Our 2016 Mediterranean Cruise
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July 10: Leave for Barcelona Spain
July 11 & 12: In Spain July 13: Set sail on Brilliance of the Seas July 14: Cannes / Monte Carlo July 15: Florence Italy July 16: Rome Italy July 17 & 18: At Sea |
July 19: Athens Greece
July 20: Crete (no longer going to Ephesus Turkey) July 21: Santorini Greece July 22: At Sea July 23: Malta July 24: At Sea July 25: Return to Barcelona & fly home |
Malta
Santorini Greece
The ancient city of Akrotiri. It was covered by a volcano eruption in 1450 BC and remained burried until 1967.
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Views of the village of Fira in Santorini
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This is how they deliver your suitcase to the hotel in Santorini. No kidding!
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A view of Santorini from the ship. The arrow points to the roof top restaurant where we had lunch
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The view during lunch
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Lunch with Kurt and Pearl
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Crete, Greece
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Somewhere in Crete
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A fortress on the coast
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The men's toilet in Crete. I'm not really sure how this works?!?!
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The Arkadi Monestary. Built in the 1500's
Athens, Greece
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A view of Athens from atop the Acropolis
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The Parthenon. I think the one in Nashville looks a little better, but then again, this one is 2,500 years old
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Statues on one of the other temples on Acropolis
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View of the Mediterranean Sea
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Our Poseidon adventure. The Temple to Poseidon in Cape Sounion. The temple was built about 440 BC.
A couple of days at sea
Everyone keeps telling us that there is a volcano nearby, but we can't seem to find it.................. Oh,wait there it is. Mount Stromboli
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Entering the Strraights of Messina, where the "toe" of Italy is kicking Sicily
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The Sicilian Coast
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Just another sunset at sea
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Pisa, Italy
Yep, you guessed it... its the leaning tower of Pisa
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Looking up at the tower
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On top of the tower
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View of the Duomo from the top of the tower
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Florence, Italy
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The Saint Croce Cathederal
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Michelangelo's Statue of David outside the Museum Academia
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The Duomo in Florence (side view)
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View of the front of The Duomo along with a close up of the statue to the left of the center door and the art work above the door
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One more view of the Duomo
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Amy & Tim in the gallery of statues. Who's statue is that above Amy's head....?
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...It's Galileo
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Monte Carlo, Monaco
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Inside the old city of Monaco
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Behind us is Monte Carlo. The taller mountains on the left are in Monaco, the mountain in the middle is France, the ones in the back/right are in Italy
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Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
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Having lunch while sitting on a fountain in Monaco
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Changing of the guard at the Monaco Palace
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Monaco Palace as seen from the sea
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Barcelona Spain
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The Courtyard where Columbus told King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel about discovering America
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Amy inside the Tower of the Basilica de Sagrada Familia (the big tower on the right below
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Basilica de la La Sagrada Familia
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Catedral Bardelona
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Spiral Staircase inside hotel
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While in Barcelona, we'll be staying at the Cotton House Hotel
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