Egypt and Mediterranean Cruise - Sea Day and Kios, Greece

Oct. 26 – Day at Sea

Another day with no voice.  It was announced that the Egg drop contest would be held today.  So Jay and I had to hurry up and make our devise. We thought we had a few more days, but they changed the day.   We used an empty water bottle, straws, stir sticks, balloons, toilet paper, dental floss, safety pins and a large plastic garbage bag.  We put the stir sticks on the bottom of our water bottle so when landing it had some stability.  We put a balloon with a little air in the bottom of the bottle and then our egg and then surrounded our egg with toilet paper and then another balloon on top.  So we felt pretty sure our egg would survive.  After Jay dropped our device from the 7^th floor to the 5^th floor I had to unwrap the egg to see if it broke.  Our egg did crack a little and we didn’t win the competition.  One of the rules was that if your device had a parachute the parachute had to be folded.  We folded our parachute and put a paperclip on it for transport.  Unfortunately Jay forgot to take the paper clip off so our chute didn’t open.  If our chute opened we would have had a very soft landing.  After the competition, Jay went back to the 7^th floor to try our device again, without the paperclip, and the chute opened and fell softly to the ground.  There were several oohs and aahs from the crowds that were still in the area.   Not bad for only having a few hours to make our devise. 

It was windy and sunny today.  We spent some time at the pool.  Seas were a little rougher today, but not too bad.

Jay and I attended a training session in the casino on playing craps.  Jay stayed and played a little and did pretty good.  Makes you wonder if this is just beginners luck or they are just trying to hook you on the game.

Oct. 27 – Khios, Greece

One more day with still no voice.  I’m sure Jay loves it!!!   Today we were supposed to stop in Khios, Greece.  Khios was a tender port, meaning the boat anchors off shore and you are put in the life boats and brought to shore.  Unfortunately the waves were too high for them to tender us to shore. There were gale force 8 winds, which is about 39 to 46 mph with 18 to 25 foot seas.  So another day at sea and the bad part is we got up very early for no reason.  Now we are sailing to Istanbul, Turkey. 

Very windy day and cool with a temperature around 60.  We played a trivia game in the morning and won with 17 right answers out of 20.  Jay and Dad did the longest drive at the electronic golf; neither was close to the winning 250 yard drive.   The ship passed through the Dardanelles Strait.  The Dardanelles Strait is only 0.75 miles wide at its narrowest point and is 38 miles long.  The strait separates Europe from Asia.  We passed a Turkish submarine going the other way through the strait. 

Gallipol War Memorial

Turkish Sub