Saint Greg's Venezia Transatlantic May 29, 2023

[Saint Greg]

3 hours ago, luvcruzing said:

On Mardi Gras last month, there was no channel to view the pool.

I know on that class of ship their cameras aren’t with the tv channels they have a camera section outside of the tv channels. But I don’t remember if they had a pool one. I can find that pretty quick on my website. I usually post those on debarkation day.

 

There was a pool cam on Mardi Gras in 2021. 

And there was a pool cam on Celebration last year.

 

 

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I’m confused by the shower gel and shampoo dispenser. It says both but it’s just one dispenser. 
 

Fortunately I bring my own soap (Imported from Ireland) but I do use CCL shampoo.

 

 

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Just remember I have emergency shampoo in my suitcase. It’s been in there for years and I’ve never used it but it’s good to be prepared.

 

 

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I think the dispenser is dispensing shampoo. It’s not blue like their shower gel. I wonder if they went to one of those things you can allegedly use for both? I dont buy into that stuff.

 

Although I did do it that way my first few weeks in the military. We would all get in a shower that had like 5 or 6 shower heads. You’d get 5 seconds under each head and they’d scream rotate! So you had 25-30 seconds to shower and wash your hair. I quickly realized I didn’t have time for both shower gel and shampoo. So I started washing my hair with shower gel.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 30, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Pittgreg]

48 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

I think the dispenser is dispensing shampoo. It’s not blue like their shower gel. I wonder if they went to one of those things you can allegedly use for both? I dont buy into that stuff.

 

Although I did do it that way my first few weeks in the military. We would all get in a shower that had like 5 or 6 shower heads. You’d get 5 seconds under each head and they’d scream rotate! So you had 25-30 seconds to shower and wash your hair. I quickly realized I didn’t have time for both shower gel and shampoo. So I started washing my hair with shower gel.

 

 

 

 

Don’t know about you my fellow Greg. But when I was in the military (boot camp anyway), I didn’t really need shampoo with my ‘mighty fine’ haircut. 
 

I am also onboard with you for this trek both figuratively and literally. I write this from beside the main pool. 

Edited May 30, 2023 by Pittgreg
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[Saint Greg]

16 minutes ago, Pittgreg said:

Don’t know about you my fellow Greg. But when I was in the military (boot camp anyway), I didn’t really need shampoo with my ‘mighty fine’ haircut. 

That’s true. That was likely before the haircut. We got in late at night. They probably kept us up until 1 or 2 in the morning. Then we got to sleep a few hours.  So we definitely showed the next day before we got haircuts. Then for us our second haircut was just the sides and back we got to grow it out on top.

 

 

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I went by Java Blue for a mocha. What they have going here is two lines. One on each side. And they got up to four workers here.

 

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Weather and forecast

 

 

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I went back for a black coffee. I like the way the windows can open. Just don’t hang your babies out there…

 

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First balcony picture.

 

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Morning show

 

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Christine Duffy in attendance

 

 

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And on the show.

 

 

 

 

 

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Christine is leaving in Lisbon and will announce special guests for the NYC ceremony thing before she leaves.

 

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It took 15 mins to get a table assigned.

 

 

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Stopping at frizzante for a screwdriver. They’re making coffees here as well. 

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Port day breakfast on a sea day. Does that mean we’ll get a MDR lunch or are they just mixing it up since we’re going to have so many sea days?

 

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The only explanation I can think of is they put in crispy hash browns instead of crispy bacon.
 

 

You can’t eat that.

 

 

 

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Fortunately I ordered 

more than enough food. The avocado toast is nice.

 

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There are so many pictures of Venice on this ship. I’m going to have to get all of the stairwell pics at some point. Probably on one of the sea days during the crossing. The buffet has a ton of Venice illustrations as well.

 

 

 

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For those who don’t know I was actually born about 50 miles from Venice. Not Venice beach….Venice in Italy. That was one of the things that made this more interesting for me. I was born and naturalized there.

 

It’s one of those things where I don’t think I needed to be naturalized. Both of my parents are American. But I was born in an Italian hospital. I have an Italian birth certificate. And the way the story goes is the hospital was very adamant that I was an Italian baby.
 

There was concern that I could be eligible to be drafted into the Italian army one day. So one of my dad’s Italian friends came to town with us and helped me get naturalized.