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Posted on September 18, 2019September 19, 2019

2018 Norway Cruise Photos

Leaving Dublin
Douglas, Isle of Man
Douglas, Isle of Man
local transit, Isle of Man
Douglas, Isle of Man
Isle of Man, UK

The Manx symbol at Lezayre, Isle of Man
Laxey, Isle of Man, UK
At the Ulster Folk Museum, Hollywood
At the Ulster Folk Museum
At the transport museum, Hollywood, Ulster
Ullapool, Scotland

picnic in Ullapool, Scotland
View from Ullapool Hill. No, not the top!
Gaelic road sign
Brodgar Stone Circle, Orkney Islands
Scara Brae neolithic village, Orkney Islands
Maes Howe, Orkney

Mainland, Orkneys
St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney
Bergen, Norway
Cooking at Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene
Bergen
Reindeer sausage in Bergen, Norway.

Bergen - Fløibanen funicular to the top of Mount Fløyen.
Bryggen, Bergen, Norway
Alesund, Norway
Alesund, Norway
Leaving Alesund, Norway
Outdoor fish fry on the ship

Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway
Nidaros, Trondheim Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway
Archbishop's Palace Museum, Trondheim
Stiftsgården is the royal residence in Trondheim
Near Prinsens Gate, Trondheim
1:25 in the morning. View from our porthole

July 6, Richard's birthday!
Birthday cake
View of Hammerfest, Norway
Hammerfest, Norway
The town is fenced in against wandering reiindeer
Meeting a Sami family

Sami traditional home
Murmansk harbour
floating nuclear reactor in the harbour
buffet sweets!
Murmansk, Barents Sea
festive buffet on ths Nautica

Arriving in Murmansk, Russia
Murmansk church
traditional bread offering at the church
At the Murmansk Museum of Regional Studies
Alesha (Alyosha) Statue, Murmansk, Russia
Alyosha, a monument to the defenders of Soviet Arctic

Murmansk
Murmansk, Russia
11:31 pm
4:55 am
Solovetsky Monastery, Solovetsky Island
A skete, a minor monastery

Ascension skete of the Solovetsky Monastery, founded in the 19th century on the Sekirnaya Mountain of the Great Solovetsky Island, Russia. Church - lighthouse
Inside a skete
Waiting for the caretaker monk
On Solovetsky Island
Rough roads - use whichever side of the road is smoother!
No formalities to going ashore!

Solovetsky Monastery
Solovetskiy monastery, Solovetsky Islands, Russia
Inside the monastery
inside the great monastery
Archangel, Russia a logging centre
In Arkhangelsk, statues of folktale heros and writers

Arkhangelsk
closeup of statue
another statue
A monument to mothers
greeting us with an offering of bread at Malye Korely
Malye Korely, open air museum

McDonalds in Arkhangelsk, Russia
Church in Archangel, Russia
Archangel Allied Cemetery (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
A protester in Archangel - about change in retirement age
a locked box in Archangel museum
July 13 - 3:03 am

The view from North Cape, Norway!
Nordkapp, Norway
Kamoyver near Honningsvag, Norway
Drying fish, Kamøyvær
Kamoyver, ⁨Honningsvåg⁩, ⁨Norway⁩
Kamoyver

Kamoyver in Mageroya, a fishing village in Finnmark
Honnigsvag with reindeer fence on the hillside
Barents Sea
Sail in to Kristiansund
Kristiansund
Kristiansund

Kirkelandet Church, (1964)
Inside the Church in Kristiansund, Norway
Leaving Kristiansund
The Nautica in Kristiansund
Kristiansund, Norway
Atlantic Road

Bergtatt marble mine
Atlantic Road
Atlantic Road
Geraingerfjord, Norway
Geraingerfjord
Ship turning in the fjord

Geraingerfjord
Hellesylt at the head of Geraingerfjord
Geraingerfjord
Geirangerfjord, near Hellesylt
Geraingerfjord
Geraingerfjord

cable car up Stranda mountain
Stranda mountain
Richard on the swaying cable car
Geraingerfjord
Oslo
Oslo opera house

Christiania torv In Kvadraturen, Oslo
Picnic lunch in Oslo
Street table with all mod cons
Kvadraturen, Oslo
National Museum
The Screen, Oslo

Oslo Cathedral
City's nickname Tigerstaden ("The Tiger City")
our itinerary on Oceania Nautica
Oslo tram tracks
Stave church
stave church

Stave church at tthe folk museum
⁨Norsk Folkemuseum – Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, Bygdøy⁩, ⁨Norway⁩
Folk museum
⁨Norsk Folkemuseum
Viking ship prow
Viking Ship Museum

missing value
missing value
Ra boat in Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo
Fram museum
Arctic exploration ship
Oslo, Norway

Going home
Posted on December 11, 2017September 19, 2019

2015 Amsterdam Photos

Marina Bay
Cloud Forest, Marina Bay Gardens, Singapore
Buddha head, Asian Civilisations Museum
Raffles Hotel, Singapore
Marina Bay gardens
Marina Bay

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
China Town food street
Chinatown
food stall in Chinatown in Singapore
grafffiti
laundry

Posted on December 11, 2017September 19, 2019

2015 Mediterranean Photos

Los Caracoles
From the ship in Barcelona
fountain in Livorno
New Venice in Livorno
arcaded streets in Livorno
Hadrian's Temple

Sunday mass in the Pantheon
Pantheon
Church of St. Louis the French in Rome
Gesu church ceiling
insula Ara Coeli
fresco in the insula (part of the old church)

stairs to Capitoline Museums
Piazza de Campidiglio
Roman Forum
Roman forum
Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf
Colisseum

