April 19, 2019 – at Sea
Nice recovery day and then 3 port days. We have been so lucky with the weather but rain is forecast for tomorrow.
Which famous German composer lost his hearing at 29. I immediately thought Beethoven but then I thought, was there a Germany at his time? I thought it was controlled by Austria. Beethoven was correct. I didn’t have to give Hamish a hard time on this one but his pronunciation of the river Danube made us cringe. Dah – Nube. Right
We had dinner with Brian and Sandy. Brian is a pediatric urologist and Sandy is a nurse. They are from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were with us at the Dead Sea mud bath. They have done a lot more traveling then we have and it was nice to listen to their experiences.
The evening entertainment was a performance of the Spanish Rumba Kings. This is a tribute group to the Gypsy Kings. The group is from Seville. 4 guitarists who used a metronome that had a bass drum sound.
The quartet started with two playing an instrumental piece. Nice playing but they were not in tune. The next number included all of the members. Two of them sang. Nice harmony and blend. After the third number the first two finally retuned. No issue for the rest of the performance. I really enjoyed their performance and they played a variety of tunes. Hotel California, Volare, My Way were tunes I recognized. They played well and we enjoyed listening to them.…