Entering the Port of Venice
Ship check-in
Venice Marco Polo airport is in the distance
Wine steward offers us a bargain
Cabins ready early
Touring the ship
Miniature Golf
Spa
Wine glasses ready for us!!! They will get worn out!!!
Top Hat Lounge --- Our Welcome Aboard Party
Name tags
Atrium
Sailaway views of Venice
St. Mark's Square
Quiet aft-facing balcony cabins
Gossip over the back fence
HOW MANY bottles of wine do we have?
Happy Birthday Dan
Our private tour bus in Athens
Olympic Stadiium
Parthenon
Guide dog
Our group with guide Myrto
Tourists
More tourists...
Olympic stadium
Diane ready to run track...
Strolling the Plaka
Myrto our guide --- Outstanding!
Happy waiters
...and happy diners
Off on a tour
Coooool bus in Mykonos
Bus driver and his cool bus garden
Mykonos
Typical colorful door
Meet the tourists of the world here
Famous pelicans of Mykonos
Windmills, the trademark of Mykonos
Dave & Maryellen
Zorbas crazy entertainment
Our ship in the distance
This one converted to a home
All types of walkways
Greek (of course!) salad
View from our restaurant
Some Greek ladies are so poor they can afford only one half of a swimsuit...
Babe on beach
Splendour of the Seas
Whatdchabuy, whatdchabuy...
Evening entertainment
Millie addresses our gang
What? We have to leave on Saturday?
WHY do we have to leave on Saturday?
Costa Fortuna arriving Katakalon
NOT our ship
One street town of Katakalon
Museum director in Katakolon
Johnson clan enjoying their suite
Loads of room for five
Second bedroom plus a hidden bed in the ceiling
Did we hit that old rusty ship?
Duty free store on Katakolon had some good buys
You Are Here...
Hall gang and head waiter
George grew hair...for 8 euros...
George lost hair to Carol
Sunset over Katakalon
Ferry in Corfu
Sunrise in Corfu
Monastery tour
Wanda & Ginny always smiling
Touring Sissy's palace
Statue of Achille
Note arrow in Achille's heel
Emily & Bill
Nice buns
Scooby Doo is everywhere
Why are these people always happy?
Olive wood carvings
Lynn succeeded
YES, limoncello!!!
Fabulous baklava
No, Bill, it's not Tanquerey
OK, let's go take the group photo
"Trying" to get a group photo
Still trying...
Oh well...vino does this every time...
Great entertainment
Towel animals each evening
Let's tour Split, Croatia
Model of Split
Beautiful and clean downtown waterfront
Entering the old fortress
Five-foot thick walls!
Happy Maryellen
Narrowest "street" in Split
GELATO
Still smiling
Restaurant along the river; began in 1825!
Cooked in clay pots
Beautiful area
Old millstones
Millie --- Onboard Group Coordinator from Peru
Maust reunion within a reunion
Some of our gang sharing stories of beautiful sights seen...
Make sure we see you in San Diego in 2009
Let's cruise Alaska next year...
More happy diners
Best waiter at sea!
Outstanding wait staff
Returning to the Port of Venice at sunrise
Do we have to leave???
Which bus is ours? Oh yeah, we're back in Italia...
Venice train station
On the canals of Venice
Note the small high sign for our hotel
Walkway to our hotel
Hotel Al Ponte Mocenigo
Water taxi entrance to hotel
Breakfast area
Annex with 4 rooms.
Chandelier in our room
Number ONE rated small hotel in Venice
Owner Walter and Lynn
Waiting out a rainstorm drinking cappuccino
Nice rooms
Modern marble bathrooms
Nice amenities
Over 200 year old original beams
Note the hand holding the plant
But Dan said a "small sandwich"
Emily ate the whole thing...with Ben's help
Grand Canal
What's a little rain
Rialto Bridge
Street outside our hotel room
Bill, watch where you step!!!
Happy Lynn with her Murano glass jewelry designer, Paola Zandali
At Oltre Il Vetro in Venice
...and Dee is happy too
Paola explaining how she makes the jewelry
Lunch stop
San Danielle cured ham --- proscuitto
Gondola
Many USA hotel chains now in Venice
Even McDonald's can be found...
Bill, Dee, Ben at St. Mark's Square
What's a little rain...
Gondolas waiting...
Police!
Water bus route
Important signs to remember
Water taxi & water bus
Fresh coconut
BEN Cola?
On Rialto Bridge
Pasta, dried vegetables and fruits and spices
These are NOT from San Antonio!
A few pigeons still remain in Venice
Follow those signs
Early morning waterbus trip to bus station
Refilling the wine bars after Aviano Reunion leaves...
Leaving the Grand Canal on way to airport
Beautiful sunrise to say goodbye Venice
New Fiat 500 --- Cinquecento
View of Venice Marco Polo airport from plane
Bye Bye Venice
Cruise ships in port
