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back! And, here are some pictures of what we
saw while cruising for 12 days through the Eastern
Mediterranean--from Venice to Rome, via Croatia, Greece
and
Turkey. |
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We sailed on the "Golden Princess" and were pleasantly surprised to be upgraded to a handicapped room--which was HUGE by usual cruise ship standards. Even an oversize balcony. A great place to have a room service meal and bask in the balmy weather we enjoyed throughout the cruise |
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| We took a boat
ride to two of the other islands in the Venice
Lagoon--Murano and Burano. We passed right by the
famous bell tower and Doges Palace (on the right) at St.
Mark's
Square. | | |
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| Our first stop
was Dubrovnik, in Croatia. We walked the fortress
walls surrounding the old city. Many of those red
tile roofs had to have new tiles installed--after the
Serbs laid seige to Dubrovnik and shelled the city from
the sea just a few years
ago! | | |
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| Our favorite
site for ancient Greek history was Olympia. This
is a temple that Alexander the Great erected in honor of
his
father. | | |
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| And, yes, we
climbed up the Acropolis to stand at the base of the
Parthenon--along with about three thousand fellow
tourists! | | |
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| Some of the
famous windmills of Mykonos, a popular Greek
island. | | |
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| The Library,
at ancient Ephesus, near Kusadasi, Turkey.
Beautiful remnants of a once-great city that was the
home of many Greek
scientists. Later, when it was a Roman city, Cleopatra paid a visit. |
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| Oia, on the
Greek island of Santorini--clinging to the sides of the
crater formed when a mountain blew up. Santorini
is the leading candidate to have been the site of
Atlantis which sank into the
sea. | | |
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| A Greek
Orthodox church in Oia, on Santorini
Island. | | |
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| The ruins of
Pompeii, with Mount Vesuvius looming over
them. | | |
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A golden
Mediterranean sunrise, from the "Golden
Princess."
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