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Archive for October, 2010
Posted on October 18th, 2010 in Mediterranean Cruise 2010
Heading for the Rome airport for that very long trip home. See you all this afternoon. Sent from my BlackBerry
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This is a town that was buried just like Pompai. We were able to go into the houses and see actual paintings on thje walls from 2000 years ago. Back on the ship. Time to pack. Sorry to leave the ship tomorrow.
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View from ship. 13th Century castle in middle of picture. Heading of to the Amalfi Coast. They say it is a scary drive on narrow roads clinging to the side of a mountain overlooking the Sea. Then on to Hurculieum and the ruins of Pompai.
We are heading back to the ship. Savoca was a very small village at the top of a hill. I took lots of pictures with my camera, but forgot to take any pictures with my phone. To see pictures go to this website. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/sicily/savoca.htm Mom, I bought a bottle of the most wonderful Almond Wine. [...]
Hi from a hill high up in Sicily. We are in a little village called Taormina. Very quaint. Now heading to the little village where the Godfather movie was shot.
I am here. Very hot here. We are heading to another location to get a better picture. The street venders are very pushy here. One wanted to help me take a picture, then he wanted some money. At first he asked for 20 or 30 dollars. When I walked away he saiid to give him [...]
. We just left the Egyptian museum where we saw the Tut exhibit No cameras allowed so no pictures We are on our way to Giza and the pyrimids. Driving along the nile. Terrible crowds. I am hoping for better at Giza. Tempature is pretty good at about 88, but when you are in a [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2010 in Mediterranean Cruise 2010, Travel Log
The smog was so thick in Alexandria, we had to travel about an hour out before I could take a picture. This land use to be desert, but now they bring water here from$ the Nile and it is all green farms. It will take us about 3 hours to get to Cairo.
