I never did come back and post more about Isreal, it was truly fascinating, but long tiring days and lots of time spent on busses as everything was far away from both ports. Jerusalem, as Ray said was amazing and it seems we all saw different things, depending on one's guide and whether or not it was a Regent tour or a private one. Even the Regent tours were different. Frank said Masada and the Dead sea were the best tour in his opinion, but by then I was just really suffering from too much sun and heat and was glad I just stayed onboard.

Yesterday in Limassol we got lazy about getting off and taking the shuttle into town and just somehow never managed to do it. Several others also stayed onboard. Fun dinner last night with Ken, Ngaire, Russ and Susan. Tonight we have Signatures with Brad, Leslie, Ray and Penny.

We are planning on taking the shuttle into town in about an hour and just walk around. This is the inaugural call to Antalya, so it should be interesting. I think I am just done with busses and guides and such and we will just do our own thing from this point on.

When we got on the ship on June 7, 22 days seemed so long to go, and now we are down to the last 4 days. It has been a fun trip and we've seen and done a lot, but in a way, I'm about ready to get home and especially to get back to normal eating habits. :eek: