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I could care less what other people wear. All I know is people watching on a cruise is never boring!

I couldn't imagine being on vacation, policing what other people are wearing and then creating an account just to make a post about what other people are wearing. 

It really doesn't bother me with what everyone wears (such as PJ pants, shorts or similar) in the dining room, shows and such places.  Once they set down, you don't really see that anyway.  It doesn't change how much a enjoy my meal or the show. 

I could not care less about people wearing pajamas around the ship.

Day 7 - Victoria.
The sun rises over our last cruise day. We slept finally until 8 but it's only because my spouse came under the weather , we quickly checked its not covid and I went to bring some food from 270. After a while she felt better and we went to pick our pictures (finally we remembered to pick our free pictures) I must say the photographer on the Ovation are doing better job than other ship  , or it's just the diet we done before the cruise 🙂 ).
We did not know if we want to visit Victoria or not,  after all its only in the itinerary due to the John's act , a filler like Nassau... We decided to go anyway and wow , it was a very good decision. The city is very beautiful with European filling and many interesting building. It was also a sunny day which is also a plus. We took the shuttle (15 $ for all day use) although you can walk (around 15 - 20 minutes). The shuttle dropped us near the beautiful Empress hotel 





 
From there we walked over the Government st ,on the way we did some whales watching excursion,  this time we got to see more than their tails.

We came to the local Chaintown which we decided it's a good time to eat lunch.

We found a nice resturant with lunch offers and got ourself noodles and a combo dish . Both were very good. The resturant name is Fan Tan caffe.


We did our way back in a parallel street



We went to the parliament house and decided to call it for today and took the shuttle back to the port . And no we did not eat the Poutine, not before the yearly checkout:-)


 
Hey what do you say can I work on the ship ? Here is my own first towel animal thanks to the cruise director program that explained how to make them 

Tomorrow  leaving the Ovation 
 
 
 

Day 7 - Victoria.
The sun rises over our last cruise day. We slept finally until 8 but it's only because my spouse came under the weather , we quickly checked its not covid and I went to bring some food from 270. After a while she felt better and we went to pick our pictures (finally we remembered to pick our free pictures) I must say the photographer on the Ovation are doing better job than other ship  , or it's just the diet we done before the cruise 🙂 ).
We did not know if we want to visit Victoria or not,  after all its only in the itinerary due to the John's act , a filler like Nassau... We decided to go anyway and wow , it was a very good decision. The city is very beautiful with European filling and many interesting building. It was also a sunny day which is also a plus. We took the shuttle (15 $ for all day use) although you can walk (around 15 - 20 minutes). The shuttle dropped us near the beautiful Empress hotel 





 
From there we walked over the Government st ,on the way we did some whales watching excursion,  this time we got to see more than their tails.

We came to the local Chaintown which we decided it's a good time to eat lunch.

We found a nice resturant with lunch offers and got ourself noodles and a combo dish . Both were very good. The resturant name is Fan Tan caffe.


We did our way back in a parallel street



We went to the parliament house and decided to call it for today and took the shuttle back to the port . And no we did not eat the Poutine, not before the yearly checkout:-)


 
Hey what do you say can I work on the ship ? Here is my own first towel animal thanks to the cruise director program that explained how to make them 

Tomorrow  leaving the Ovation 
 
 
 

Day 7 - Victoria.
The sun rises over our last cruise day. We slept finally until 8 but it's only because my spouse came under the weather , we quickly checked its not covid and I went to bring some food from 270. After a while she felt better and we went to pick our pictures (finally we remembered to pick our free pictures) I must say the photographer on the Ovation are doing better job than other ship  , or it's just the diet we done before the cruise 🙂 ).
We did not know if we want to visit Victoria or not,  after all its only in the itinerary due to the John's act , a filler like Nassau... We decided to go anyway and wow , it was a very good decision. The city is very beautiful with European filling and many interesting building. It was also a sunny day which is also a plus. We took the shuttle (15 $ for all day use) although you can walk (around 15 - 20 minutes). The shuttle dropped us near the beautiful Empress hotel 





 
From there we walked over the Government st ,on the way we did some whales watching excursion,  this time we got to see more than their tails.

