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

[Sunshine3601]

10 hours ago, Bailey & Sophie said:

 

The chef is a hot mess. She won't listen to ANYONE. How can she not know the diffetence between over easy and scrambled? And hollsndaise poured over poached? 

Yes, I spoke (typed) too soon.  Their first dinner went well but those eggs were a mess.  Horrible job on those eggs.  Even the scrambled eggs looked gross.  

She definitely needs to learn about breakfast foods.

Edited April 15, 2021 by Sunshine3601

[island lady]

17 hours ago, davekathy said:

But I did like the old format that we could have cruise count down calendars as part of our signatures. 

 

Mine would fill the page up.  😉  

 

But then again...so many have been cancelled.  It would have been diminishing quickly anyway.  😮 

[BonTexasNY]

7 hours ago, JamesEM said:

Happy, Happy, finished my cancer treatments today, I'm good to go for the next 5 to 10 years. 

How wonderful!

[island lady]

13 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Lucy did a first tonight. We caught her on the patio table, 8 years and she has never been in it. She looks a little sheepish. 
 

 

Maybe since the table is black colored, it is absorbing sun light heat?  

[A&L_Ont]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

Lunch has arrived.

Looks amazing. 

[island lady]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

Lunch has arrived.

 

Yumm!!  Good looking fish and chips! 

 

Sometimes you post from views off the cliffs at the ocean.  When you do that...is it anywhere near Dorset where that giant land/cliff slide happened?  That was pretty dramatic, happy you were not near there!!  😮 

[A&L_Ont]

7 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Maybe since the table is black colored, it is absorbing sun light heat?  

I’m not really sure to why. I guess with time we will see if there is a pattern. 

[island lady]

6 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

I’m not really sure to why. I guess with time we will see if there is a pattern. 

 

Seems the older she (and we) get...heat and a good nap becomes more and more important.  😉 

[A&L_Ont]

7 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Seems the older she (and we) get...heat and a good nap becomes more and more important.  😉 

Snowing here now, so she will be in her bed in the barn. Hopefully this will be the last of the season. 
 

[bobmacliberty]

8 hours ago, JamesEM said:

Happy, Happy, finished my cancer treatments today, I'm good to go for the next 5 to 10 years. 

 

Congratulations!  That's fantastic news.  Always good to read about someone kicking cancer's a$$.

Edited April 15, 2021 by bobmacliberty

[bobmacliberty]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

We are sitting waiting for lunch overlooking Lake Windermere.

We drove past Lake Ullswater and over the Kirkstone pass.

 

You live in such a beautiful part of the world Graham.

[bobmacliberty]

Catching up with some pictures from yesterday.  We did our morning beach walk before people starting showing up.  Mostly empty beach.

 

 

This walking route goes by our neighborhood pool.  We finally stopped in to check it out.  It's shared by 2 related neighborhoods and is centrally located between them, so it's about a 20+ minute walk from our house.  We wouldn't walk that far carrying pool stuff and if we are going to drive, we'll drive to our beach club instead...just a couple minutes further away.  Might be a good option though if we ever start swimming laps for exercise.

 

[dani negreanu]

DS1 - no good waves for [wave] surfing?

 

No prob, let's do this instead 😉

 

[davekathy]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

Mine would fill the page up.  😉  

 

But then again...so many have been cancelled.  It would have been diminishing quickly anyway.  😮 

I just checked you signature. Had to click on expand.  You're right. 😉

[dani negreanu]

12 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

So, while I have some Jewish friends, I don’t have any Israeli friends.  Does that mean when I arrive on the Odyssey that I can go shopping, have a glass of wine, a nice meal, visit fascinating places, and enjoy a country that I have admired my entire lifetime?  Or are you saying if we arrived earlier everything would be shut down?  

 

JC

 

Independence Day here, a long WE ahead of us. Time for a crash course in Israeli holidays...

