My venture

My bday......so....another year older....hmmmmm....my shift was to start at 7am and it was a sea day..day after embarkation...always one of the busiest days..so kim told me the night before....lets wake up at 530 and have some coffee together...and open presents....that sounded like an excellent idea to me....in the morning kim brought me coffee in bed and i was allowed to open presents in bed....what a start to my bday.....the presents each had a small explanation.....from "something that you gonna need soon" to "something that has a little Finnish in it".....loved my morning....great start to my birthday.....then time to go to work...... Office decorated with balloons......people wishing me happy birhday....time flew and lunch time came quicker than expected....time to have some sushi lunch with a couple of girlfriends....and surprise...when we went for lunch, there was a bottle of sparkling wine waiting....we enjoyed bubbly, sushi and a good catch up....i was lu...

Schedule permitted me to go on a 4 hr tour to Pompeii.....man i was so excited....have heard so much about Pompeii and i have wanted to go there for long...and the best part....kim could come with me....so off we went round 8:30....Pompeii is only about a 30min bus ride....so convenient...and on the way there the tour guide gave us some facts about Pompeii....i think ill share some..... -Mt Vesuvius errupted in 79AD -Ashes rose 32km into the sky before covering Pompeii -Pompeii was only rediscovered in 1738 -Mt Vesuvius is located 10km from Pompeii -Mt Vesuvius is one of the five most dangerous volcanoes in the world and is still active now....it errupts every (plus/ minus) 75 to 100 years...the last erruption was in 1944....so currently they are waiting for an erruption, in actual fact they are hopeing for one....cause the longer there is no erruption, the more violet the next one will be -It only took 4hrs to cover Pompeii in ashes between 5m and 12m thick Last fact for the moment.....

So....after Jerusalem....next stop would be Irakolin...im a little upset that it will always be a Sunday....cause Sunday in Europe....hmmmm....lets just say it is pretty dead cause most shops are closed....not like the States or South Africa....where we are very spoilt that shops, restaurants are open on Sundays....you get so used to it...that when things are closed on Sunday u thinking...what the hell..... So....i have never been to Irakolin...decided to do some sight seeing on my own...with my friend the umbrella....bad weather...well drizzle when i left.....i had the map with the tourist spots and decided to just arb around a little...look at the main stops, sites and then have some cappuccino.....i was supposed to go out with a friend...but somehow we managed to miss each other....and sometimes i like just wondering on my own....so off i went..... Walk towards the main street....passing the Venetian fortress which i thought would be a nice stop at the end....so the main road had s...

So....as promised after lunch we went further....time to go see the place where the last supper was....of course passing by the statue of David....and my ignorance i had to ask the guide about who David was...and he said to me...the most important king......ah.....at least im learning....and at least i had the courage to ask...actually i made kim ask....hmmmm.....the room of the last supper....another unbelievable thing to see....it just seems very surreal.....amazing though.....here history to the last supper room.... then time to walk through the Jewish quater towards the Wailing wall.....of course the Jewish are famous for their baking....so we had to stop at a bakery....kim and i got 4 pastries...thinki we gonna take them back to the ship...whatever....first we said ets just have one...then just one more...in the end all 4 were gone as fast as we bought them....here is a pic.....from far left.....pastry....soft, not floury at all stuffed with figs and nuts..then a drued fruit sl...

Well....yes....we had some ports in between....limassol and haifa day one....yes from that sentence u might be able to understand that ashdod was cancelled again and the ship stayed in port in haifa overnight....for crew much better anyway....cause in Haifa so much more to do.....train station right there....food places walking distance...ashdod have to take shuttle bus to port gätes....then taxi to somewhere...mission and costly....so before i talk about my day off....my amazing day off....i can tell u about our dinner.....and nope...we did not go to le bistro....u prob wondering whether im sick...and no...no fever...just felt like some good meat....the fillet theree...and the sirloin with garlic marinade....and the roasted pineapple...amazing....best part at the moment...speciaity restaurants are quite empty....so when u go to moderno.....u can choose from all the meats and u dont have to go in order.....so sausages we skipped...then went for chicken leg marinated in lemon and garli...