Meditteranean Cruise July 18-25, 2010... an eyeful of Europe

1. MANILA * Too excited and early, coffee break

2. MANILA * 1 st plane, going to Netherlands

3. NETHERLANDS * Schiphol Airport, connecting flight

4. * To boarding gate NETHERLANDS

5. * 2 nd plane, to Barcelona NETHERLANDS

6. * Streets of Barcelona BARCELONA, SPAIN

7. * Barcelona cathedral – 16 th century BARCELONA, SPAIN

8. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Inside the Barcelona Cathedral

9. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Roaming around in the hop-on hop-off bus

10. BARCELONA, SPAIN * More sights to see and explore

11. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Home of Gaudi’s masterpieces

12. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Sagrada Familia

13. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Very cool and nice Pasillo

14. BARCELONA, SPAIN * One of the Gelaterias, most of them have Turron in their sign so we ate in almost all

15. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Industrial Engineering Building… Barcelona University

16. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Premises of Camp Nou, football stadium for FC Barcelona

17. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Marketplace

18. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Marketplace

19. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Colors! Colors! Sweets!

20. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Cruise ship, 50% Filipino Crew, excellent service, expensive internet : )

21. BARCELONA, SPAIN * Bye Barcelona!

22. MONACO, FRANCE * Wake up, we’re at Monaco!

23. MONACO, FRANCE * Port of Monaco

24. MONACO, FRANCE * Part of the Royal castle and Montecarlo district

25. MONACO, FRANCE * Café de Paris, Hotel de Paris and Grand Casino de Monte Carlo

26. MONACO, FRANCE * Ferrari in Hotel de Paris

27. MONACO, FRANCE * Some mirrored image of the grand casino

28. MONACO, FRANCE * A few of Prince Albert’s car collection

29. FLORENCE, ITALY * Sunrise at Florence

30. FLORENCE, ITALY * Nice Lighthouse at Livorno

31. FLORENCE, ITALY * Streets of Florence

32. FLORENCE, ITALY * Streets of Florence

33. FLORENCE, ITALY * Piazza di San Giovanni

34. FLORENCE, ITALY * Florence Cathedral – Sta Maria del Fiore and its Campanille

35. FLORENCE, ITALY * Details of the Cathedral facade

36. FLORENCE, ITALY * Battistero

37. FLORENCE, ITALY * Il Duomo * Brunelleschi designed the dome

38. FLORENCE, ITALY * Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza de la Signoria

39. FLORENCE, ITALY * Santa Croce (Piazza and Church)

40. FLORENCE, ITALY * Famous tombs in Santa Croce – Galileo, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello

41. FLORENCE, ITALY * Art inside Santa Croce, including 1 of Michelangelo’s 4 Pietas

42. FLORENCE, ITALY * River Arno, Ponte Vecchio, Ponte di Santa Trinita

43. FLORENCE, ITALY * View at the Bridge

44. FLORENCE, ITALY * Church of Santa Maria Novella, meeting place

45. ROME, ITALY * Next day at Port of Civitavecchia, going to Rome

46. ROME, ITALY * Streets and walls of Rome/Vatican

47. ROME, ITALY * Tour guide Roberta, showing a preview of Sistine Chapel, sorry no cameras allowed

48. ROME, ITALY * St. Peter’s Dome from one of the Museum courtyards

49. ROME, ITALY * View from the courtyard

50. ROME, ITALY * Ceiling details and tapestries in the museum

51. ROME, ITALY * Ammaaaazziiing!

52. ROME, ITALY * Ways in and out of the Sistine Chapel – no cameras allowed inside 

53. ROME, ITALY * Entering St. Peter’s

54. ROME, ITALY * Angels in the Basilica

55. ROME, ITALY * Gate to Heaven

56. ROME, ITALY * Pieta – 2 nd of 4, this one is in a glass case

57. ROME, ITALY * Altar

58. ROME, ITALY * It’s lighted…. must be something important

59. ROME, ITALY * Just outside

60. ROME, ITALY * The Royal Staircase, the Papal balcony and Bernini’s obelisk

64. ROME, ITALY * Long and tiring day, Sunset at Rome