 

Every time one of my friends in CC books a cruise to the Holy Land, I try to help, among other things, by pointing out if it's a good time holidays wise to visit  (@singinalot lately...).

 

Usually mid-Sept to mid-Oct (~3 weeks). No public transportation on holidays and Saturdays (Shabbat).

 

Jewish New Year (2.5 days) -- all our holidays start at sunset until sunset, so, actually, by mid afternoon-early evening, every thing closes down. In the eve of, traffic at standstill (same like the Passover pic I've posted). Everyone travelling with pots and pans.

The 1st full day -- nothing is open. 2nd day - only some of the restaurants.

 

Yom Kippur (the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, 10 days after the New Year) -- a day of reckoning and fasting, for those who observe. Fasting starts at sunset until the day after. The poor tourists who didn't know it are stuck in hotels and food is brought to their rooms by non-Jewish workers.

 

The whole country is at standstill (airport closes at 2am until 10pm the day after). No traffic at all, except emergency vehicles/ambulances, etc. Kids take advantage and ride bicycles in the middle of the roads 😁

 

For a tourist, 2 whole days lost.

 

Sukkot (4 days after Yom Kippur) -- 8 days. 2 days at the start and 2 days at the end. In between - most of the work places are closed, the schools are out (of course, for the above holidays too), every one is on the road, especially on the touristy places you, JC, would like to visit.

Absolutely not recommended.

 

The poor lambs who booked the cruise before you, will arrive smack in the middle of Sukkot (Oct. 10-12). Don't envy them...

 

 

[grapau27]

2 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Yumm!!  Good looking fish and chips! 

 

Sometimes you post from views off the cliffs at the ocean.  When you do that...is it anywhere near Dorset where that giant land/cliff slide happened?  That was pretty dramatic, happy you were not near there!!  😮 

Dorset is about 400 miles from us Pat.

[island lady]

16 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Dorset is about 400 miles from us Pat.

 

Wheew....but still was worried when we saw that report this morning on the news, remembering all your photos of the cliff view over the ocean.  Happy you were no where near it.  🙂  

[dani negreanu]

13 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

Wishing Dani a wonderful Yom Atzmaut (Independence Day) With the time difference, I'm a day late. I hope your grill dinner with 2.5 couples went well.  🙄

 

 

Thank you, Bonnie, it went very well. I was a bit worried, since more than an year we didn't host anyone to a sit down dinner INSIDE the house, except the kids and grandkids. I feared I've lost "my touch"....

 

Surprisingly, they arrived on time (that is to say: "only" 15-20 mins late...).

 

They claimed that the parking was non existent, and that was true -- many parties going in the neighborhood. Luckily, we got 2 parking places with the apart., and when the builder got stuck with a less than standard size parking, he offered to sell it to us for a mere 250$...

 

So, 2 of the couples found "refuge" in our parking lot, and the 0.5 "couple", who was a past neighbor of us, knew the "hidden" places to park.

 

DH was grilling outside, and beside, he prepared tahini, hummus, cauliflower with tahini, egg plant salads in different "shapes", and one couple brought a tasty carrot salad, and the 0.5 an "Arabic" salad (tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, cut very thin, with olive oil). Pita bread and road kill potatoes. The other couple brought a very good wine from the Latrun (trappists) monastery.

 

My share was my [by now] famous chocolate cake, with everybody asking for second (and even third) servings.

 

A small step towards return to normalcy, and as Jim/Trainman2 used to say: "a good time was had by all" 😁

[StanleyandGus]

8 hours ago, ollienbertsmum said:

But I would not mind cold weather - just a trip somewhere.  Gibraltar is veryyyy small.  

I guess I know what you mean- I drove to Medicine Hat and back to pick up my brother for Easter (he has health problems which mean no long distance driving). I was happy to not be in the house or going to the grocery store!

 

We have sailed by Gibraltar, but never been there. Some day!
 

[grapau27]

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

You live in such a beautiful part of the world Graham.

Thanks Bob.

We are about 100 miles from home today in the Lake District.

[Sheal]

16 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Mom booked her surgery today for April 30th, like 2 weeks from now. As it stands all elective surgeries in hospitals are cancelled in Ontario as of this Monday past.  This procedure will be done in the Dr’s clinic, unless provincial regulations change due to the pandemic. 

Hopefully it goes on as planned.  I was hoping to have surgery this year but my retina specialist recommended that I hold off for a while due to the high risk.  I have incredibly bad eyes (severe astigmatism) with a fast growing cataract in one eye (typical slow growing one in the other).  So, I will be wearing my super thick glasses until then.  Luckily I can wear contracts but can't see as well as with the glasses.  Contact manufacturers don't make lenses for the small number of people like myself. 

[h20skibum]

25 minutes ago, StanleyandGus said:

We have sailed by Gibraltar, but never been there. Some day!

A few of my favorite pictures from our stop a Gibraltar. 

Somebody may need to move the ship.

 

The roadway crosses the airport runway. 
 

 

The apes are everywhere on the rock. 
 

 

Hide that baby. 
 

 

Pose for me. 
 

 

 

 

 

[erinsmom03]

I haven't been on this thread much. I think I need to stay on here and get to know more of you guys, and stay off the rest of the threads... all people are doing on them is fighting. So tired of all of that nonsense.

 

Love the apes pictures! Sweet baby with its mama!

 

Here in Michigan, just found out my school district is virtual next week, it will be our 3rd virtual week since spring break. Ugh! But, on another note, I get to work from home with these sweet pups and my teenage daughter, who is hybrid in person/online. I've enjoyed spending so much time with her in the past year! It's been a blessing to see so much of her before she heads off to college next year.E554368E-DCBF-4CBD-B6AC-5AC83CC2AFC0.heic

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[erinsmom03]

Hmmm the dog pics aren't showing up... not sure why...

 

[xpcdoojk]

2 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Independence Day here, a long WE ahead of us. Time for a crash course in Israeli holidays...

 

Every time one of my friends in CC books a cruise to the Holy Land, I try to help, among other things, by pointing out if it's a good time holidays wise to visit  (@singinalot lately...).

 

Usually mid-Sept to mid-Oct (~3 weeks). No public transportation on holidays and Saturdays (Shabbat).

 

Jewish New Year (2.5 days) -- all our holidays start at sunset until sunset, so, actually, by mid afternoon-early evening, every thing closes down. In the eve of, traffic at standstill (same like the Passover pic I've posted). Everyone travelling with pots and pans.

The 1st full day -- nothing is open. 2nd day - only some of the restaurants.

 

Yom Kippur (the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, 10 days after the New Year) -- a day of reckoning and fasting, for those who observe. Fasting starts at sunset until the day after. The poor tourists who didn't know it are stuck in hotels and food is brought to their rooms by non-Jewish workers.

 

The whole country is at standstill (airport closes at 2am until 10pm the day after). No traffic at all, except emergency vehicles/ambulances, etc. Kids take advantage and ride bicycles in the middle of the roads 😁

 

For a tourist, 2 whole days lost.

 

Sukkot (4 days after Yom Kippur) -- 8 days. 2 days at the start and 2 days at the end. In between - most of the work places are closed, the schools are out (of course, for the above holidays too), every one is on the road, especially on the touristy places you, JC, would like to visit.

Absolutely not recommended.

 

The poor lambs who booked the cruise before you, will arrive smack in the middle of Sukkot (Oct. 10-12). Don't envy them...

 

 

Thanks for the detailed explanation.  I knew Yom Kippur timing, never heard of the Jewish NY, and definitely never heard of Sukkot.  

 

So, my timing is apparently good.  Now, I just need to have all of the details like, cruises to happen...  planes to let me fly to Italy, hopefully no labor strikes in Italy... and the CDC let me take a cruise longer than 7 days, because this trip is like 27 days of cruising.  

 

JC