Here she is- the Sovereign!! This is in Villafranche, our first stop. We took a smaller boat to the port and then a train to Nice.

Here is Carlos (yellow shirt) and his brothers, from the left: Gonzalo, Miki, and Javi. This picture was taken in the port of Villafranche.

Here is a nice view of the port at Villafranche. Notice the giant Sovereign in the background! From here we took a train to Nice.

Here is our tiny room. No windows so it was easy to sleep forever.

The Vatican! Lots of beautiful architecture all over Rome. We did a whirlwind tour and were on our feet most the day walking from one site to the next. It was a hot day. There were thousands of tourist. Perhaps the most visited city in the world? Lots of nuns walking around. In the center of the city we meandered through narrow streets and came across a film crew shooting a scene with people in 20s style clothing. It was pretty wild to see Roman ruins in the middle of this city. Lots of different kinds of architecture all in one place. You really get the feeling that Rome was built upon other cities. All the ruins sites are below ground level.

Here is Natalia, Miki's girlfriend, Miki, and Javi. We're in some spacious, open plaza watching a lady feeding pigeons.

And here she is! The pigeon lady with her trusty bike packed full of bird food! We saw her later on in another part of the city. I love this picture. I changed it from color to black and white. It seems to have more feeling that way. I like how the wind is whipping her dress up.

Musicians in the plaza.

The entrance to the Pantheon. The Pantheon was originally built as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome in 27 BCE. It's a circular, domed building with huge granite Corinthian columns.

A ruins site. Notice how it's below ground level.

The front of a specialty foods market in Naples. Here they sold tons of different kinds of herbs and dried peppers and cheeses and olive oils.
There were lots of pretty sites in Naples, but it was a dirty city. Lots of trash and grime. Apparently the sanitation workers have been on strike for a few weeks and we heard something about mafia disputes. There were large mounds of trash every where. Kinda yucky.

The medina in La Goulette in Tunisia. The medina is the older part of the city. All the walls are painted white and the doors and windows are blue.

A typical alleyway in the medina. I love the big earthen pots. I think only very wealthy people live in these neighborhoods. Our bus passed other areas where apartment buildings were crammed together and it wasn't so romantic-looking.

Last night on the big boat. We all watched the sunset and then got into the jacuzzi. My favorite spot on the boat was on the back, stern?, where I could lay back in a comfy chair and watch the water. A nice place to go in the morning before the ship was teeming with people.

Here is a map of the cruise route.