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What can I say. This is what happens when a pandemic gets in the way of your travel plans for a couple of years. So in January 2021 we booked a cruise – from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to London – by way of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Mumbai, Rome. You get the picture. So buckle up buttercup and let’s see how this all plays out.
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One additional note. Our cruise ship has wifi. It’s supposed to work in the middle of the ocean. But I’m not sure how much bandwidth we’ll have to upload photos and videos, so posts might be delayed from time to time. Bear with me and we’ll see what we can do.
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Noon Report: Location: N 41° 01.52′, E 028° 58.98′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 11º C; 52º F Wind: SW 9 knots; 10 mph Remember how yesterday we celebrated the sea day morning by not setting the alarm?Well today we had an 8:15 excursion call so we set the alarm for our […]
Noon Report: Location: N 40° 40.85′, E 027° 30.60′ Speed: 17.8 knots Course: 66º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: ESE 5 knots; 7 mph Sea: Calm Today was a strange hybrid day – a sea day with an evening excursion. As a nod to my head cold we didn’t set the
Noon Report: Location: N 37° 51.81′, E 027° 15.34′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: SSW 7 knots; 9 mph We docked this morning at the port of Kusadaski. This is the port for Ephesus nowadays. Ephesus used to be the sea port, but during the first century
Noon Report: Location: N 36° 26.78′, E 028° 14.01′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 17º C; 63º F Wind: SSE 5 knots; 6 mph Woke up to a great sunrise this morning as we pulled into port.We were impressed with the castle, ancient city wall, and whitewashed “new town.” After a quick
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