From Barcelona to Home
November 29, 2013 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 48 °FWe sailed to Barcelona and immediately were bussed to the airport. There we hooked up with Shirley and Martin for the trip home.
We sailed to Barcelona and immediately were bussed to the airport. There we hooked up with Shirley and Martin for the trip home.
We took a bus tour from the port at Toulon, France up to the town of Aix-en-Provence with our guide Olivier. We had a leisurely walk through the old town, and enjoyed its Roman and medievalRead more
We drove west from Florence to arrive in Pisa just as the sun set. We passed the quarries where the Carara marble was mined for the greatest statues in history. We saw the famous Leaning Tower, theRead more
Our guide Elizabetha was an art major as well as a guide, and she explained that the genius of Michaelangelo's statue of David lies in his face. Unlike its predecessors, which show a bloody head ofRead more
Florence is unspeakably beautiful. A lovely bus ride from Livorno to Florence took us through a most beautiful part of Tuscany. I was surprised that the ancestral villages of Vinci, and that of theRead more
In the afternoon we visited the Colosseum (properly called the Flavian Amphitheater). Glenda was troubled by the many tragic deaths that occurred there. The drive back to Civitavecchia took us throughRead more
Our drive to the Hotel Bernini for lunch revealed more information about Roman imperial history, as we drove down the street where Julius Caesar’s birthplace once stood. The hotel was modern, clean,Read more
We started with a 90 minute bus ride from Civitavecchia to Rome. Guide Monica showed us the old fort at Civitavecchia, built by Michaelangelo. We came into Rome via the old Aurelian road to see firstRead more
I awoke to a beautiful sunrise over Mt. Vesuvius. An 8 A. M. visit to Dr. Dylan Belton had him removing my IV port, and giving me two more boxes of different antibiotics. At breakfast we had aRead more