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A few pics from our sail through the straits Pianist practising
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For those on board : Just want to put it out there that Supercraft Cruises are NOT permanently on board as rumours suggest. For their itinerary please refer to their website here.
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I'd just like to thank everyone who has followed/ commented here. CC have given me a 2nd rare badge which has really blown me away. So thank YOU and thanks CC ❤️
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I have now lol!!
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Day 16 sea day Start of our last week on board..... Good morning and thanks for following 🛳 We saw wildlife from the bridge cam..... in the sea type.... dolphins? Just breaking water. Swimming toward us on the starboard bow.. . We're portside but still rushed out and saw nothing! Up really early ( for me ) to watch the sail through the Straits of Messina ( the bit between the mainland and Sicily ) Quick tour around the breakfast stations whilst it's quiet. Most are doubled up. More Doge's Palace later!
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Formal night was wonderful. We'd had another special invitation to dine with another couple and an officer, this time with Massimo, the Cruise Director and Roderic one of his Entertainment Staff.
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Expletive deleted. My phone time has changed and I've lost an hour. 30 minutes to change for formal night 🤬
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The Armoury was located next to the Hall of the Great Council, so that in case of any "troubles" the members of the council could arm themselves in an instant and join the ranks of the defenders of the palace. Theft, looting and requisition of the following years significantly diminished the property of the Armory, but so far it has more than two thousand different types of weapons and armor.
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The Chamber of the Council of Tens There is a hidden door in the panelling Through this door the accused would be led to the Bridge of Sighs. Citizens could post condemnation of fellow citizens through slots in the wall around the Palace. If, following investigation, they were proved correct they may be rewarded; if disproved they would receive the worst punishment imaginable. This pic of the one in the chamber The slot into which accusations could be posted.
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Back in the Doge's Palace.... we walk through the Council Chamber (apologies for the blurred description), and the Senate Chamber.
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Roflmao. I honestly have no idea. I just took pics. Was in the dessert cabinet...... I ate in the Grill and Geoff, who had the stir fry, didn't know when I asked him! He didn't partake.
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Today I made a necklace, there was an Asian stir-fry for lunch at the Lido, we spent time in the hydrotherapy pool and I'm just back from choir practice.
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Sale delle Quattro Porte The room with four doors. Important visitors such as foreign leaders and ambassadors waited in this room before entering the more formal chambers of the palace. In the center of the ceiling, an octagonal painting depicts Doge Priuli kneeling before two allegorical figures: Justice with her sword and scales and Peace with her olive branch. The allegories of Justice and Peace were two virtues with which the Venetian Republic especially venerated.
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What did the Doge of Venice do? While at first, the Doge of Venice had great power, it was not until 1268 that their power was dramatically reduced. Eventually, the Doge became a figurehead in the city. The Doge represented the city by visiting foreign dignitaries and held many symbolic and ceremonial functions around the city. We enter the Palace and climb many stairs with very ornately decorated ceilings.
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Thank you to whoever invented the gizmo guided tours now use so everyone can hear the guide! What a revelation for the hard of hearing! I don't have to stand next to the guide to hear what's being said! Our guide is Marie Thérèse from 'Walks'. Interesting info about the 12th century (designed as a lighthouse) Campanile here We walk inside the Doge's Palace into the courtyard. The facades of the courtyard of the Doge's Palace were built during the Dogat of Marco Barbarigo and Agostino Barbarigo, that is to say between 1485 and 1501: the dating is so precise that there is the coat of arms of the Doges who reigned then on either side of the lion of St. Mark above the giant staircase. The facade is characterized by a Renaissance-style marble decoration, designed by the architect Antonio Rizzo. A freshwater well. One of two. The number of windows in your ball room indicated your wealth.
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Continuing in Venice. In the time before the tour starts I walk around St Mark’s Square. Fabulous shops and very expensive dining establishments 😯 I'm offered a 'discount' in one Murano glass establishment. When I try to barter my offer is rejected. Losing my touch! .
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Little quiz for the Saganauts. Where are these cabins? #spiritofadventure
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Day 15 Sea day Good morning and thanks for following!! Am jewellery making this morning. Will catch up with Venice after. Thanks for waiting 😉
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This is Bartol Kašić, August 15, 1575 – December 28, 1650. He was a Jesuit clergyman and grammarian during the Counter-Reformation, who wrote the first Illyrian grammar and translated the Bible and the Roman Rite into Illyrian (a name used for early Croatian or proto-Serbo-Croatian). (Wikipedia)
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Information about the salt worker statue can be found here
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@JMMKUK lovely to meet you finally!
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An announcement was made earlier today to say the full complement of passengers this trip is restored. I have only heard gossip and am not about to speculate as to what happened, just glad there's a happy ending.
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I sat for a while by the water trying to see what kept making splashes.... didn't see.... went back to bus to see that the driver had been 'fishing'! Love the sweets for heading back to port on Saga! 🍬 Back on board. Hadn't eaten lunch as the cheese and prosciutto had filled me up.
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Pag. It's Sunday. A couple of bars, two small tourist shops, the church and the lace museum are open. Apparently in July and August this is the place to be. By Government decree no other businesses may be open on a Sunday. Will do more research on my return to the ship. .
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Link to Gligora Cheese & Deli The drive to the factory. Crossing the bridge to Pag the scenery changes dramatically to a barren landscape created by the salt being blown from the Adriatic in high winds. This affects the cheese and meat obtained from animals, sheep and goats, who roam free eating the herbs that grow regardless. Fascinating explanation by the daughter-in-law of the innovator of Pag cheese. 500 tonnes of cheese produced annually of their international gold medal award winning hard cheese, which is delicious. They also produce cows milk cheese. Little drink of ratza (sp) made from honey.
