Europe 2006

September 2006

Barcelona
Chic & Basic Hotel (our first hotel)	Chic & Basic Hotel	Chic & Basic Hotel Stairway	A hotel with a motto
D & E and our new friend, Anna	GOT GOAT? They love goat...	Sagrada Familia	Sagrada Familia
Pretty building	Another building	Guess they really are on every corner...including every corner of the world	Hotel Astoria, entry ceiling (our second hotel)
Hotel Astoria Stairway	Taking a break on the roof of our hotel
View from our hotel rooftop	Another view
France
The port of Villefranche	Villefranche at dusk	D, Villefranche	Typical street signs
Nice, France buildings	Another building in the city of Nice	Creative name for a Chinese restaurant...	A+ for presentation! My favorite salad...insalata caprese and D's...salad nicoise
Italy
Florence, Arno River	Florence, Arno River	Shopping in Florence	Florence cathedral
Fruit Stand in Rome	Contemplating a career change... Vatican City	Enjoying Italian Gelato Vatican City	Rome building
Roman coliseum	Coliseum	Coliseum	D in front of the Vatican
Another D & E self portrait; taxi ride in Rome	Rome sunset	Leaning Tower of Pisa
Details of the tower	A glimpse of the California Park Hotel--where my mom and I stayed 20 years ago	E and D having a cappuccino after a long day	Sorrento Coast
Sorrento Winery/Cheese Farm	Sorrento winery vineyard	Sorrento farm goats	Road leading to the winery/farm
Sorrento marketplace	Sorrento outdoor fish market & produce market	D & E Sorrento coast	Streets of Pompeii
Ornate ceiling of Pompeii men's spa	Entryway to ruins of Pompeii home; a symbol to beware of dog	Typical home of the Pompeii upper-class	Statue inside Pompeii theater
One of many columns throughout the city	Pompeii plaster mummy	The original and still intact sundial used in the ancient city of Pompeii (and a bald guy's head)
Life Onboard...
The dreaded Sea Pass...our official identification	QM2 leaving port before our ship	The only food item on board that was edible (okay...so we didn't like the ship food!)	Some people wear their bus number stickers for the excursions...some people don't
Our Ship, The Voyager of the Seas from atop the Villefranche countryside	D reluctantly getting back onboard after our time in Sorrento and Pompeii	Our last day onboard! Woo Hoo!!

THE END! The last self portrait of the trip