AT SEA IN THE MED

AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO KUSADASI, TURKEY AND SHOULD DOCK AT 7 AM. WE HAD A RELAXING DAY AT SEA TODAY. I READ A LITTLE AND SPOKE TO SOME INTERESTING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. OUR LUNCH TABLE CONSISTED OF AN OLDER COUPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO OURS. SHE HAD A FACELIFT, A NOSE JOB AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. SHE HAS WILD RED HAIR AND WAS WEARING MORE JEWELRY AT ONE TIME THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE WORD FLAMBOYANT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! HE MADE IT CLEAR UNDER NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT HE DIDN’T LIKE CHOCOLATE. THEY WERE A RIOT BUT I LIKED THEM. NEXT WERE A GAY COUPLE WHO WERE ON THEIR HONEYMOON. TO COMPLETE THE PICTURE WERE A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN, STRAIGHT-LACED, ANTI-OBAMA, ANTI-GAY , HOMOPHOBIC COUPLE WHO WERE JUST MORTIFIED AT HAVING TO SIT WITH ALL US MISFITS. THE GAY GUYS WERE TELLING GAY JOKES AND HAD US IN STITCHES. I HAD SUCH FUN WATCHING THAT PAIR CRINGE EVERYTIME ONE OF THE GAY GUYS OPENED HIS MOUTH. THE HUSBAND WAS ABOUT TO HAVE APOPLEXY SO THEY LEFT. WHAT A FUN LUNCH IT WAS.
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE TRIP SO FAR AND I REALIZED THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A FEW MORE OF MY DREAMS. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE THE PYRAMIDS AND SEE THE ARTIFACTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT. I ACTUALLY GOT TO CLAIM THE GREAT PYRAMID. GUESS I CAN START PLAYING TENNIS AGAIN.
AFTER CAIRO WE HEADED TO ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, HOME OF THE ANCIENT LIBRARY THAT WAS BURNED BY THE ROMANS. WELL, THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT FINALLY DID SOMETHING RIGHT AND BUILT A BEAUTIFUL NEW LIBRARY. IT IS A SPECTACULAR BUILDING. IN CONTRAST, THEY HAVE KILLED ALL THE PIGS IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY WILL CATCH SWINE FLUE FROM THE PIGS. THE PIGS HAVE SERVED A PURPOSE HERE BY EATING ORGANIC GARBAGE. SO NOW THERE IS GARBAGE ALL OVER THE STREETS OF EGYPT AND IN THE NILE AS WELL. IT JUST KEEPS PILING UP BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PIGS TO EAT IT. I SAID THEY LIVE IN THE 12TH CENTURY AND I WASN’T KIDDING. THEY CAN’T BE TOO BRIGHT EITHER.
WE HAD INTERESTING DINNER COMPANIONS. A COUPLE FROM NEW ZEALAND, A COUPLE FROM ENGLAND AND A COUPLE FROM MOLDAVA WHO NOW LIVE IN THE U.S. IT WAS QU ITE INTERESTING AND LIVELY. THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT EATING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE EACH DAY. ITS LIKE A CRAP SHOOT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL GET.
WE ARE HOLDING UP WELL AND HAVEN’T KILLED EACH OTHER YET. WE HAVE OUR SYSTEM SO WE CAN GET AROUND THE CABIN WITHOUT CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER, IT ALSO HELPS TO HAVE A BALCONY. IT’S GREAT SLEEPING WITH THE DOOR OPEN AND SMELLING AND HEARING THE SEA. IT’S PITCH BLACK OUTSIDE AND YOU CANNOT SEE A THING. I FEEL LIKE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ABOUT TO FALL OFF THE END OF THE EARTH. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING COOLER AS WE GO NORTH BUT WE ARE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER. LAST NIGHT THE SHIP STARTED TO LEAVE WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE DOCK, THEY THREW THE GANGWAY OUT AND THIS OLD COUPLE CAME STROLLING DOWN THE PIER. EVERYONE WAS READY TO KILL THEM. I HOPE THEY GET FINED. MY BOYFRIEND, THE CAPTAIN, WASN’T TOO HAPPY. HE KEPT BLOWING THE SHIPS’S HORN TO TAKE OUT ALL HIS AGRESSION. GOODBYE FROM EGYPT FROM THE QUEEN OF THE NILE. AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM GETTING PUNCHY.