Ahhhh! Gibralter, an English keyboard and 8 minutes in an Internet Cafe. Yesterday we docked in La Palma, the capital of Mallorca, one of the Balleric islands off the south coast of Spain. Rafael and Loretta, who oversee the Calvary Chapel Bible School and pastor the church there picked us up at the harbor and took us out to see the bible school before going into Palma and having a tapas lunch. We had less than four hours in port, but we really enjoyed our fellowship there.
Today, we arrived in Gibralter around 4:30 PM, which was just enough time to walk through town, spend the rest of our Euros on English language books to read on the trip, and take the cable car to the top of the rock, where we got some great pictures of the Barbary apes. We have a little less than four hours here as well.
The ship that we're on has some problems with one of its drive systems and can't go as fast as originally scheduled, so we won't be stopping in Madiera on our way back. Instead, we'll spend the next eight days at sea, and should arrive in Miami on November 4th.
The ship (the Norwegian Jewel) is pretty nice, although we tend to eat more than we did just traveling around via our rail pass. Although we didn't stick to our diet on our trip, both of us manage to avoid gaining weight. We'll probably have to hit the cycling machines every morning to keep that up on the cruise.
Since Internet access on the ship costs 75 cents a minute, this will be our last update until we get back to the states. See you all then!
--Steve and Kathy
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We will continue to pray for your safety as you travel, but also that God would refresh you during this part of your trip. Jason and I think that your cruise back to the US is a perfect ending to such a whirlwind travel throughout Europe. Feels like a long time ago that you were in Hungary with us. Take care and do send a note or blog once you're back home.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Angie and Family