Europe2010 (part1)

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MANILA * Too excited and early, coffee break

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Meditteranean Cruise July 18-25, 2010... an eyeful of Europe

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MANILA

* Too excited and early, coffee break

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MANILA

* 1st plane, going to Netherlands

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NETHERLANDS

* Schiphol Airport, connecting flight

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* To boarding gate

NETHERLANDS

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* 2nd plane, to Barcelona

NETHERLANDS

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* Streets of Barcelona

BARCELONA, SPAIN

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* Barcelona cathedral – 16th century

BARCELONA, SPAIN

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Inside the Barcelona Cathedral

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Roaming around in the hop-on hop-off bus

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* More sights to see and explore

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Home of Gaudi’s masterpieces

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* Sagrada Familia

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Very cool and nice Pasillo

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* One of the Gelaterias, most of them have Turron in their sign so we ate in almost all

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Industrial Engineering Building… Barcelona University

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Premises of Camp Nou, football stadium for FC Barcelona

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Marketplace

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* Marketplace

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Colors! Colors! Sweets!

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Cruise ship, 50% Filipino Crew, excellent service, expensive internet : )

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BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Bye Barcelona!

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MONACO, FRANCE

* Wake up, we’re at Monaco!

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MONACO, FRANCE

* Port of Monaco

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MONACO, FRANCE

* Part of the Royal castle and Montecarlo district

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MONACO, FRANCE

* Café de Paris, Hotel de Paris and Grand Casino de Monte Carlo

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MONACO, FRANCE

* Ferrari in Hotel de Paris

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MONACO, FRANCE

* Some mirrored image of the grand casino

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MONACO, FRANCE

* A few of Prince Albert’s car collection

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Sunrise at Florence

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Nice Lighthouse at Livorno

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Streets of Florence

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* Streets of Florence

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Piazza di San Giovanni

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Florence Cathedral – Sta Maria del Fiore and its Campanille

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Details of the Cathedral facade

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Battistero

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Il Duomo

* Brunelleschi designed the dome

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza de la Signoria

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Santa Croce (Piazza and Church)

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Famous tombs in Santa Croce – Galileo, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Art inside Santa Croce, including 1 of Michelangelo’s 4 Pietas

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* River Arno, Ponte Vecchio, Ponte di Santa Trinita

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* View at the Bridge

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FLORENCE, ITALY

* Church of Santa Maria Novella, meeting place

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ROME, ITALY

* Next day at Port of Civitavecchia, going to Rome

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ROME, ITALY

* Streets and walls of Rome/Vatican

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ROME, ITALY

* Tour guide Roberta, showing a preview of Sistine Chapel, sorry no cameras allowed

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ROME, ITALY

* St. Peter’s Dome from one of the Museum courtyards

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ROME, ITALY

* View from the courtyard

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ROME, ITALY

* Ceiling details and tapestries in the museum

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ROME, ITALY

* Ammaaaazziiing!

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ROME, ITALY

* Ways in and out of the Sistine Chapel – no cameras allowed inside

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ROME, ITALY

* Entering St. Peter’s

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ROME, ITALY

* Angels in the Basilica

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ROME, ITALY

* Gate to Heaven

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ROME, ITALY

* Pieta – 2nd of 4, this one is in a glass case

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ROME, ITALY

* Altar

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ROME, ITALY

* It’s lighted…. must be something important

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ROME, ITALY

* Just outside

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ROME, ITALY

* The Royal Staircase, the Papal balcony and Bernini’s obelisk

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ROME, ITALY

•The largest and longest church in the world – the seat of the Catholic church

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•Ancient Roman buildings, Circus maximus, temple of Jupiter, the Forum

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•The Colosseu and the Arch of Constantine

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ROME, ITALY

* Long and tiring day, Sunset at Rome