Sorry, I can’t remember which church this is. I was more taken with the fact that the moon was clearly visible in the sky.
Tag Archives: Cruise 2008
Burano
I love the toy-town coloured houses along the canal, leading to the lagoon of Venice, taken from the island of Burano.
Dome
This large room is dome shaped with a circular hole in the roof. The acoustics are perfect – we heard a traditional Croatian men’s choir sing here.
Split cathedral
This is the bell tower of the cathedral in the old town of Split, Croatia.
Mount Etna
This view of Mount Etna was taken from Taormina.
Mountain road
This steep road leads from the port of Messina to the town of Taormina, through the foothills of Mount Etna. The coach I travelled on passed along the roads you see here minutes before I took the photo.
Livorno lighthouse
Leaving the port of Livorno, there was a long harbour wall with several lighthouses along its length. This is one of them.
Ponte Vecchio
This translates to “old bridge”, which is precisely what you see. The bridge crosses the river Arno in Florence.
Sunset at sea
As we left the port of Livorno, the sun set and turned the sky a remarkable shade of red.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Of course, no holiday in Italy would be complete without a photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa – called the Banana Tower by the locals, as not only is it leaning, it is curved thanks to efforts by builders in centuries gone by who added more levels to the already leaning tower (which usedContinue reading “Leaning Tower of Pisa”