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Day 2 in Israel was spent exclusively in Jerusalem:

The highlight of our summer cruise was a stop in Israel for 2 days.  We disembarked at Haifa and then boarded again the next day in Ashdod.  Here are some photos from day 1, mostly in northern Israel:

Our cruise took us to Turkey for a day, where the temps were over 100 degrees…  We braved it for a tour of Ephesus (as in, the Ephesians) and lunch in Kusadasi:

We spent my birthday, August 22, in Rhodes, Greece.  A great town that is easily walkable, we spent the day at the beach and doing some minor shopping (by our standards):

Our summer cruise took us to Athens as our second stop.  There we hired a driver to take us to some of the most notable places.  Thanks to his help we saw much of Athens, in only 8 hours.  Here are some notable shots:

Stop #1 in our Celebrity Ancient Empires Cruise last summer: Naples & Pompeii.  Check out some photos:

It occurred to me that I have never put up the best photos from our trips last year.  Especially our 13-night Mediterranean cruise.  We started our trip with 3 days in Rome.  Here are some pics: