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

[dani negreanu]

50 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

That is an odd dose. Here we would use 81mg.

75mg is also given here, Graham @grapau27.

 

Might be an European thing….

 

 

@BonTexasNY thanks for asking, we’re busy… with only 3 full days in Spain, trying to make the most of it. 
The late afternoon after we landed (call it a 1/4 day), we passed by the Thyssen museum and noticed that a temporary exposition DH was keen visiting (Lucian Freud) ended the following day. So the dice has fallen— 1st day Thyssen, 2nd day — Toledo, and finally today — the Reina Sofia museum. Turns out this one is closed Tuesdays (after being closed yesterday, along with ALL the others for 1 st of May. Also some markets…. Monday — 1st May, Tuesday — 2 May declared 

“bank holiday”….

 

Luckily, it’s a very pleasant (and huge ☹️) city, with many benches along the ways.

Our feet are killing us - the Thyssen was a gem, we spent there 4 hours, and then we had the Freud expo, were I gave up my ticket and decided to eat a meal at the museum’s cafeteria, while DH went inside for his 14.00 appointment to Freud.

 

I really wish I had the power feet to continue visiting. Very rich museum. Reminded me of L’hermitage in St. Petersburg.

Tomorrow an early call for the flight home. A very long day awaits us.

 

More when I’ll be home.

Edited May 2, 2023 by dani negreanu
Beaches instead of benches.

[Tree_skier]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

@Tree_skier another day and 2 more games on the pitch. Two victories, 14-4 for the first game and 24/12 the second game. The weather was just above freezing (4C)and drizzle the entire time. Owen got 4 conversions.  He also had 50-22 kick, the first in his high-school’s history. 
 

Proud of Owen but also hope that all of us avoid getting a cold. Later this week going to be in the 20C temp range with sun. Looking forward to that. 

He's doing well... Is he still rotating between Fly half and Fullback?

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, George C said:

I posted this earlier, have a bunch of his albums, sat next to the drummer from Guess Who a couple of cruises ago and on one of there early albums they had a tribute to him with the song Lightfoot , Dylan was also a fan of his music. 

I missed your post about this. I miss a lot of things on this thread.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, Ozark_Kid said:

After leaving the pier I was able to capture some Diamond Head pics without the stairs Helen climbed.

 

 

This tree.....

 

Grows these flowers,  frangipani...

 

I love these trees.   They are all around. 

 

Did you take these with your Samsung? They are beautiful.

[Ocean Boy]

5 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

 

Before we boarded the transport boat we could  see the USS Missouri with a Lighthouse in the 

As we were leaving I caught a close up of the USS Missouri. 

 

I once got to spend some time on Missouri's sister, Iowa, when a friend was serving aboard as a corpman. It is a time I'll never forget. Those Iowa class battleships are fascinating.

[Momof3gurlz]

3 hours ago, Luckynana said:

BON VOYAGE @Ozark_Kid, @Ourusualbeach, @FromSea2ShiningSea, and @CruiszBug!!!!!

 

Have the Best time!!!!🛳️🛳️🛳️🛳️

I second this and hope you all have a great cruise! Even if no one does a “Live”, I hope you’ll continue to update and share pictures here.  I can’t speak for everyone, but I sure wish we were cruising with “y’all” on this one!  

[A&L_Ont]

32 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

He's doing well... Is he still rotating between Fly half and Fullback?

Yes, he played both today but mostly full back. Today he played 1/2 of the first game and 3/4 of the second game. 

[Ocean Boy]

3 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I second this and hope you all have a great cruise! Even if no one does a “Live”, I hope you’ll continue to update and share pictures here.  I can’t speak for everyone, but I sure wish we were cruising with “y’all” on this one!  

I believe you meant "all y'all".🙃😉😊

[George C]

17 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I missed your post about this. I miss a lot of things on this thread.

I don’t understand how anyone can miss any of the 93k posts 😁😁

[Ozark_Kid]

51 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Did you take these with your Samsung? They are beautiful.

Thanks 

Yes my Samsung S21 camera that has cellphone capabilities. 

The Diamond Head pics had a couple of signs in the way so I deleted them.

Edited May 3, 2023 by Ozark_Kid

[Ozark_Kid]

47 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I once got to spend some time on Missouri's sister, Iowa, when a friend was serving aboard as a corpman. It is a time I'll never forget. Those Iowa class battleships are fascinating.

