Ovation – Day 3

A classic sea day (day at sea) with people eating and drinking more than is probably good for them, and familiar Muzak is heard over the speakers.

Yes – I recognize the tracks of music playing in various venues. Not because the music is great, the artists well know or anything similar to a sensible reason. I recognize the playlists as exactly the same as Royal has been using for years. I don’t know if that should be comforting or a sign that the cruise line is cheap…

We are just far enough away from the coast that I can only catch the occasional glimpse as the ship works its way north. I spent a few hours again in the solarium stitching before retreating to my cabin when the crowds got to be more than I wanted.

I am sparing you pictures today. It is a ship, shiny, with the usual amount of what some might consider “art” positioned strategically on walls and the turning points of the two main stairways traveling from top to bottom of the ship.

I stitched, collected the updates for most of my stitching projects and otherwise relaxed in my cabin.

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About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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2 Responses to Ovation – Day 3

  1. Ron Hansen says:

    How full is the ship?

    What do you think of their hygiene regime?

    Does everyone have to be vaccinated?

    What are the pools like? Can you go swimming in a warm pool early in the morning?

    How about the fitness room?

    Does it have a usable promenade deck or forward observation deck, or lounge?

    What are the rest of the passengers like?

    Would you ever pay to go on such ship?

    But good, bad or ugly, I’m still jealous.

    • Holly says:

      This sailing required 100% vaccination rate for all passengers and crew. Hygiene is frankly over the top. COVID isn’t a fomite issue, it should completely prevent Nora-virus so it is a good thing. I would guess that the ship is somewhere between 50-100% on crew while less than 20% on passengers. I don’t think any ship is going to be sailing full for a while.

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