We came to the local Chaintown which we decided it's a good time to eat lunch.

We found a nice resturant with lunch offers and got ourself noodles and a combo dish . Both were very good. The resturant name is Fan Tan caffe.


We did our way back in a parallel street



We went to the parliament house and decided to call it for today and took the shuttle back to the port . And no we did not eat the Poutine, not before the yearly checkout:-)


 
Hey what do you say can I work on the ship ? Here is my own first towel animal thanks to the cruise director program that explained how to make them 

Tomorrow  leaving the Ovation 
 
 
 

Day 7 - Victoria.
The sun rises over our last cruise day. We slept finally until 8 but it's only because my spouse came under the weather , we quickly checked its not covid and I went to bring some food from 270. After a while she felt better and we went to pick our pictures (finally we remembered to pick our free pictures) I must say the photographer on the Ovation are doing better job than other ship  , or it's just the diet we done before the cruise 🙂 ).
We did not know if we want to visit Victoria or not,  after all its only in the itinerary due to the John's act , a filler like Nassau... We decided to go anyway and wow , it was a very good decision. The city is very beautiful with European filling and many interesting building. It was also a sunny day which is also a plus. We took the shuttle (15 $ for all day use) although you can walk (around 15 - 20 minutes). The shuttle dropped us near the beautiful Empress hotel 





 
From there we walked over the Government st ,on the way we did some whales watching excursion,  this time we got to see more than their tails.

We came to the local Chaintown which we decided it's a good time to eat lunch.

We found a nice resturant with lunch offers and got ourself noodles and a combo dish . Both were very good. The resturant name is Fan Tan caffe.


We did our way back in a parallel street



We went to the parliament house and decided to call it for today and took the shuttle back to the port . And no we did not eat the Poutine, not before the yearly checkout:-)


 
Hey what do you say can I work on the ship ? Here is my own first towel animal thanks to the cruise director program that explained how to make them 

Tomorrow  leaving the Ovation 
 
 
 

@Jax we're going to see your Shane tmw. He's starting the bridge tour. If there's anything you'd like us to pass along to him, LMK.
Oasis Genies take turns starting  the tour and hand off to the officers for techie questions, or so I'm told.  😄 Good because i was serious about my telemetry questions. 🤣

Day 7 - Victoria.
The sun rises over our last cruise day. We slept finally until 8 but it's only because my spouse came under the weather , we quickly checked its not covid and I went to bring some food from 270. After a while she felt better and we went to pick our pictures (finally we remembered to pick our free pictures) I must say the photographer on the Ovation are doing better job than other ship  , or it's just the diet we done before the cruise 🙂 ).
We did not know if we want to visit Victoria or not,  after all its only in the itinerary due to the John's act , a filler like Nassau... We decided to go anyway and wow , it was a very good decision. The city is very beautiful with European filling and many interesting building. It was also a sunny day which is also a plus. We took the shuttle (15 $ for all day use) although you can walk (around 15 - 20 minutes). The shuttle dropped us near the beautiful Empress hotel 





 
From there we walked over the Government st ,on the way we did some whales watching excursion,  this time we got to see more than their tails.

We came to the local Chaintown which we decided it's a good time to eat lunch.

We found a nice resturant with lunch offers and got ourself noodles and a combo dish . Both were very good. The resturant name is Fan Tan caffe.


We did our way back in a parallel street



We went to the parliament house and decided to call it for today and took the shuttle back to the port . And no we did not eat the Poutine, not before the yearly checkout:-)


 
Hey what do you say can I work on the ship ? Here is my own first towel animal thanks to the cruise director program that explained how to make them 

Tomorrow  leaving the Ovation 
 
 
 

Also, someone please tell me what exactly is nutritious about this ...

 
 

Day 6 - Sea day
The evening arrived and we left Stika , some people saw the north star light the night before but we missed it. We started to fo our way to the pacific we comes with its price. The sea was angry my friends "like an old man trying to return a soup in a deli" was not sure it was because we used all our drinking vouchers , too many honeymooners on the ship or just lots of waves . I liked it has its making me sleep very fast but I also like air pockets while flying so I am not a good example. 