From childhood I've enjoyed ship. Ole Ironside and the Mayflower were the first ones I remember visiting when we lived in Massachusetts. 

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Did you take these with your Samsung? They are beautiful.

@Ozark_Kid  I agree with OB.  Your pictures are beautiful!

[Ozark_Kid]

After walking so far I was exhausted and couldn't walk anymore. 

 

We turned the the Rollator into a transport chair.   After a couple blocks things looked familiar.   We were passing Duke's!  Can you just walk by Duke's? So again....

 

 

After Duke's I gained energy and was walking again. 

[Luckynana]

58 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I second this and hope you all have a great cruise! Even if no one does a “Live”, I hope you’ll continue to update and share pictures here.  I can’t speak for everyone, but I sure wish we were cruising with “y’all” on this one!  

Oh, how I wish we were also, Deb!🛳️

[Ozark_Kid]

Some may remember the Royal UP mistake we made and ended up with a large balcony?  WOW! LOOK AT THE SIZE!

 

I don't think we will be tempted to book one in the future. 

 

Chairs are not bad.

 

The view one way is nice.

 

[brillohead]

I had to chuckle at all the sous vide comments. 

 

The dairy farmer I follow on FB (check out IowaDairyFarmer sometime, he's really interesting!) uses a sous vide heater to warm frozen colostrum to feed to newborn calves!  LOL 

[John&LaLa]

12 hours ago, derorim said:

My older son who is a sous vide fanatic is now raving over his newest appliance, also made by Anova the sous vide people, a combination convection/steam oven:  

https://anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-oven

 

It's rather pricey, but he swears by it, and my younger son is planning to buy one also, after he had ribs that his brother made in it.  I like the idea that it does the sous-vide-like cooking and browns the food as well.  Anybody heard of this type oven?

 

Pretty sure Anova justs wants to get in air fryer market

[John&LaLa]

8 hours ago, Jimbo said:

The hay also  helps keeps the moisture on the grass seed to help it germinate. Reduces the grass seed from blowing off where you placed it to if you get strong winds. The hay will pretty much decompose too if you just leave it there long enough.

I'm like you ,Seems like a lot of work, when I want to eat I want to eat 🙂

 

FWIW, it actually does pulled pork faster than my BGE

[John&LaLa]

7 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I’m with you Maryann. I still love to cook to entertain & for the holidays, but for just the two of us I’m a lazy cook. Simple, no fuss recipes.  If I could find a small one like John mentioned that fits in a drawer, and could use a zip-lock bag, I might give it a try since I already have an oversized pot.  I just have no interest in more kitchen equipment or gadgets. 

 

It's called a Joule

 

Breville Joule Sous Vide, White Polycarbonate, CS20001 https://a.co/d/hkiTpkz

[Ozark_Kid]

25 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

FWIW, it actually does pulled pork faster than my BGE

Not only that, no effort while it cooks.  Maybe when you wake up the next day check the water level.  About the only people that I have heard say it's to hard is those that have never cooked sous vide.

[Jimbo]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

FWIW, it actually does pulled pork faster than my BGE

Is there a good  you tube video  showing from start to finish what all is involved with this type of cooking out there?

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

All aboard!  Boarding from this port was the easiest.  Right across the street from the bus stop and the ship was right there.  The internet didn’t work on my phone this whole time afternoon.  Switched to my iPad and it’s working great now.  So, going back a few hours…

 

Once on board

 

Found Ken at the Flow Rider.  Here’s Toby in action

 

Cloudy all day.  Nice and cool

 

We are about to sail away.

[grapau27]

10 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

That is an odd dose. Here we would use 81mg.

Full size Aspirin for pain is 300mg.

75mg is my heart prescription.

[Sunshine3601]

3 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

All aboard!  Boarding from this port was the easiest.  Right across the street from the bus stop and the ship was right there.  The internet didn’t work on my phone this whole time afternoon.  Switched to my iPad and it’s working great now.  So, going back a few hours…

 

Once on board

 

Found Ken at the Flow Rider.  Here’s Toby in action

 

Cloudy all day.  Nice and cool

 

We are about to sail away.

Bon Voyage to All.  @Ozark_Kid @ourusualbeach 

Hope you have an Awesome cruise!!  Cheers🥂🍹

[h20skibum]

3 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Once on board

I am glad to see you are doing your part to save the planet.