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- maandag 20 juni 2016 om 08:30
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 15 m
Nieuw-ZeelandHairini37°43’59” S 176°9’28” E
Hairini
20 juni 2016, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Bags packed, most things done, bye little Home we'll see you soon.
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- maandag 20 juni 2016 om 21:00
- 🌙 12 °C
- Hoogte: 59 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandPukekohe37°12’13” S 174°54’18” E
Pukekohe
20 juni 2016, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
A night with Mum before we leave.
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Mom looking very much herself. Sending us off with a Bundaberg Ginger Beer!
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- dinsdag 21 juni 2016 om 10:47
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 10 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandAuckland International Airport37°0’21” S 174°46’57” E
Departure point NZ
21 juni 2016, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Relaxing in the Emperor Lounge at akl airport. Flight in an hour or so...
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- woensdag 22 juni 2016 om 00:00
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Hoogte: 6 m
SingaporeSingapore Changi Airport1°21’23” N 103°59’8” E
Singapore Airport
22 juni 2016, Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Half way there ... another 5 hrs here and we leave for Istanbul.
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- woensdag 22 juni 2016 om 09:18
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Hoogte: 3 m
TurkijeZeytin Burnu40°58’49” N 28°54’6” E
Istanbul
22 juni 2016, Turkije ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A day and night here. Off to see the city sights now...
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- Dag 5
- donderdag 23 juni 2016 om 16:00
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Hoogte: 71 m
GriekenlandIoulianou37°59’23” N 23°43’31” E
Athens
23 juni 2016, Griekenland ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
2 days here. Booked an evening tour and a day tour tomorrow to see the acropolis and archeology. Can't wait.
Ross SmithSounds like you guys are have a great time already. Hopefully you are starting to relax now and enjoying you awesome holiday. Ross
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Beautiful view of the Parthenon from down below in the street we walked as part of the evening tour.
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Us outside the new Acropolis Museum. Note the glass floor panels in the courtyard behind...
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- donderdag 23 juni 2016 om 21:00
- 🌙 30 °C
- Hoogte: 88 m
- GriekenlandStoá tou Evménous37°58’11” N 23°43’35” E
Greek taverna in Plaka
23 juni 2016, Griekenland ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
on a tour sampling melt in your mouth lamb n salads. too meek to join the dancers on stage though!
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- vrijdag 24 juni 2016 om 10:00
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Hoogte: 77 m
- GriekenlandTheatre of Dionysos37°58’10” N 23°43’46” E
Acropolis Museum
24 juni 2016, Griekenland ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Visited this magnificent Museum today prior to visiting the Acropolis itself. An excellent idea as we then knew what we were looking up top without having to figure it out along the way. Our TourMeer informatie
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White panels left (replicas of artifacts held elsewhere), yellowed panels right are the actual original artifact. Almost all of the statues at right are replicas just a few original fragments among them.
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Statues from left end of the west frieze of the Parthenon.2 horse heads are actual items, white are replicas. The detail and finish of marble statues are remarkable. These are a little larger than life size.
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- Dag 6
- vrijdag 24 juni 2016 om 13:00
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Hoogte: 127 m
- GriekenlandAcropolis37°58’17” N 23°43’33” E
Acropolis, Athens
24 juni 2016, Griekenland ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Then a walk up the Acropolis to the structures on top ... the Parthenon WOW!!!!! There's also the Erechtheion, the Temple of Nike (yep, that's where they got the name from), the Prohylaea, the BeuleMeer informatie
Richard n Sheila TravelsOdeon of Herodes Atticus. Magnificent amphitheatre used in modern times for concerts by such as Yanni & Andrea Bocelli.
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The Erechtheum. Second largest structure on the Acropolis. The most sacred and mythical temple in Athens.
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The Parthenon. Temple of the goddess Athena. 70m x 30m x 20m high, it's HUGE. Being lovingly restored now.
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- Dag 7
- zaterdag 25 juni 2016 om 10:30
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Hoogte: 3 m
ItaliëFiumicino International Airport41°48’3” N 12°14’58” E
Rome airport
25 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Landed here 10.30 local time, onto a bus with some fellow cruisers and head to Civitivecchia to board ship. 31C. Oleanders along the highways here and in Greece are in full flower quite a spectacle.