We started the morning in the WJ for a quick bite following the captain corner,  sorry no new information about Nexus project nor about the loyalty program. It was interesting as always.

We participated in one trivia , before taken our first drink of the day . 

We skipped lunch only took Pizza and spent some time in the casino as it was also the ladt day its going to be open , it was better that time and I could take some money off the room charges. 

Today was the dream production in the theater, it was like a dream as we slept most if it. Today we finally went to the MDR , got a really good service and enjoyed the food.

This is melon and Avocado salad , free cruise to whomever find the Avocado 

The quest was today , just the quest not the crazy quest as it seems the PG version of it , although some new tasks. Our group came second, shame. Finally first day we used all the drinking vouchers,  good for us. We also had time to take our pictures as it was dress to impress night (although I quite sure I did not impressed anyone) . Time to go to sleep 
 

Day 5 Stika .
We arrived early to the port (which did boy prevent for keep sleeping or at least trying). We did not jad special excursion for today just to go and visit Stila on our own as it seems easy place to do so. We went fir a quick bite and a coffee in the diamond club, I happy to say the coffee machine was working perfectly during the entire time.

We went down to the pier to catch the complimentary shuttle bus to "down town" Stika , it took around 7 minutes and the driver share some information about Stika. We arrived to the shuttle center and took some nice pictures from the nearest view point, there was a queue there but we successfully took some photos. 



We started doing our way to Stika national park , it's taken around 15 minutes in a very nice sidewalk which takes also to a boardwalk with a view over the water with many birds and other animals (we saw few seals and what we decided sea otters) 



 
The national park center is the star point for easy round trips inside the forest that contains also many impressive totem poles polls. We spend 40 minutes there before starting our way back to the town center.




Now who said tree Ents dose not exist ?

 

We passed by the place were the salmons come to spawn , unfortunately for many of the is also the place they come to die , let's just say we skipped the Salmon chowder for lunch. At that time it started to rain and it never stopped, not heavy rain just annoying one. We decided it's a good time for lunch and we went to the small Russian restaurant that call Pelmeni , they serve Russian dumplings ( this is more like tortellini or some may know it as Kreplach) they serve it with or potato or meat topped with vinegar, hot sauce and sour cream. They cost 9 $ for a plate which is one of the best deals in town.

It was tasty. There are also many food trucks around selling different chowders, crab sandwiches and hot dogs.

I think from all our 3 Alaskan stops Stika is the most beautiful . 
We had enough of the tain so we catches the shuttle back to the ship. Dinner was at the WJ we found several good things there Today we finally got to see Spectra. As always story line was not that important but they really took advantage using all the equipment and technology of the 270, impressive

 

Ice cream cost money in the WJ. Remember it use to free ? 
 

Day 4 Skagway. 

I know I am behind but had some good reasons (excuses  excuses) . Internet not the best on the ship as expected from Alaska cruise and its not much better once in port. My Tmobile Internet is very poor , like back to the noisy modems days. 


Today we had a very late excursion (good holiday excuse ) so we started by just walking to the city. Although the port is very near by due to the avalanche last year they force you to take shuttle bus for a one minute drive to the pier end. After that we just walked to the "town" we visit some souvenirs shops (expensive as expected) and walk around enjoying the view.



We walked back to the ship to get ready for our excursion. We went to north star, hoping to tide it again and as we expected , although fully reserved no one came. We actually had almost 20 minutes private north star experience for ourselves.  Always try the ports day for such activities .





Our excursion was a ride on the road to the white pass summit, gold fever and Salmon dinner. The ride on the road was nice and we had several stops to take pictures. 


We went over to the Canadian side were we had to show our passports. The immigration officer  went on the bus and took a quick look on the passports , did not bother to look on  our passport,  I guess he knew I following @Lovetocruise2002 blogs and might thought we are star class 🙂 .
we had a 10 minutes stop at the Canadian side before heading to the US (the US immigration officer did not even bother to go on the bus).


