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More photos from our Mediterranean cruise
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Geneva
The ATLAS control center at CERN is behind glass The dome at CERN houses a unique multimedia display of CERN&s mission and accomplishments. The blue tube is a section of the CERN accelerator ring. There are 9000 like it in the ring. It is curved by 2 millimeters. School kids waiting to cross a street in Geneva "Subscribe! to all the emotion", as seen on our "train" ride through the old town of Geneva This bust of the founder of the Red Cross ("Croix rouge") graces the former site of public hangings in Geneva
Lobby of the St. Gervais, our hotel in Geneva
Venice
Porters transporting us and our luggage to our B&B in Venice. The only taxis in Venice are water taxis. Our B&B actually had a clothes washer we could use. And after four days we already had enough laundry to take advantage. Tidal waters have benn unkind to this door as to so many others in Venice. Finding one&s way is aided by numerous signs such as the one at the left for "Parrochia Di S. Stefano." This vendor&s wares outside Piazza San Marco in Venice are only a bit more gaudy than the others. Basilica San Marco and the Campanile, Piazza San Marco,
Venice
Collanade along south side of Piazza San Marco, Venice Looking North from the Ponte di Rialto over Venice&s Grand Canal
Athens
Ancient Acropolis wall, Athens. Every city had an acropolis, the last inner set of defenses on a hilltop. The agora (marketplace) as seen from the Acropolis, Athens Modern shopping street in Plaka, in the shadow of the Acropolis, Athens Graphiti is everywhere in Athens and Europe, thanks to American spray cans
Ephesus
Excavation and restoration continue throughout Ephesus. Only 15% is yet uncovered. Manhole cover. This Ephesian street boasts a still-viable sewer. Stones in Ephesus were joined in some places with iron rods and in others with lead. The latter was mined by rebels to form bullets. This flat area at the lower, port-side, end of the street was the marketplace agora in Ephesus Roman theaters everywhere have lost their stages. Ephesus is where this stage isn&t.
Our Ephesus guide points out a feature of the Ancient port, now silted in. Our cruise line staged a "spectacle" to show us ancient times in Ephesus A Corinthean capital with iron rod in Ephesus
Istanbul
On land in European Istanbul: the Turkish flag at the Ataturk monument, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia (Sacred Wisdom), and the Blue Mosque; afloat: three of the myriad ferries, fishing boats, a yacht Icon over door to Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: Constantine and Justinian at the sides of Theodokos, the mother of God, holding a baby Jesus with an adult face. Minaret of Hagia Sofia museum, Istanbul Susan adds a knot to a carpet at a shop in Istanbul The rug merchant makes his pitch in Istanbulan
Shop of blue and other ceramics in the largest covered bazaar in the world; Istanbul One side aisle in Istanbul&s bazaar Moderen Moslem Woman in turkey sporting shades, drinking coffee, talking on cell phone, and smoking
Mykonos
Everyone needs to catch some Zs and rays in Mykonos Exploring the tidewater on Mykonos The windmills of Mykonos Architectural details are painted in strong primary colors in Mykonos Flower in Mykonos
Naples
Susan posing before Vesuvius in the forum of Pompei Lemon tree rootstock is hardier than orange, so orange limbs are grafted to lemon tree in Naples Vesuvius looms over a street of shops in Pompei Roses in Sorrento Villa clings to cliff in Naples
Susan and the port of Naples Susan&s guide watches demonstrator make cheese Temple of Venus in Pompei. Cremation crypts are beneath it. Steps, colums, and a decorated wall in Pompei Pompeians were asphixiated by gases and later lost in drifts of volcanic ash. Their fat and watery parts soaked into the ash, leaving cavities. Archeologists filled these cavities with plaster to make dramatic images.
Climbing Vesuvius (Dewald) Naples harbor (Dewald) Vesuvius crater (Dewald)
Rome
The map gallery; forty excellent maps of Italian regions created without modern tools Arches incorporated in the wall of Rome&s Pantheon help support the massive dome Let your hands do the talking in Rome, II Statuary on a table in the Vatican Museum Inside the Pantheon, Rome
FlorencePisa
If this is the tower, it must be Pisa Birds perching on toes, Florence Main door of Florence&s Duomo Cathedral
Barcelona
Mega-multi communication tower, Mount Tibidabo, Barcelona Gaudi&s La Sagrada Familia has been under construction for over a century, Barcelona Susan likes the angles in this shot from the MNAC plaza, Barcelona Sculpture outside Joan Miro museum, Barcelona Dutch troubador singing beautifully in English, below MNAC plaza, Barcelona
Gateway arch to Barcelona Port Tibidabo Cathedral del Sagrat Cor on Tibidabo Mountain overlooking Barcelona Statue of Columbus, Barcelona Harbor Pyrenees from the French-Spanish border Farmland in the Rhône Valley, France
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Aug 20, 2012 00:52 GMT
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