Villa Cimbrone
From Villa Cimbrone
Villa Cimbrone
Leaving Amalfi
Mount Etna
Piazza IX Aprile

Greek theatre view
Greek theatre
bride in the public garden - photo shoot
St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta
St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta
Leaving Malta - gun salute

Hotel British, Malta
Rhodes windmills and the walled city
Street of the knights
Palace of the Grand Master
Omirou st in Rhodes
Greek theatre, Kurion

Aphrodite's rocks
Aphrodite's rocks
The house of Dionysus
Four Seasons
Pyramos & Thisbe
House of Aion

House of Aion
Necropolis at Paphos

Posted on December 7, 2017December 10, 2017

2016 Adriatic Photos

Itinerary - Venice to Rome 2016
Cannaregio, Venice
Cannaregio
Hotel Hesperia patio
Grand canal from Ponte degli Scalzi
Rialto bridge

Padua
Padua - university
Padua market
Padua astrological clock
Padua market
Padua astrological clock

Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel

Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel
Scrovegni Chapel

Scrovegni Chapel
Padua
Padua
Padua
Murano
Murano

Burano
Burano
Return trip from Burano
Venice
Venice
Venice

Venice canal
Venice architectural detail
Working boats
Venice
Venice architectural detail
Venice poles

Venetian chimneys - for fire protection
Venice
Venice
Venetian gondolier
Venice
Horses of St. Mark's

St. Mark's Basilica
Richard, St. Mark's
St. Mark's Basilica
Roof, St. Mark's
Venice, Rio Del Vin
Academia bridge, Grand Canal

City view, Venice
Venice street
Rio di Piombo, Venice
Venice canal
Venice
Ancient bridge in Venice

Cicchetti tour in Venice
A foggy departure from Venice
Divaca, Slovenia
Divaca, Slovenia
Richard and Frances in Slovenia
Publicity photo of Škocjan Caves, Slovenia

Leaving Škocjan Caves
Škocjan Caves
Near Škocjan Caves
Predjama Castle, Slovenia
Predjama Castle
Piran, Slovenia

Piran, Slovenia
Piran, Slovenia
Rainy day in Split, Croatia
Diocletian's Palace
Diocletian's Palace
Palace of Diocletian, Split, Croatia

Diocletian's Palace - detail
Diocletian's Palace - detail
Diocletian's Palace
Split, Croatia
Split, Croatia
Entering Kotor

Our lady of the rocks church, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
Bay of Kotor
Our Lady of the Rocks Church
Kotor, Montenegro
Kotor, Montenegro
Kotor, Montenegro

Kotor, Montenegro
Kotor, Montenegro
pomegranates
Kotor
Hiking near Kotor
Kotor, Montengro

Kotor, Montenegro
Richard in Kotor
Kotor, Montenegro
church in Kotor
Kotor church
Kotor, Montenegro

church on the mountain
With chef Jacques Pepin
Sassi of Matera
Matera, Basilicata, Italy
Matera
Matera

Matera
Matera
Sasso / cave in Matera
Cave home
Cave home in Matera
Cave home in Matera

Cave home in Matera
In a cave home
Caves of Matera
Matera
Matera - cave home
Bari

Niso Kerkyra, Palaiokastrites, Greece
Nisos Kerkyra, Palaiokastrites
Nisos Kerkyra, Palaiokastrites
Palaiokastritsa, Greece
Nisos Kerkyra, Palaiokastrites
Nisos Kerkyra, Lakones, Greece

Nisos Kerkyra Makrades, Greece
Nisos Kerkyra, Makrades
Nisos Kerkyra, Makades
Nisos Kerkyra, Makrades, Greece
Monastary of St. Paraskevi
Monastery of St. Paraskevi

Nun at the monastery
Acharavi - agricultural musuem
Old Town of Corfu
Old Town of Corfu
Esplanade, Old Town of Corfu
Old town of Corfu

Old town of Corfu
Old town of Corfu
Cats relaxing in Corfu
Elaties, Niso Zakinthos
Old press
Orthonies,Nisos Zakinthos

Elaties, Nisos Zakinthos
Shipwreck Bay, Zakinthos
Shipwreck Bay on Zakinthos
At Margarita taverna
Ancient olive tree, Zaknithos
Harbour view, Zaknithos

Town of Zakynthos
cooking demo by Jacques Pepin
Malta
Oceania Marina docked in Valletta
Valletta, Malta
Casa Rocca Piccola

Private chapel in Casa Rocca Piccola, Valletta
Casa Rocca Piccola
Valletta
Mount Etna from the ship
The church in Linguaglossa, Sicily
Wagon in the church in Linguaglossa, Sicily

Cart
Church in Linguaglossa, Sicily
Church in Linguaglossa, Sicily
Cannoli in Linguaglossa
Church in Linguaglossa, Sicily
Gambino Winery

Wine tasting at Gambino WInery
Frances and rainbow at Gambino Winery
Rainbow with Taormina and Castellmola in the distance
Etna area house
Catania, Sicily
Catania, Sicily

Catania palazzo window
Catania cathedral
Naples
Memorial at the cruise port for unknown migrant
Villa Poppea, 1C BC
Villa Poppea

Villa Poppea
wall painting, Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea

Painting outline, Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Floor, Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea / Oplonti in Torre Annunziata

Frances at Villa Poppea
Painted bird, Villa Poppea
Painted bird, Villa Poppea
Painted bird, Villa Poppea
Hypocaust?, Villa Poppea
Flowers, Villa Poppea

Garden picture, Villa Poppea
Flower picture, Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Bird and fountain, Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea
Villa Poppea - birds

Pizza in Napoli
Leaving Naples
The end of our cruise!

 

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