Savoca, Sicily
2016年10月26日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 20 °COur ship excursion in Sicily was entitled "Land of The Godfather". (This selection was entirely Mike's idea!) We saw many of the places where "The Godfather" (parts I and II) was filmed, including theもっと詳しく
Our ship excursion in Sicily was entitled "Land of The Godfather". (This selection was entirely Mike's idea!) We saw many of the places where "The Godfather" (parts I and II) was filmed, including theもっと詳しく
The next stop in our tour of the "Land of the Godfather" was Forza d'agro. The wedding of Michael and Apollonia (from the movie) was filmed at a church here (see the picture of Mike in the doorway);もっと詳しく
We got another few pictures from stopping by several churches in Savoca and Forza d'agro. Most places were closed that day, so we had the streets to ourselves.
We moved on to Greece the next day, and while the weather was just about perfect every other day of our trip, our stop in Corfu was very rainy. After docking outside of the town of Corfu at noon, weもっと詳しく
Our next stop was a little Greek Orthodox church that was several centuries old. We bought a small handmade Christmas ornament from the resident nuns there. Afterward, we stopped at a littleもっと詳しく
We got back to the old town of Corfu at dusk, when most of the shops were closing. We snapped a couple of pictures of the old fortress built by the Venetians in 1546. The church down the road is theもっと詳しく
Rick Steves said not to oversleep when cruising through the Bay of Kotor early in the morning, and was he ever right! As the sun rose, we sailed through the bay and it was truly amazing. Mike took soもっと詳しく
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said, "I have heard that the road to Cetinje via Kotor is one of the most beautiful in the world and that is why I've come." We could not agree more. Theもっと詳しく
Our ship excursion in Kotor took us to Cetinje, which was once the center of Montenegrin rule. We stopped at the Museum of St. Nikola (the pink building). They were adamant about our not takingもっと詳しく
After Cetinje, our bus took us back to the old town of Kotor; we had a quick tour there before we returned to our ship. Mike posed in front of the main gate, or the "sea gate", which dates back to theもっと詳しく