 
Our next stop was the gold panning experience , what do you know we found 5 grains of gold , now for sure we can upgrade our next cruise.

Following the gold penning we had the lunch/ early dinner which contains salads, rice , BBQ chicken and fresh grilled Salmon (as many as you want) it was very tasty.

We returned to the pier at 4:50 , 10 minutes before all aboard to wait in a very long line to the shuttle. The line was quick and we went on the ship on the last minute. 
 
 
 
 
 

Day 3 - Juneau.
Today our first sea day  we arrived to Juneau at 1 PM. Breakfast was at the WJ , they have there a nice cook to orders ege which you ask for what you want and they give you this device which is vibrates when it's ready.




Before arriving Juneau we had very mice view of the inner passage,  which made me  thankful for heaving a balcony.




For Juneau we booked long time ago to go to the Mendenhall Glacier.  Unfortunately due to finishing all the quota for this year it was canceled.  Royal gave us 50 $ as a compensation which was nice of the. The alternative excursion we booked was the whales watching.  We had a nice weather so we hot to see a glimpse of the Glacier from the boat. We did see some whales  , not many pictures as I used the binoculars to watch them , but maybe I will extract some tails from the video I took. 



When we came back we went to check the famous Tracy crab place. It was packed with long line took us 40 minutes to get in. It was very tasty but not sure I will wait again that long for it. Back on the ship we were quite tired from the long day so we felt a sleep very quickly,  there is jetlag for you. 

Day 6 - Sea day
The evening arrived and we left Stika , some people saw the north star light the night before but we missed it. We started to fo our way to the pacific we comes with its price. The sea was angry my friends "like an old man trying to return a soup in a deli" was not sure it was because we used all our drinking vouchers , too many honeymooners on the ship or just lots of waves . I liked it has its making me sleep very fast but I also like air pockets while flying so I am not a good example. 

We started the morning in the WJ for a quick bite following the captain corner,  sorry no new information about Nexus project nor about the loyalty program. It was interesting as always.

We participated in one trivia , before taken our first drink of the day . 

We skipped lunch only took Pizza and spent some time in the casino as it was also the ladt day its going to be open , it was better that time and I could take some money off the room charges. 

Today was the dream production in the theater, it was like a dream as we slept most if it. Today we finally went to the MDR , got a really good service and enjoyed the food.

This is melon and Avocado salad , free cruise to whomever find the Avocado 

The quest was today , just the quest not the crazy quest as it seems the PG version of it , although some new tasks. Our group came second, shame. Finally first day we used all the drinking vouchers,  good for us. We also had time to take our pictures as it was dress to impress night (although I quite sure I did not impressed anyone) . Time to go to sleep 
 

Day 5 Stika .
We arrived early to the port (which did boy prevent for keep sleeping or at least trying). We did not jad special excursion for today just to go and visit Stila on our own as it seems easy place to do so. We went fir a quick bite and a coffee in the diamond club, I happy to say the coffee machine was working perfectly during the entire time.

We went down to the pier to catch the complimentary shuttle bus to "down town" Stika , it took around 7 minutes and the driver share some information about Stika. We arrived to the shuttle center and took some nice pictures from the nearest view point, there was a queue there but we successfully took some photos. 



We started doing our way to Stika national park , it's taken around 15 minutes in a very nice sidewalk which takes also to a boardwalk with a view over the water with many birds and other animals (we saw few seals and what we decided sea otters) 



 
The national park center is the star point for easy round trips inside the forest that contains also many impressive totem poles polls. We spend 40 minutes there before starting our way back to the town center.




Now who said tree Ents dose not exist ?

 

We passed by the place were the salmons come to spawn , unfortunately for many of the is also the place they come to die , let's just say we skipped the Salmon chowder for lunch. At that time it started to rain and it never stopped, not heavy rain just annoying one. We decided it's a good time for lunch and we went to the small Russian restaurant that call Pelmeni , they serve Russian dumplings ( this is more like tortellini or some may know it as Kreplach) they serve it with or potato or meat topped with vinegar, hot sauce and sour cream. They cost 9 $ for a plate which is one of the best deals in town.

