learn

299_Learn

Today in Port Said, i was awake to realize why the ship made its stop in Egypt. While in Athens, I was thinking about locating some tea. I then decided against pursuing that and instead decided that i should not seek it out but would wait until it was offered. Well, it was offered today

loud

298_Loud

Last night Andeus was sick with fever and cough and congestion and a stopped-up nose; just like the icon painter at Annabel’s hostel in Athens. Just like Cigdem in Turkey. I seem to be surrounded by illness in one form or another. So, i am grateful that today i got my fifteen minutes of daily

rehash

297_Rehash

It is a beautiful warm day here in the port so it should become warmer as we head more south. It is good to be back in the sun. I now know a bit better the reason i had my dream in Athens with the preacher and the answer to my rehash of the religious

DejaVu

296_DejaVu

I have just used the bowl i bought in Greece for the first time. I used it for lunch and filled it with olives, dates and nuts. When finished eating, i filled it full of water and used it for a cup, then i wiped it out. It worked perfectly. Almost everyone disembarked today and

time

295_Time

As i travel to Israel i am finding very little peace on board this ship. Outside on deck they are hammering and grinding, inside at the lounge there are televisions playing different stations and two radios playing different music and, in the halls, more music. So, i keep returning to the cabin for quiet. I

rituals

294_Rituals

After i awoke and preformed my morning rituals, i went to the bookstore for information on India and Thailand. Then to the market for supplies on my passage to Isreal. Dates, olives, nuts, apples, oranges; all were cheap and all i bought too much, not yet understanding kilos to drachmas rates. So, i shared them

programming

293_Programming

Today is to be the day i am to leave for Israel, weather permitting. Before i awoke, i had a dream that I was riding with a young preacher/priest in his new huge truck that was not just big but ‘too’ big for him. As we drove, he told me of the god of the

bookstore

292_Bookstore

I went for another walk today, so to walk off another Greek fed lunch. I went in search of a bookstore that has an English translation of the Greek orthodox. After thinking about it, i am just wanting a very small book of the Gospels. Tomorrow as i run errands before the ship’s departure, i

responsibilities

291_Responsibilities

I ate what felt like much, for breakfast this morning so, after I went for a walk to the city market in order to look around for what I was thinking of buying for my trip to Israel. I had a list of ten items and when I returned it was a list of five

nothingness

290_Nothingness

Many thoughts were running through my mind last night as i laid in the bed. One such that i was able to give length of thought concerning what Peter and his wife were known to spout, “you are not the body.” Yet it is only true when you no longer are under the control of