Second Day at Sea

Today we are traveling several hundred miles from Patmos to Haifa, Israel. The long distance makes you appreciate how long it took Paul, Barnabas and others to travel around this area.

Today they had a Mexican theme for the buffet lunch. We had our main course at the Grill (cheeseburgers and bratwurst) then headed into the buffet for deep fried vegetables and tacos before hitting up the dessert bar. Yes, the desserts were as delicious as they look!

We are appreciating being on a small ship for this cruise. Our cabin is mid-ship on Deck 7 so we only have to go 2 decks down for the shops, dining room, shows, and ship services and up two decks up for the Pool, buffet, track and fitness zone. Also the distance to either the front or back elevators is fairly short (as opposed to the large ships which are much longer and have 4 banks of elevators. Even the elevator service seems very swift with hardly any wait time. Another benefit is the Passenger Services and Cruise Excursion desks have virtually no lines. I think I had 1 person in front of me once, but most times I walk up and talk to a person right away.

We took our third set of sunset pictures tonight. Tonight's were directly behind the ship almost right over the wake. We have been blessed with beautiful sunsets nearly every evening.