It was tasty. There are also many food trucks around selling different chowders, crab sandwiches and hot dogs.

I think from all our 3 Alaskan stops Stika is the most beautiful . 
We had enough of the tain so we catches the shuttle back to the ship. Dinner was at the WJ we found several good things there Today we finally got to see Spectra. As always story line was not that important but they really took advantage using all the equipment and technology of the 270, impressive

 

Ice cream cost money in the WJ. Remember it use to free ? 
 

Day 4 Skagway. 

I know I am behind but had some good reasons (excuses  excuses) . Internet not the best on the ship as expected from Alaska cruise and its not much better once in port. My Tmobile Internet is very poor , like back to the noisy modems days. 


Today we had a very late excursion (good holiday excuse ) so we started by just walking to the city. Although the port is very near by due to the avalanche last year they force you to take shuttle bus for a one minute drive to the pier end. After that we just walked to the "town" we visit some souvenirs shops (expensive as expected) and walk around enjoying the view.



We walked back to the ship to get ready for our excursion. We went to north star, hoping to tide it again and as we expected , although fully reserved no one came. We actually had almost 20 minutes private north star experience for ourselves.  Always try the ports day for such activities .





Our excursion was a ride on the road to the white pass summit, gold fever and Salmon dinner. The ride on the road was nice and we had several stops to take pictures. 


We went over to the Canadian side were we had to show our passports. The immigration officer  went on the bus and took a quick look on the passports , did not bother to look on  our passport,  I guess he knew I following @Lovetocruise2002 blogs and might thought we are star class 🙂 .
we had a 10 minutes stop at the Canadian side before heading to the US (the US immigration officer did not even bother to go on the bus).


 
Our next stop was the gold panning experience , what do you know we found 5 grains of gold , now for sure we can upgrade our next cruise.

Following the gold penning we had the lunch/ early dinner which contains salads, rice , BBQ chicken and fresh grilled Salmon (as many as you want) it was very tasty.

We returned to the pier at 4:50 , 10 minutes before all aboard to wait in a very long line to the shuttle. The line was quick and we went on the ship on the last minute. 
 
 
 
 
 

Day 5 Stika .
We arrived early to the port (which did boy prevent for keep sleeping or at least trying). We did not jad special excursion for today just to go and visit Stila on our own as it seems easy place to do so. We went fir a quick bite and a coffee in the diamond club, I happy to say the coffee machine was working perfectly during the entire time.

We went down to the pier to catch the complimentary shuttle bus to "down town" Stika , it took around 7 minutes and the driver share some information about Stika. We arrived to the shuttle center and took some nice pictures from the nearest view point, there was a queue there but we successfully took some photos. 



We started doing our way to Stika national park , it's taken around 15 minutes in a very nice sidewalk which takes also to a boardwalk with a view over the water with many birds and other animals (we saw few seals and what we decided sea otters) 



 
The national park center is the star point for easy round trips inside the forest that contains also many impressive totem poles polls. We spend 40 minutes there before starting our way back to the town center.




Now who said tree Ents dose not exist ?

 

We passed by the place were the salmons come to spawn , unfortunately for many of the is also the place they come to die , let's just say we skipped the Salmon chowder for lunch. At that time it started to rain and it never stopped, not heavy rain just annoying one. We decided it's a good time for lunch and we went to the small Russian restaurant that call Pelmeni , they serve Russian dumplings ( this is more like tortellini or some may know it as Kreplach) they serve it with or potato or meat topped with vinegar, hot sauce and sour cream. They cost 9 $ for a plate which is one of the best deals in town.

It was tasty. There are also many food trucks around selling different chowders, crab sandwiches and hot dogs.

I think from all our 3 Alaskan stops Stika is the most beautiful . 
We had enough of the tain so we catches the shuttle back to the ship. Dinner was at the WJ we found several good things there Today we finally got to see Spectra. As always story line was not that important but they really took advantage using all the equipment and technology of the 270, impressive

 

Day 6 - Sea day
The evening arrived and we left Stika , some people saw the north star light the night before but we missed it. We started to fo our way to the pacific we comes with its price. The sea was angry my friends "like an old man trying to return a soup in a deli" was not sure it was because we used all our drinking vouchers , too many honeymooners on the ship or just lots of waves . I liked it has its making me sleep very fast but I also like air pockets while flying so I am not a good example. 

