Our last day at sea was relaxing, as we played card’s with Sandy and Scott and had coffee with some new friends. It was time to say goodbye to our waiters and cabin steward. Ketut, our cabin steward, was the best we ever had. Everyday in the morning and evening he filled the ice bucket so I could tend to my foot.
We saw a great show called art in motion performed by a young couple from the Ukraine.
The ship’s crew had a flag presentation in the Centrum, which was the center court of the ship.
I woke really early to see a crescent moon over Haifa.
Afterwards I went back to sleep for a few more hours because we weren’t getting off the ship until almost 9 am.
A few pictures from the port in Haifa.
I have to say the disembarking was almost as bad as the embarking. We were delayed an hour but luckily we stayed up at the buffet for most of it. The walk off the ship and through customs was long. We did get to take a golf cart for part of the distance because of my cane.
We walked to the train station dragging our luggage. Again, luckily it wasn’t too far! All aboard!
We had to change trains and we looked like the four stooges! Four of us on a 4×4 elevator with all our luggage! It was hysterical! Then trying to get a cab and haggling over price. And finally we arrived at our hotel, Vert Lagoon.
The view from our balcony was stunning!
Off for a swim, which was much needed.
More photos of the area around the hotel.
Now I’m icing my foot!
Dinner was buffet style and it was sumptuous! Couscous, Mediterranean salads, hummus, fried fish, fresh made bread.
After dinner we played cards. After 3 hands I was doing awful with no chance of return so we called it quits! It’s going to be a busy week in Israel!
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