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- zaterdag 25 juni 2016 om 15:15
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- ItaliëCivitavecchia Ferry Port42°5’40” N 11°46’48” E
Sirena pool deck
25 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Richard just lounging around chillaxing, finally!
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- zondag 26 juni 2016 om 09:00
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- ItaliëOlbia Ferry Port40°55’18” N 9°31’6” E
Olbia, Sardinia
26 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Docked before daylight for a visit to Sardinia. Brekkie on the dekkie, super service even at the buffet. Going up to 34C they tell us...what beautiful blue water and scenery.
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Near the dock in Olbia, from the open top deck of our bus.
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Very rocky terrain with only scrubby growth. Driving north from Olbia...
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- zondag 26 juni 2016 om 11:00
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- ItaliëOlbia Ferry Port40°55’18” N 9°31’10” E
Our magnificent home afloat!
26 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
This is a beautiful ship, with 5 star plus service and meals. Never crowded, just 700 passengers.
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Small cruise ship compared to some these days, but not exactly a modest lunch either (see the size of people boarding).
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Pool deck. Pool is salt water, 2 hot tubs. fitness track above the deck chairs. That's Olbia in Sardinia in the background just after we arrived in the morning.
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A flight in the rear staircase, which id the plainer of the two (will post some more pics of the Sirena later...).
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- Dag 9
- maandag 27 juni 2016 om 08:00
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- ItaliëFosso Venezia43°32’50” N 10°17’47” E
Livorno
27 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Docked here this morning. The port that gives access to Florence, Pisa and Tuscany. We are on a Florence/Pisa tour today.
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- maandag 27 juni 2016 om 11:00
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 64 m
- ItaliëPalazzo Vecchio43°46’9” N 11°15’21” E
Florence (Firenze), Italy
27 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
So famous. Especially if you read Dan Brown 😉
Nearly 2 hrs on the bus through typical Tuscan countryside - well tended, with countless small groves of Olives, vineyards,
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A gallery of other Statues in the same Piazza della Signoria as David. The blue/green is of Perseus holding the head of Medusa ...
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Michelangelo's David stands in the Piazzo della Signoria. This is a replica though, the original is housed in the Accademia Gallery in Florence for security. Carved from a single piece of marble from the same quarry, it's an exact replica in every way. It's 5m tall and took 3 carvers 3 years to complete
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- maandag 27 juni 2016 om 13:00
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Hoogte: 71 m
- ItaliëFlorence Cathedral43°46’23” N 11°15’22” E
Il Duomo Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore
27 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Richard n Sheila TravelsIl Duomo...features in The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Pretty much every person in the pic is a tourist. All that white and green and reddish colour is pure marble. Diff colours from diff locations. The entire building is finished in marble and you get an idea of the scale looking at those people. The third largest Cathedral in the world I believe our guide said.
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The Baptistry out front of the Cathedral. Again, all marble finish. In early times, only those baptised here could enter the church. Many tourists, thank goodness tourism is so depressed here right now!
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Front of the Cathedral. Look at the detail...above the doorways, those big circular windows, the figures in the alcoves, it just goes on and on.
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- Dag 9
- maandag 27 juni 2016 om 16:00
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 10 m
- ItaliëPorta a Lucca43°43’22” N 10°24’6” E
Pisa
27 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
What, other than the Leaning Tower? Not much...
But the tower is breathtaking. To see it at last, after first learning about in maybe 50 yrs ago at school...wow. Truckloads of visitors, well,Meer informatie
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The Tower really does lean. About 4 deg right now after some stabilisation recently as the leaning was increasing past 5deg. See the Tower location relative to the church it was supposed to be the bell tower for.
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Happy us posing...just so you know we didn't just scan a postcard for the prev pic. The Tower took something like 300 years to build, and at least 3 major architects, 2 of whom had to give up. The first was of course building a correctly vertical Tower. Ahem! Don't know how long the church took, but it's a hugely larger building...
