To Infinity and beyond

Day 3:
We had dim sum at the Victoria Chinese Restraunt for brunch. I guess we needed our fill of Chinese food before heading on our cruise. (Who would have guessed that the cruise would serve congee for breakfast?) Anyway, after checking out of the Hyatt we took two taxis to Canada Place. There were five of us and we wouldn’t fit into one taxi with all our luggage. It cost about 8 Canadian dollars each even though it was only four blocks away (but who wants to walk four blocks with a ton of luggage… at least it would have been downhill though). At Canada Place, we dropped off our luggage and headed through the security checkpoints. It didn’t take very long and then we had to wait to go through immigration. While waiting they served us sandwiches and cookies. I was still full from dim sum but I tried a cookie and it was very dry. After a 20 minute wait, we got through immigration, had our picture taken by the ever present Celebrity photographers and boarded the Infinity. Once onboard, we were treated to champange and orange juice. We took a quick tour of the ship and checked out our inside room and found our luggage didn’t arrive yet so we headed up to the Oceanside Cafe for the first of many meals. The Oceanside Cafe (10th Deck) was just like eating in a dorm. The food was decent, there was a lot of it and a decent variety. We ate breakfast and lunch there most days as it was much quicker than eating in the Trellis restaurant since it was buffet style. Dinner at the Trillis which was quite an experience. I had Prime Rib the first night along with an appetizer, soup, salad and dessert. After that one meal, I knew I would not be able to leave the ship without gaining some weight. Our waiter, Osvin Reyes was the best. We had table 500 which was on the upper level. When we were escorted to our table we found it was in the very back overlooking the tables below and right next to the large windows at the back of the boat. We couldn’t have asked for better seats. We shared our table with one other couple who were from Thousand Oaks, CA. Our table was glad to be able to get away from the California heat and was looking forward to experiencing beautiful Alaska.