{"id":25650,"date":"2015-10-02T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=25650"},"modified":"2015-10-02T01:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:00:17","slug":"friday-file-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=25650","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Houses Of Worship &#039;Magnets&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the interesting things we find about churches in other countries is that how many of their visitors &mdash; we suspect &mdash; don&rsquo;t attend church at home. There&rsquo;s something alluring about old churches. Maybe it&rsquo;s the architecture that reflects its time. Maybe it&rsquo;s the colorful stained glass windows. Or its statues. Or its tranquility. Or maybe just because it&rsquo;s there, and so are we. Something churches always have is a photo-op, and these are some of ours&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Temple-in-Cambodia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Temple in Cambodia\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25729\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Temple-in-Cambodia.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>In Oudong (Cambodia), a Buddhist temple that defies description<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Barcelona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Barcelona\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25726\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Barcelona.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>In Barcelona, a magnificent church not called La Sagrada Familia<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cathedral-of-San-Lorenzo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cathedral of San Lorenzo\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25727\" height=\"474\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cathedral-of-San-Lorenzo.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>In Italy, the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, dating back to Roman times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Guadaloupe-ChurchHuatulco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Guadaloupe Church\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25728\" height=\"745\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Guadaloupe-ChurchHuatulco.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>In Mexico, the colorful Guadaloupe Church in the heart of Huatulco<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ajaccio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ajaccio\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25724\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ajaccio.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>On the French island of Ajaccio, as tasteful a sanctuary as you&rsquo;ll see<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Angkor-Wat-temple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Angkor Wat temple\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25725\" height=\"453\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Angkor-Wat-temple.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><b><i>At Angkor Wat, this display was in a building adjacent to the main temple<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>In the news&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&bull; More than 20,000 now&nbsp;have&nbsp;cruises&nbsp;affected by Hurricane Joaquin<br \/>\n\t&bull; Christmas markets on the Mississippi for American Queen steamboat<br \/>\n\t&bull; Norwegian the latest cruise line to open an Australian office, in Sydney<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Today at&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsandbows.com\"><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">m: <\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\"><em><strong>Carnival&#39;s Internet kicked up a notch&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princess.com\/learn\/ships\/ep\/index.html\">Emerald Princess<\/a><br \/>\n\t5 nights<br \/>\n\tNovember 2, 2015<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortlauderdale.gov\/\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.costamaya-mexico.com\/maya\/\">Costa Maya<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islacozumel.com.mx\/\">Cozumel<\/a><br \/>\n\tInside: $249<br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\"><strong>Cost per day: $49<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princess.com\">www.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the interesting things we find about churches in other countries is that how many of their visitors &mdash; we suspect &mdash; don&rsquo;t attend church at home. There&rsquo;s something alluring about old churches. Maybe it&rsquo;s the architecture that reflects its time. Maybe it&rsquo;s the colorful stained glass windows. Or its statues. Or its tranquility.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=25650\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday File: Houses Of Worship &#039;Magnets&#039;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,1893],"tags":[137,912,72,819,35,52,26,27,957],"class_list":["post-25650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-emerald-princess","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}