day 90 – suez canal

sunrise over mosque on suez canal

we woke up at 6am to witness entering the suez canal… the sun came up about 6:30, egyptian africa on one side, egyptian asia on the other… we took a few pics, tried to go back to bed and couldn’t sleep… so we got our laundry all done, always a victorious feeling!  we took occasional pics at various stages of the canal passage throughout the day, had lunch, took a great nap, and bob got up in time to take a few snaps of us exiting at port said into the mediterranean sea!  cool!  onto the next chapter of our world voyage! 

very large container ship, one of the world's biggest...

bayonet war monument

i’ve never been where we are about to go – i’ve been to scandinavia and france a couple of times, but i’ve never done anything in the mediterranean before!  i am sad my brother dave won’t be able to join, but we are already making a new plan for 2012… i am also checking out some fall dates for dan and gwen, so the adventures should continue! 

i am going through some major nino withdrawal… at least we are ess than 3 weeks now… this part is like a toilet paper roll in that the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes!  more tomorrow!

piano broad, volume 3

(to the tune of billy joel’s piano man)

well it’s 8/10 o’clock on whatever day it is – the regular crowd shuffles in

& I plug in my mic & get a beverage, another piano bar evening begins

they said, hey girl can you play us a melody, like the old records we used to spin

and every formal night y’all turn out in droves and play dress up for the countries we’re in

now don at the bar is a friend of mine, he gets my ice water for free

he plays the martini shaker like percussion, & sometimes he’s louder than me!

and hermi has been your charming server, this room wouldn’t run w/o those two

w/o them we’d all go quite thirsty, so w/o them what would we all do?!

aaa la la la la la, la la la la laaaaaa la la

sing us a song you’re the piano broad here on the old amsterdam

and we’re all in the mood for a melody, so sing us a song won’t you ma’am

laaa la la la la la, la la la la laaaaaa la la

sing us a song you’re the piano broad here on the old amsterdam

and we’re all in the mood for a melody, so sing us a song won’t you ma’am

our last episode left off in australia, and we’ve picked up some new friends along the way

and my hubby came on in old hong kong, so every day since then’s been a great day

from new guinea and all the way to petra, we’ve had fun in asia and the middle east

we’ve seen ruins and temples and lots of cool stuff – it’s truly been a moveable feast

new guinea was one place that moved me, how welcoming everyone was

and getting that extra day in manila sure gave my crew friends a nice buzz

hong kong was awesome because bob arrived, and i don’t remember anything more

in viet nam i had to stay on all day but we partied hard in singapore

cochi was one of bob’s and my favorites, what a feast and a very special day

in mumbai i had fun going out with friends, and if i don’t do dubai again that’s ok

it was a little scary in oman, cause bob and i like to kiss and hold hands

even though we had fun, i’m not sure i’d wanna hang out in a place where affection is banned

the captain put Egypt back on the menu, i think everyone here was relieved

and of course going to petra was beyond compare, such scenery is hard to believe

laaa la la la la la, la la la la laaaaaa la la

sing us a song you’re the piano broad here on the old amsterdam

and we’re all in the mood for a melody, so sing us a song won’t you ma’am

we’ve had a couple of great open mic nights, and we’ll have one more before we go home

so i encourage those of you who haven’t taken part yet, to do a dance or a song or a poem

our time together grows ever shorter, so we must get the most from each day

i appreciate your warmth and your kindness, it makes my job more enjoyable than i can say

and now for some shameless self promotion, please don’t forget to go buy my cd

it’s in the gift shop down the hall where the booze is and if you just go look then you will see

that it’s cheaper by 5 dollars than all the others, that’s a value, now you can’t deny

and it’s small and flat and fits well in your suitcase, so go get one, they’re in short supply!

laaa la la la la la, la la la la laaaaaa la la

sing us a song you’re the piano broad here on the old amsterdam

and we’re all in the mood for a melody, so sing us a song won’t you ma’am

we’ll be recapping all of the port songs on the way home with a recorder and a few mics

and i’ll upload them to an internet site so you can download the ones that you like

if you want to get on my mailing list, leave your email or your business card

or you can always find me on facebook, ask your kids how, it really isn’t hard

i’m excited to go through the suez with you and get to the mediterranean sea

i know we’ll all have a good time there though i think it’ll go too fast for me

this is the longest voyage i’ve ever done, and your nightly support’s been a hit

without all your crowd participation, my songs would have ended up sounding like sh-

-aaa la la la la la, la la la la laaaaaa la la

sing us a song you’re the piano broad here on the old amsterdam

and we’re all in the mood for a melody, so sing us a song won’t you ma’am