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Gives a closer perspective of how much it leans. And how big it is. Quite astonishing really. And hot, as evidenced by the umbrellas.
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- Dag 10
- dinsdag 28 juni 2016 om 07:01
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 18 m
- ItaliëPunta del Coppo44°18’11” N 9°12’35” E
Portofino
28 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Anchoring here now, brekkie on board then tender into the port. Taking a bus trip today to Santa Margarita and Genoa as we saw Portofino last time...these pics taken in Portofino this trip. Still anMeer informatie
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No matter which direction one looks, it feels like we are here to shoot a calendar. So picturesque!
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- dinsdag 28 juni 2016 om 11:00
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 16 m
- ItaliëStazione Genova Brignole (RFI)44°24’20” N 8°56’47” E
Genoa, Italy
28 juni 2016, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
An important political city historically, although not so much recently. Established by the earliest civilisations, centuries BC. Our tour focused on several museums and churches.
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- woensdag 29 juni 2016 om 10:00
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 55 m
MonacoJardins du Casino43°44’24” N 7°25’36” E
Monte Carlo, Monaco
29 juni 2016, Monaco ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Anchored up here for a day. No excursions booked so taking it easy. Sorry about the pics ... Internet is slow on board but will get them up soon.
Richard n Sheila TravelsHa, yeah we could. Just not sure we can afford the entrance fee 😀
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Billionaire playground as they say...several private no-charter yacht in the 100m+ long category either docked, parked in the marina or anchored in the harbour. Not all of what you see is Monaco...it's apparently only about 2 sq km in area with just 8,000 residents, making it the 2nd smallest country after the Vatican.
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- donderdag 30 juni 2016 om 10:00
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Hoogte: 8 m
FrankrijkVieux-Port43°17’47” N 5°22’11” E
Marseilles, France
30 juni 2016, Frankrijk ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Enjoyed a day here and took a tour which visited Aix-en-Provence, a very representative country town. So French. More churches, French bakeries, produce markets, very picturesque...
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Built in 1849 to celebrate the arrival of water in Marseilles. It never rains according to our guide although about every 10th building did have spoutings...certainly no big lawnmowing opportunity here!
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Churches and cathedrals everywhere even on the waterfront.
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- donderdag 30 juni 2016 om 10:30
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 191 m
- FrankrijkPlace des Cardeurs43°31’41” N 5°26’32” E
Aix en Provence
30 juni 2016, Frankrijk ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Charming French village.
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- vrijdag 1 juli 2016 om 10:00
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Hoogte: 2 m
SpanjeTorre Jaume I41°22’16” N 2°10’48” E
Barcelona, Spain
1 juli 2016, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Brekkie done, time to explore! We visited Barcelona in 2002 so lots of changes now. Much busier, the port redeveloped with a new cruise ship terminal. Big football game so traffic was bedlam and weMeer informatie
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Another street so typical around the Mediteranean. Balconies, old buildings, these are homes from 2nd level up.
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Building designed by Gaudi, the spanish artist from early 20th century. His mark is on lots of architecure in Barcelona and Spain. No straigh lines, everything8flows8.
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La Sragrada Familia another Gaudi work, still under construction after nearly 140 years. Some parts are old and in need of a clean, while others look brand new. A NZer is the current Executive Architect and it's reportedly 70% complete. Just a massive massive project, costing about 25m Euros annually. Didn't get through it due to time constraints and a trillion visitors every day.
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- zaterdag 2 juli 2016 om 08:53
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 15 m
- SpanjeValencia North Railway Station39°27’57” N 0°22’35” W
Valencia, Spain
2 juli 2016, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A beautiful city. Large area of modern architecture largely built on the old river bed and much due to recent events like the Americas Cup. Some old areas too, so, many contrasts here.
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- zaterdag 2 juli 2016 om 19:00
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 3 m
- SpanjeValencia Street Circuit39°27’37” N 0°19’40” W
Valencia Americas Cup park.
2 juli 2016, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Saw this on TV very cool to be here.
Have a fantastic trip & look forward to your photos xo