Where in the World are Dave and Elizabeth?

It’s hard to look graceful in your Valentine’s dress when you enter a theater with a rolling floor and lurch forward, onto a gentleman’s toes.   🙈😆  The sea, which was calm and that beautiful navy color in the morning, grew rougher through the evening and is supposed to be so until about noon tomorrow.  Last night’s jazz pianist/comedienne managed very well on the stage, though she gripped the piano whenever she stood up.   I think those of us who stuck to our deck walking routine got more exercise than usual just trying to stay upright.  One man walked with such determination that his path was fairly straight. Another woman struggled some, but was doing better than many of us.  She had a wider stance than I did. I tried to walk with my feet a little further apart and with determination, but I still wobbled about.  😆  Dave went to a talk given by the Staff Captain.  He learned about the formulas for how the wind and currents affect the shi...

 By Dave: Since we boarded on the 3rd, there have been many rumors and discussions about whether we would still go through the Red Sea as planned.   The cruise line has officially decided that it is too dangerous to stick to our original itinerary.  We will skip India, all of the Middle East including Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Jordan (Petra), Greece, Turkey -- including Istanbul and Ephesus, Italy, Spain and Portugal (The Azores).  We are very disappointed to miss these destinations. Instead, we will be going to Male, the Seychelles, Tanzania, Mozambique, Durban and Cape Town, South Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Gambia, Cape Verde, and Puerto Rico.These are interesting places, but we had hoped to immerse ourselves in the ancient culture of places like Istanbul and Ephesus.  We had also arranged visits with members of our churches in places like Mumbai, Singapore, and Dubai.   We had discussed an African tour at a later date, but we might have chosen dif...