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Even more pictures from our Mediterranean cruise
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Mykonos
Our ship, the Norwegian Spirit, moored in Mykonos harbor Harbor beach in Mykonos Roxannie, Fred&s guide in Mykonos, describing Mykonosian history in the local museum Ancient gravestones, like this one in Mykonos museum, often depict the deceased saying goodbye Mykonos town is laid out with tiny twisty alleys to foil pirate invaders
At ease in Mykonos There are unbuilt areas in Mykonos, but not many trees The bells on Monastery of Panagia Tourliani, Mykonos Susan finally learned on Mykonos the name of the ornamental pine at top right: Araucaria araucana (the monkey puzzle tree) Blue for sale at Galatis Gallery in Mykonos
Rome
Comparison of ancient and modern street level at Templo Adriano; they differ by five meters. I do not understand why the column bases are irregular below modern street level. Tourist-choked alley in Rome The Pantheon&s dome is wider than St. Peters, but the Pantheon has an open oculus; floor drains cope with rain and snow. The indented squares are one of the tricks that lighten the dome. Dramatic bas relief in the Pantheon of Rome Stolid carriage horses wait in Plaza del Rotonda outside the Pantheon in Rome
Bellini carved this elephant holding an obalisque near the Pantheon in Rome Area Sacra; intermittent excavation depends on funding Old homes and churches stand cheek-by-jowl with newer buildings in Rome Arch of Constantine with Palatine Hill--home of Nero and other emperors--to the left and the Colosseum to the right This southern side of the Colosseum has lost the outer two cylinders that appear at the left edge; for centuries, the Colosseum served as a quarry for builders
Nero&s house; from which he persecuted Christians to blame them for his fire that burned Rome Iron was extracted from each pock mark; the Colosseum was both quarry and iron mine for centuries Inside the Colosseum. Originally there was a wooden floor covered with sand, like that on the left. The Italian word for sand is "arena," hence the English word. Bricks formed decorative motifs throughout the Colosseum Part of the eastern wall of The Vatican; crowds awaiting entry extend from here to the corner and around it as far again
The Vatican Museum courtyard. Each of the signs is a station where a guide is explaining the Sistine Chapel. Ceiling in the Vatican Museum&s Map Gallery; the pictures are unique throughout, but the shape pattern repeats The ceiling done, Michaelangelo went on to paint The Last Judgment on the west wall of the Sistine Chapel Besides God and Adam, the center row of the Sistine Chapel ceiling depicts the seven days of creation and other scenes from Genesis Only the Pope says mass under this, the largest bronze casting in the world, in St. Peters, Vatican City
The dome of Saint Peters has more light and decoration than the bigger dome in the Pantheon
Barcelona
Gaudi&s La Sagrada Familia, from the front, Barcelona Barcelona from Mount Tibidabo. Norwegian Spirit-our recent home-is at the pier on the right. Riding the funicular railway from atop Mount Tibidabo, Barcelona Baroque monument in the roundabout in Plaça d&Espanya near Barcelona&s former bullfight arena Gothic altarpiece in Museu Nacional d&Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona
Corre de Calatrava, communications tower for 1992 Olympics, Barcelona Corre de Calatrava, communications tower for 1992 Olympics, Barcelona
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Aug 20, 2012 00:52 GMT
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