We started the morning in the WJ for a quick bite following the captain corner,  sorry no new information about Nexus project nor about the loyalty program. It was interesting as always.

We participated in one trivia , before taken our first drink of the day . 

We skipped lunch only took Pizza and spent some time in the casino as it was also the ladt day its going to be open , it was better that time and I could take some money off the room charges. 

Today was the dream production in the theater, it was like a dream as we slept most if it. Today we finally went to the MDR , got a really good service and enjoyed the food.

This is melon and Avocado salad , free cruise to whomever find the Avocado 

The quest was today , just the quest not the crazy quest as it seems the PG version of it , although some new tasks. Our group came second, shame. Finally first day we used all the drinking vouchers,  good for us. We also had time to take our pictures as it was dress to impress night (although I quite sure I did not impressed anyone) . Time to go to sleep 
 

As promised a real Falafel recipe:
What you need:
2 cups of dried chickpeas/garbanzo 
1 chopped onion
Half cup of chopped parsley 
Half cup of chopped coriander
One spoon of sesame - optional
One tea spoon of paprika 
One tea spoon of cumin 
Half tea spoon of salt , you can add more if you prefer. 
Black pepper.
Two spoon of flour.
Optional one wet piece of bread. 
5 to 6 garlic cloves
Baking soda 
The chickpeas need to be soaked in water for 12 hours.
Wash and drain the chickpeas and add them with all the garlic , spices , bread to a food processor. 
Run the food processor until getting a rough paste,  if the paste is too dry you can add water.
Add the parsley, coriander , flour   sesame and  onion
Mix everything and put to rest in the refrigerator for an hour.
Just before frying the Falafel add the baking soda (optional).
The Falafel should be fried in 285 F 140C.
Create small to midsized balls (the mixture is good for 25 falafel balls) and fry several each time until they become brown/ dark brown.
Enjoy it with pita bread (maybe I will add how to do one at a frying pan) , chopped sald (tomato,  cucumber and onions), Thaini and Humos
 

Ice cream cost money in the WJ. Remember it use to free ? 
 

Day 5 Stika .
We arrived early to the port (which did boy prevent for keep sleeping or at least trying). We did not jad special excursion for today just to go and visit Stila on our own as it seems easy place to do so. We went fir a quick bite and a coffee in the diamond club, I happy to say the coffee machine was working perfectly during the entire time.

We went down to the pier to catch the complimentary shuttle bus to "down town" Stika , it took around 7 minutes and the driver share some information about Stika. We arrived to the shuttle center and took some nice pictures from the nearest view point, there was a queue there but we successfully took some photos. 



We started doing our way to Stika national park , it's taken around 15 minutes in a very nice sidewalk which takes also to a boardwalk with a view over the water with many birds and other animals (we saw few seals and what we decided sea otters) 



 
The national park center is the star point for easy round trips inside the forest that contains also many impressive totem poles polls. We spend 40 minutes there before starting our way back to the town center.




Now who said tree Ents dose not exist ?

 

We passed by the place were the salmons come to spawn , unfortunately for many of the is also the place they come to die , let's just say we skipped the Salmon chowder for lunch. At that time it started to rain and it never stopped, not heavy rain just annoying one. We decided it's a good time for lunch and we went to the small Russian restaurant that call Pelmeni , they serve Russian dumplings ( this is more like tortellini or some may know it as Kreplach) they serve it with or potato or meat topped with vinegar, hot sauce and sour cream. They cost 9 $ for a plate which is one of the best deals in town.

It was tasty. There are also many food trucks around selling different chowders, crab sandwiches and hot dogs.

I think from all our 3 Alaskan stops Stika is the most beautiful . 
We had enough of the tain so we catches the shuttle back to the ship. Dinner was at the WJ we found several good things there Today we finally got to see Spectra. As always story line was not that important but they really took advantage using all the equipment and technology of the 270, impressive