Sailing the Italian Riviera 2015
Capers growing out of wall
Curtains are made of noodles
Chiesa di San Petro
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Sailing the Italian Riviera 2015 |
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| Marina di Carrara, Italy | ||||
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| When entering a port, a pilot comes out to drive your vessel into their port | ||||
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| Lucca, Italy | Clock tower of Lucca | |||
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| Cathedral of San Martino | ||||
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| Basillica di San Frediano | ||||
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| Rounded walls to the ampitheatre | Site of the Interior of the Roman Ampitheatre | |||
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| Mime just hanging out (this one moved a bit too much) | Many shops had these decorated cows????!!!! | |||
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| That is NOT snow, it is white marble | ||||
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| Carrara marble mine | ||||
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| Boarded vans to enter the tunnel | ||||
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| The white marble is what Michelangelo chose for his statue of David | ||||
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| Our Russian friend Yuly Goldin. | ||||
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| This block weighs 30 tons, the average cut. | The marble cracked during cutting forming this image. | |||
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| Marble statutes at souvenir shop. | ||||
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| a little entertainment on board, Italian rock-n-roll | The next day, Porto Venere | |||
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| Approaching port on Pan Orama | We were tendered to the town | |||
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| Ready to walk up there to the old town? | Village gate to the old town | |||
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| Castle Doria | ||||
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Capers growing out of wall |
Curtains are made of noodles |
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Chiesa di San Petro |
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| Very steep stairs to apartments | ||||
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| Cinque Tierre | ||||
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| Lunch and limoncello tasting | Is that the Gorton fisherman? | |||
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