   Still have some congestion and a cough.   I slept in until 8 am today.   Felt soon good.   😀

How is your Family?

Doing well, thanks.  We have our granddaughters today and overnight tonight. I just put them down for afternoon naps, ie: rest time for Nana & Papa 🙃!

[TravelGirlinDallas]

58 minutes ago, BonTexasNY said:

16 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Woman asks me name of my baby.  I tell her Cosmo, she gave me the strangest look and walked away mumbling to her husband something like "what's wrong with people nowadays, who names their son Cosmo"   I couldn't help but shout out.   He is a Ginger😁

Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld 🙂

We had a Cosmo kitty. Brian is a huge Seinfeld fan and he did name him after Kramer. 😂

[h20skibum]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

It is my birthday on the 27th so another reason to celebrate as well.

An early, Happy Birthday wish to you Graham. 

[h20skibum]

I was just reading this, that I got in an email today. 

I am happy to report that I have eliminated 1 of the 6.  I don’t think the other 5 will ever be eliminated by me.  And why do they consider alcohol a food?

[MJSailors]

 Happy early birthday,Graham!

Wishing you a pleasant celebrating day on the 27th!

🎂🥂🎁🎉🎊⭐️👍🎈🎈🎈😀

Cheers !

MJ🙋🏻

[dani negreanu]

11 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

 It’s a wonderful feeling when you finally visit a place that you didn’t expect to visit due to long distance.

 

I'm so glad that I had the foresight to give preference to all the long haul flights when our son was a flight attendant. We took the opportunity of very reduced prices to fly Business Class to Sydney, LA, NY, HK and Singapore, and also to a land tour of Beijing/The Great Wall....

 

I've always quipped that the only way for me to reach Sydney will be either sedated or Business Class.... not knowing then that the "kid" will fulfill my wish....

 

11 hours ago, sgmn said:

Without any scientific knowledge and strictly my opinion, I'm presuming it helps lessen the severity of symptoms not stops people catching it. 

 

9 hours ago, h20skibum said:

As for a 4th shot, I am also on the fence.

 

@FromSea2ShiningSea Helen and @Luckynana Maryann,

 

We're also on the fence, after 2 Vax and 2 Boosters, with me getting Covid, albeit mild symptoms but with a very long lingering fatigue...

 

We're now invited to get the 3rd Booster [aka 5th shot], which is supposed to guard against "Omicron & Sons"😉. In speaking with friends, vaxed and boosted like us, nobody took the 3rd.... Yet.

 

Lessening the symptoms vs. an unknown booster.

 

[aussielozzie18]

@dani negreanu very smart of you to make the most of those opportunities via your son.  Flying business class would certainly have eased the pain of those long haul flights.  
 

[OnTheJourney]

10 hours ago, h20skibum said:

I'm on the fence about getting the 4th shot. 

Wish we would have gotten it before the Advetnture cruise. Planning on it before the next cruise for sure. 

[OnTheJourney]

29 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

Lessening the symptoms vs. an unknown booster.

I read that there could be several variants coming at once this fall....oh, joy....

[aussielozzie18]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

I was just reading this, that I got in an email today. 

I am happy to report that I have eliminated 1 of the 6.  I don’t think the other 5 will ever be eliminated by me.  And why do they consider alcohol a food?

My DH is still at his wedding weight.  The GP says it’s rare in his age group.  I put it down to him being a non-drinker (plus he regularly exercises).  Since the pandemic he has cut down on meal portions at dinner as well.  Heart disease runs in his family so he is really taking care of himself now.

Re your question, beer belly is definitely a thing here for men over 50.

 

[aussielozzie18]

Happy Birthday to you for the 27th Graham.  
Were the superb meals you enjoyed & posted here from the MDR or from specialty dining on the P & O Adventura?

@grapau27

[grapau27]

Just now, aussielozzie18 said:

Happy Birthday to you for the 27th Graham.  
Were the superb meals you enjoyed & posted here from the MDR or from specialty dining on the P & O Adventura?

@grapau27

They were from the speciality restaurants on P&O Ventura.

We dined 3 nights in Epicurean speciality restaurant and 

1 night in Sindu Indian speciality restaurant.

[jagsfan]

On 10/21/2022 at 3:35 PM, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Sunday morning before we went to the cathedral for mass, DH went to the Galleria Della Academia.  I did not go because I did not feel like I could walk very much without much pain.  He took pictures of the famous statue of David, some other statues and some paintings.

 

 

 

 

Fantastic pictures. They’re the next best thing to being there. 
Aside from the beauty, the fact that we are looking at them centuries later and they look so beautiful and perfect is amazing!
 

Edited October 22, 2022 by jagsfan

[grapau27]

32 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

My DH is still at his wedding weight.  The GP says it’s rare in his age group.  I put it down to him being a non-drinker (plus he regularly exercises).  Since the pandemic he has cut down on meal portions at dinner as well.  Heart disease runs in his family so he is really taking care of himself now.

Re your question, beer belly is definitely a thing here for men over 50.

 

That is excellent your husband is still the same weight that he was when you got married.

Heart disease runs in my late mam's family.

I used to work out with weights before my heart attack which helped me.

I always carried aspirin and when I had a strange chest pain I took 3 Aspirin and went to hospital and the ER consultant told me the aspirin reduced the artery blockage and severity of my heart attack.

I had 1 coronary stent fitted.

Best regards.

Graham.

Edited October 22, 2022 by grapau27

[taznremmy]

13 hours ago, sgmn said:

Wonderful stops. I'm sure you said but I can't remember,  which ship are you on ?

Brilliance OTS.

[jmh2006]

6 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

That day in Civitavecchia was beautiful.  It was perfect weather. 

 

Lunch at the same restaurant we ate at six years ago.  

 

 

Sunset

 

 

There she is the next morning.  I can see our stateroom.

Love your pictures!  I saw that statue and many others by the artist several years ago at the Vero Beach Botanical Gardens.  It is hard to describe how big they are in person!  So fun!  

[jagsfan]

15 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@ReneeFLL video worked for me.  Beautiful water.

And true colors. My underwater camera made everything look yellowish. 
I just realized…that one spot that looked like a splash, is that when it bit you?

Edited October 22, 2022 by jagsfan

[jagsfan]

12 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

This should work. Taken in Moorea with no color enhancements. We saw very few colorful corals.

 

Amazing!

[ReneeFLL]

6 hours ago, OnTheJourney said:

Now I have a question that came up after telling a friend of mine about how with Viking the date upon which you can start booking excursions depends on one's room category. He said it's "the same on most cruise lines" (presumably including RCL and X since those are mostly what he sails on). Is this true? If so, I've never been aware of it. Seems to me that if you go on the website and excursions are already listed, anyone (in any room category) can book them. No? I've never been made aware of any specific date at which excursions become available. Can anyone clarify? 

I have never heard of this and I didn't think it's true.

 

4 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

We had a Cosmo kitty. Brian is a huge Seinfeld fan and he did name him after Kramer. 😂

What a beautiful kitty.

 

3 hours ago, h20skibum said:

An early, Happy Birthday wish to you Graham. 

+1

[Luckynana]

14 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Glad DH enjoyed them.  I figured you would have gone to Bondi during your stay.  Your former hotel is in a great location as you know

I've been enjoying your wonderful pictures, as always, aussie.  You certainly have an eye for taking awesome pictures.  Thank you for sharing😉

13 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Anyone here that can’t see my video? I don’t want to post it on my thread if others are having trouble viewing it. You guys are my testers. 😃

I watched it on your YT video.  Beautiful water!!!  What an aggressive fish...oh my!