Hi Chatkat and Wanda,

Not really Canadian, lol, I'm american living in Canada, my husband is the Canadian, but that doesn't matter.
I have a Bell Cell phone. Thank you for answering my questions. The internet will serve no purpose to me as far as I can see. The only person I want to stay in touch with is my 90 year old mom who doesn't work the net.

I do have a question about the pay phones on the dock please? Is there a line when you get off the ship to use them? I mean is it easy to get one or are they swamped? Someone told me you have to line up for the use of one?

I've travelled a lot, but I'm so nervous for this trip, first my ears bother me when I fly and I hope the ear planes I got will work as I've nerver used them. I hope my husband doesn't get sea sick.

I'm not worried about the tea issue, I think I'll just bring some green tea bags along for just in case as I do whenever I travel.

Back to the cell phone question, do they work when in port (especially in Vancouver) and you are on the ship?

Where in Canada are you, I'm in Montreal.

To answer about white tea, I've only seen it in bags once at a resto actually. I buy the leaves. It's a very high quality tea that is supposed to have more "health anti-oxidents" than green.

I'm basically all set, I did the pharmacy trip and bought lots of stuff for just in case. Bouth the Bonnie, the sailors bands for hubby and myself, and anything else I could think of. I ordered "air right air filters" for the plane to ward off germs, ear planes, The last thing hubby will want to do is go to a pharmacy when he is on land and can take pics. I'm not worried about forgetting anything. I just hope I don't catch a cold before/during the trip. My ears hurt enough when I have to fly without a cold.

Thank you for helping me and talking to me.