After our late night last night waiting to hear about Mary's mom (I think we got to sleep about 1 am ship's time) we slept in a bit this morning as we have another sea day before three days with all-day excursions. We did both successfully clear Israeli customs today (face-to-face meeting required) so we have our cards that allow us to enter Israel. Whew! 8-)
We had two lectures today. Rev Jones did a dramatic reading of the crucifixion of Jesus from the Gospel of Mark in the morning. It was well done, wth a few minor things added for emphasis. The afternoon lecture by Dr Maier covered several of the stories surrounding Jesus' birth, putting them into historical context. He had some interesting perspectives on each story. He does add some humor to his lectures. For example: "Young women should look to marry an archeologist, since he'll get more interested in you as you get older!".
I have not posted many ship pictures yet so today seems like a good day for that. They had Halloween decorations in the Atrium. The ship also has two pools, one inside and one outside which is good if you have inclement weather.
Since we had a clear sky as the sun went down, Mary got some great sunset pictures as you can see here.
We went to the production show this evening. It was a British group called The Revolvers who played a nice medley of 60's hits, not that any of these musicians were alive then! We did not get to the theater until 10 minutes before show-time and were pleasantly surprised to find lots of available seats. I guess being on a smaller ship (2200 passengers) with a theater that has two balconies helps with the overcrowding of the shows.
On to Northern Israel tomorrow!
We had two lectures today. Rev Jones did a dramatic reading of the crucifixion of Jesus from the Gospel of Mark in the morning. It was well done, wth a few minor things added for emphasis. The afternoon lecture by Dr Maier covered several of the stories surrounding Jesus' birth, putting them into historical context. He had some interesting perspectives on each story. He does add some humor to his lectures. For example: "Young women should look to marry an archeologist, since he'll get more interested in you as you get older!".
I have not posted many ship pictures yet so today seems like a good day for that. They had Halloween decorations in the Atrium. The ship also has two pools, one inside and one outside which is good if you have inclement weather.
Since we had a clear sky as the sun went down, Mary got some great sunset pictures as you can see here.
On to Northern Israel tomorrow!
1 comment:
So glad you cleared Customs Bill :-) . Gee the ships pools look nice , we could have them here yesterday , it was so hot here .
Tell Mary her sunset photos are beautiful . Enjoy
Pat
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