Saint Greg's Venezia Transatlantic May 29, 2023

[Saint Greg]

14 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

I was thinking that if the restaurant used "meaty stews" in their description maybe poutine would be on the menu.  I know poutine.  Yum!!

Yeah I was by there. Didn’t see it on their menu though. May check out their bar.

[Saint Greg]

I don’t think they have a place to plug in and charge here so that will be mandatory after this. I didn’t charge on the plane and im down to 32%.
 

[Saint Greg]

[maluhia87]

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

I did not move my standard headphones to this bag so no inflight movie for me. The girl across the aisle is watching ticket to Paradise and I’m a bit jealous. 
 

They do have a good selection of
Movies. 

This is why I always have some cheap earbuds with me incase we forgot our headphone cords. Although long haul flights we are usually offered headphones for free. 

[Saint Greg]

7 minutes ago, maluhia87 said:

This is why I always have some cheap earbuds with me incase we forgot our headphone cords. Although long haul flights we are usually offered headphones for free. 

Yeah I have them. Just not in this backpack. I switched to a bigger one this trip.

 

Edited May 27, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

It was a good suggestion 

 

[Saint Greg]

[MeganGC1983]

8 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

It was a good suggestion 

 

You’re welcome. 🙄

[Saint Greg]

This was the first beer I had.

 

https://mcauslan.com/en/beer-facts/?brand=griffon-en&product-14934

 

And this is the second.

 

http://brasseursrj.com/belle-gueule/
 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

New spot with charging.

 

 

 

 

[detroitavant]

Not sure if you'll find a Tim Horton's but that's a Canadian staple.  You should find Labatt Blue on tap somewhere but it's mass produced.  Poutine was a once and done for me, but I found it strange that they had fries everywhere including Taco Bell.  You can look for ketchup flavored chips too.

Edited May 27, 2023 by detroitavant

[Saint Greg]

10 minutes ago, detroitavant said:

Not sure if you'll find a Tim Horton's but that's a Canadian staple.  You should find Labatt Blue on tap somewhere but it's mass produced.  Poutine was a once and done for me, but I found it strange that they had fries everywhere including Taco Bell.  You can look for ketchup flavored chips too.

There’s not a Tom Horton’s in this international area at least. I don’t think I’ve seen Labatt on tap here but I’ll keep my eye out. That’s what my uncle from Michigan drank. I had the bottles occasionally in the military. I have seen the bottles here but I don’t think I’ve seen it on tap anywhere.

[Saint Greg]

18 minutes ago, detroitavant said:

Not sure if you'll find a Tim Horton's but that's a Canadian staple.  You should find Labatt Blue on tap somewhere but it's mass produced.  Poutine was a once and done for me, but I found it strange that they had fries everywhere including Taco Bell.  You can look for ketchup flavored chips too.

Hmm. I’ll look for the ketchup chips. Sounds weird but I guess you put ketchup on fries which are potatoes. 
 

Maybe we need to get Whataburger to release a spicy ketchup chip up here.

 

 

https://chatelaine.com/food/trends/canadas-best-ketchup-chips/amp/

 

[Saint Greg]

I found the lays. But I’m going to check the big shopping area at the other end of the terminal and see if I can find something higher on the rating list and less…American.

 

[Saint Greg]

Bottle not tap. I’d like a 1664 on tap too.

 

[detroitavant]

4 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I found the lays. But I’m going to check the big shopping area at the other end of the terminal and see if I can find something higher on the rating list and less…American.

 

All dressed is another Canadian exclusive (bottom right, second from bottom).

[Saint Greg]

That was wrong. Not a single chip in this area. 
 

 

They do have all the maple syrup you could want though 

 

 

[MeganGC1983]

I don’t think Canada is for me… I love potatoes and gravy but I despise ketchup and maple syrup. Eww! 

[SenatorsFan]

Just now, MeganGC1983 said:

I don’t think Canada is for me… I love potatoes and gravy but I despise ketchup and maple syrup. Eww! 

Sacrilege! Maybe we can't be friends! 🤣 I don't like poutine but love maple syrup. Ketchup in small amounts, but never ketchup chips.

[ninjacat123]

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

Where did you find the poutine?

[pcrum]

16 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

Hark, are those tablecloths I see? Hoping that Venezia is different enough from other Carnival ships to entice us back. Have not sailed on Carnival since 2013; we literally turned platinum and decided we preferred other lines. 
 

Would love to see the return of tablecloths and a kabosh on dancing waiters. As I said to my daughter, “I don’t need to see how low the Carnival waiters can go during ‘Low, Low, Low.”  Don’t know if they even do that anymore…. She was ok with the dancing waiters but has left Carnival for other reasons having to do with food allergies. 
 

Looking forward to your take on the ports. We did many of the same ports during a TA on NCL Epic.  Gibraltar was my fave, although we had to take an excursion from Malaga to get there. So nice that you get to do both!!  The monkeys are so fun; I could have watched them all day!
 

Wishing you a wonderful trip. Enjoy Hamilton; it’s truly amazing! I will be in NYC in July, first time since 2015, so will enjoy that part of your report too!,

[Ragdollbd]

3 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

They have a lot of food options. Sandwiches and pizza and stuff about 10 bucks Canadian…however much that is.

 

Costs $1.35 Canadian for $1.00 U.S. approximately

[pcrum]

3 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

I did not move my standard headphones to this bag so no inflight movie for me. The girl across the aisle is watching ticket to Paradise and I’m a bit jealous. 
 

They do have a good selection of
Movies. 

You are not missing anything with Ticket to Paradise. With such a good cast, I was surprised at how bad the film was!

Edited May 27, 2023 by pcrum

[Saint Greg]

14 minutes ago, pcrum said:

You are not missing anything with Ticket to Paradise. With such a good cast, I was surprised at how bad the film was!

I saw it in the theater. I liked it.

 

Edited May 27, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

31 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

Where did you find the poutine?