November 13, 2024

I Love SEA DAYS! These 7 have gone by in a flash!

There is so much to do on the ship! Have played a ton of pickleball, then typically plunge into pool (some days right in my pickleball clothes)! It has been scorching hot while playing pickleball, only part of one court has a bit of sun screening.


We did a cabin crawl of 11 different residents' cabins that showed off their creative decorating and storage ideas. I was part of Gold team and we had to dress up in gold to compete against the blue, green and yellow teams. I borrowed a gold crown and shirt from my neighbors Angel & Kenny and Gold team won!!

Victorius Gold Team - from left Becky & Jeff, Melody & John (who supplied a lot of clothing to group), Shirene, Steve & Debbie, Me ,

Donna, Cindy, Anna & Jimbo. Some really creative residents and lots of ideas to steal for storage and ambiance.


Another day I took a linen napkin folding class, was fun to see how many I remembered from my catering days and working at Flanders Hotel!

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    Amazing how many came back to me - muscle memory - used to crank out hundreds of these at FLANDERS!

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Have time to goof around with friends! Scott demonstrating pool snorkeling, to swim laps in our tiny pools! They brought a comedian from the UK on the ship - he has done 3 shows - mixed reviews! And some talented crew & residents put on a talent show last night.

Below is song the Odyssey Choir sang that got a lot of cheers.

HONG KONG - Starting our China Adventure

By Pat Patrick • September 6, 2026
The start of our Train Trip thru CHINA - Bob and his four ladies! God Bless Bob! He is a patient man & spent a good amount of time planning out this trip, that the group was kind enough to let me jump in with them, for part of it, just days before leaving. I had been planning a similiar trip for Bosco and I , but things weren't coming together and he wasn't really excited by trip, so I thought it might be a good idea if I went with others. The five of us got off the ship in Hong Kong on 8/30/26.

HONG KONG

By Pat Patrick • September 3, 2026
So excited to get out and explore this huge city. Our Port is attached to a huge shopping mall - so it is a bit of a hike before we even get outside. When we do the heat hits us like a brick wall! There are typhoons, in the area and according to a local, when the storms come in, they first bring a wave of fog, heat and humidity to Hong Kong .

ENTERING HONG KONG HARBOR

By Pat Patrick • September 1, 2026
On Saturday August 29, 2026 we achieved another historic milestone on this circumnavigation of the World , we cruised into Hong Kong Harbor. Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. The land encompassed by Hong Kong is confusing. It includes part of the southern coast of mainland China, just below Shenzhen, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories . Looking at a map helps, but the rules changed so many times! I asked my buddy Chat several times, to tell me if what I was looking at was the Hong Kong that the British had owned for years. The answer was never straight forward!