Victor and Shristie Torres say farewell to NI at Belfast Harbour cruise departure lounge, shortly before boarding the Villa Vie Odyssey. The liner is to visit 147 countries in 3.5 years. Date: Monday 30 September 2024.
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00:00So guys, you're getting ready to join the Villa V Odyssey here. Can you just introduce yourselves
00:05for our readers? Hi, I'm Dr. Victor Torres. I'm Tracey Torres. And how long is the trip that
00:12you've got booked on? So currently we are owners on the cruise ship, so we attend to be on the
00:18cruise ship as long as the ship's around, so 15 to 20 years. And can you just tell me a little bit
00:23both about your work backgrounds? Okay, so I retired as a Vice President of Human Resources
00:28in the public sector back in Los Angeles, California. And I was the Director of Human
00:33Resources. Oh, were you his boss then? That's good, that's good. No, he was my boss. Oh,
00:38he was your boss? I was the Director, he was the Vice President. Okay, all right,
00:41I've got that the wrong way around. Well guys, I can see you're both so happy to get on the ship
00:47finally. Tell me, how long have you been here in Belfast and how have you been finding it?
00:53Okay, so I came out back in May and of course there was the delay. So one of the things that
00:59I decided that I was not going to go ahead and take this delay in a negative manner. So I said,
01:06you know what, I have an opportunity to go ahead and travel Europe. So throughout the delay,
01:11I've been probably in Belfast about four or five weeks. And the rest of the time,
01:15I spent visiting over 12 countries over the last four months. And so it's been exciting. And
01:22you know, when else are you going to have this opportunity? Besides, you know, going on to the
01:26cruise, that's one thing, but being able to go into areas in which the cruise is not going to
01:31be at. So I just took advantage of it and looked at it as, hey, you know what, life is short. You
01:36know, you can't cry over spilled milk and just move forward. And that's the attitude that I've
01:42always bring. And that's the attitude that I brought towards this situation. Lovely. And tell
01:46me what part of the states are you from? Los Angeles. From Los Angeles. Oh, well,
01:50we're really apologize. The weather isn't quite Los Angeles here. Can you cope with it for another
01:55few hours? We're coping with it right now. Yes. You know, I think if anything, I think the weather
02:01was more challenging things, especially being from Southern California, where it might only rain
02:06maybe 30 days a year. Yeah. And so it is always sunny in Southern California. But it's not as
02:12green as it is here, guys. No, definitely not. No, it's a desert, of course. Yeah. Well, look,
02:16and we wish you both a wonderful trip. And thank you so much. Thank you so much. Have a good one.