The Trip Home (Day 51)
On Friday morning at 4 am, I took all of my bags down to the hotel lobby for my transfer to the […]
Month: July 2011
Athens, Greece (Day 50)
view on the way yup the Acropolis of Athens The Erechtheum mom and me in front of the Erechtheum On Thursday (July […]
Mycenae & Athens, Greece (Day 49)
Mycenae: Treasury of Atreus (tomb) View from Mycenae Mycenae museum: necklaces, perfume bottles On Wednesday morning we went to Mycenae with a […]
Olympia & Tolon, Greece (Day 48)
Philippeion Philippeion This morning we woke up and walked with our tour group over to the Olympic ruins which were a five-minute […]
Ravenna, Italy & Olympia, Greece (Days 46 & 47)
Ravenna: Dante’s tomb On Sunday morning we left our hotel in Venice and drove to Ravenna, Italy. Hm. Not so much to […]
Venice, Italy (Day 45)
gondola ride our troubadour typical gondola seats Today our tour group went to Venice for the day. Gorgeous! It really looks just […]
Verona & Venice, Italy (Day 44)
Verona Verona: Juliet’s house Verona: Dante’s house Verona: Juliet’s house Verona: Romeo’s house Verona: Lyle Lovett poster Arena Verona Whew! On Friday, […]
Pisa & Florence, Italy (Days 42 & 43)
The cathedral and Leaning Tower of Pisa On Wednesday morning, our tour group left the hotel and drove for several hours to […]
Rome, Italy II (Day 41)
Vatican museum Vatican museum On Tuesday morning, our tour bus left the hotel at 7:25 am for the Vatican. Mom and I […]
Rome, Italy I (Day 40)
St. Peter’s Basilica St. Peter’s Basilica Monday morning I woke up after two-and-a-half hours of sleep to load my stuff into a […]