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Noon Report: Location: N 34° 26.76′, E 031° 46.95′ Speed: 12.4 knots Course: 304º Weather: Clear Temperature: 17º C; 62º F Wind: ESE 2 knots; 3 mph Sea: Calm Feel free to skip this one – we did (to a great extent)There’s a lot going on but we were busy – studying for a series […]
Noon Report: Location: N 32° 49.26′, E 035° 00.10′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Clear Temperature: 16º C; 61º F Wind: SW 8 knots; 9 mph Up this morning early enough to turn a couple of miles on Deck 2 before breakfast and still have time to make it to the theatre for the 8:00
Noon Report: Location: N 32° 49.26′, E 035° 00.10′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Clouds Temperature: 18º C; 64º F Wind: NNW 9 knots; 10 mph We woke up docked in Haifa, Israel, this morning.The most striking thing was to open our curtains and see Mt. Carmel right in front of us. The city
Noon Report: Location: N 30° 44.20′, E 032° 20.40′ Speed: 10 knots Course: 340º Weather: Clear Temperature: 25º C; 77º F Wind: ENE 7 knots; 8 mph Sea: Calm When we awoke this morning and drew back the curtains we found that we were already in the Canal.We had arrived at the south-end staging area
Noon Report: Location: N 28° 11.60′, E 033° 20.90′ Speed: 10 knots Course: 327º Weather: Clear Temperature: 16º C; 61º F Wind: NNW 7 knots; 8 mph Sea: Calm Didn’t set the alarm this morning so we could sleep in past 5:30 for once.It was nice. Eventually our stomachs informed us that it was time
Noon Report: Location: N 26° 44.70′, E 033° 56.70′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Overcast Temperature: 21º C, 70º F Wind: NNW 11 knots, 13 mph Up a bit earlier this morning (5:30 am). You may remember that yesterday in Aqaba the friendly people at Passport Control kept our passports and returned them to the
Noon Report: Location: N 29° 31.02′, E 034° 59.77′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Overcast Temperature: 18º C, 64º F Wind: NW 7 knots, 8 mph Up at 5:30 (the ship was docking at 6 AM) and dressing warmly for the forecasted chilly weather, we had a quick breakfast, met up with our tour group
Noon Report: Location: N 25° 17.50′, E 036° 11.90′ Speed: 19 knots Course: 329º Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 25 C; 77 F Wind: SSE 7 knots; 8 mph Sea: 3 foot swells A bit quicker getting up this morning. The usual 9:30 lecture was moved to 9:00 because of a crew safety drill at 10:00.Once
We got back to our stateroom last night to find a letter in a sealed envelope on our bed – the sure sign of significant change. The letter included replacement excursion tickets. The tour vendor has determined that Saturday is NOT the day to bring our tours to Jerusalem.So they have swapped all Saturday and
Noon Report: Location: N 21° 28.76′, E 039° 09.76′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: High Overcast Temperature: 34º C, 93º F Wind: W 2 knots, 3 mph I don’t know what to tell you. We needed a break. MaybeWe didn’t want to deal with the “overhead” of visiting Saudi Arabia (wear long pants and long