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Geneva
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We flew into Geneva so Fred could visit Cern and its new Large Hadron Collider (LHC). While there we took a town tour and visited the botanical garden.
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Venice
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A long train ride took us to Venice where we visited Plaza San Marco, San Polo church, and the Rialto bridge.
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Athens
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After two days at sea we arrived in Athens and bused to the Parthenon atop the Acropolis. Later we had lunch in Plaka and were "granted" free time for shopping.
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Ephesus
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Our first port in Turkey brought us to the ancient city of Ephesus, destination of one of Paul's Epistles. In the fifteen percent that is already excavated, the tour is downhill and covers the city center: theaters, fora, library, baths, 12 seater flush toilet, and more.
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Istanbul
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Our tour covered only two sites next to each other: Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia. The palace is not where they filmed the movie. Hagia Sophia is a museum. No lunch, but lengthy bazaar visit.
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Mykonos
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Ou visit coincided with a glorious day. It was easy to see why the indolent wealthy flock to this island.
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Naples
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Fred climbed Vesuvius. Susan went to Sorrento. Both visited Pompei, which is an amazing place with its remarkable degree of preservation.
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Rome
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Fred visited the crucial places: Trevi fountain, the Colosseum, and the Vatican. This is too much for one day, but that was all we had. Susan, having visited once before, bused through the countryside this time.
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FlorencePisa
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Since the previous two days had wiped out Fred, he stayed on the ship. Susan visited the town centers of Pisa and Florence.
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Barcelona
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Barcelona offers decent bus tours that show you most everything and let you hop off and back on. We took time to visit MNAC, the Catalan national museum. Susan took the side trip by funicular to Tibidabo mountain.
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