Mediterranean Cruise - July 2008
The Ship
Home away from home. Royal Carribean Cruise Lines - Brilliance of the Seas.
Everyone must attend the lifeboat drill, but you don't have to be happy about it.
Nancy and Tim's cabin. Pretty nice.
Rachel and Jason's cabin (wheelchair accessible). Much nicer!
Mini-golf on deck 13.
The climbing wall.
Rachel beats Nancy up the wall.
Working on our tan at pool #1.
Pool #1
Pool #2 - The Solarium
As Jason likes to say, "We're living the highlights". His favorite highlight was the water slide.
Rachel with perfect form.
Jason going fast.
The Sites
Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Gaudí's best known work is the immense but still unfinished church of the Sagrada Família, which has been under construction since 1882. Completion is planned for 2026.
The other side of Sagrada Familia.
At the Christopher Columbus statue. It's not a horse, but it'll do.
Rows and rows of bikes everywhere, ready to rent.
It's a small world: Running into a fellow San Diegan in a random restaurant.
Nice, France
Those lunch prices aren't so bad. Oh wait, those are in Euros.
The Promenade des Anglais.
Rachel discovers gelato and forever more snubs her nose at regular ice cream.
Pisa, Italy
A quick stop in Pisa.
Florence, Italy
The lifesize reproduction of the "David di Michelangelo". The real one is inside this building.
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. Construction started in 1296.
The Ponte Vecchio bridge built sometime before 996. The only surviving bridge in Florence after WWII.
Rome, Italy
The Pantheon, rebuilt around 125 AD.
The Pantheon is the oldest standing domed structure in Rome.
The Trevi Fountain.
The Roman Forum, home to Julius Caesar (40 BC).
If you don't know what this is, you need to get out more. Built in 70-80 AD; seats 60,000 (not including lions).
Ephesus, Greece
This is where Mary and St Paul came to preach.
Hmmm.....
The Temple of Hadrian dates from the 2nd century.
The Library of Celsus was built 125 AD and once held nearly 12,000 scrolls.
There's nothing better than being able to visit with friends while on the toilet.
The Theater - At an estimated 44,000 seating capacity, it is believed to be the largest outdoor theater in the ancient world.
The world's richest camel. Only 1 Euro per picture.
Santorini, Greece
Athens, Greece
The Parthenon, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis.
There's never a tourist policeman around when you need one.
Sorrento, Italy
Enoying some farm fresh mozarella cheese...
and some homemade wine.
Pompeii, Italy
The entrance to Pompeii. The city was buried by the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Inside the men's sauna.
Beware of dog, floor mosaic.
All of the homes had intricate and beautiful frescoes.
Leaving Pompeii.
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