Regatta Cruise Photos (Mediterranean)

[Tokyo Mom]

Sorry about having to click on them to see them, but it's the easiest way for me to include pictures.

 

Michelle

 

View from our hotel window:

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Underground cistern"

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Spice market:

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Blue Mosque:

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Ceiling in the Topkapi Palace:

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Lunch:

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Near the Bosphorus:

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Hagia Sophia:

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Inside:

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Grand Bazaar:

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Chora Church:

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[Tokyo Mom]

Again I apologize for the links instead of actual pictures:

 

Ephesus:

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House of the Virgin Mary:

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Prayers and wishes:

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Yummy snack:

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View from on the donkey:

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Oia:

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Lunch:

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[cruisecountess]

Michelle, please don't apologize for the method of posting. Your beautiful photos are well worth some clicks! Thank you so much for your time and efforts in sharing your experiences with us. I can't wait to return to Istanbul next July.

Harriet

[letvl]

Thanks so much for posting your lovely pictures. I really brought back

great memories of a windstar cruise my husband took a couple of years ago. I lurking on this thread because we are going on our 1st. Oceania cruise in a week. YOUR PICTURES ARE GREAT

[letvl]

Again, these were great pictures!!, they brought back good memories.

Loved Istanbul.

[Hunding]

I thought my appetite for Istanbul was completely whetted -- ha-ha, not so! Thanks [again] for the terrific pix. Really -- you guys need to get some kind of a grant, travel more often, then write and post here. We would all certainly be the better for it.

 

Many thanks.

 

Peter

[Mura]

Beautiful photos.

 

Ephesus was a lot more crowded when we were there last October!

 

Mura

[Tokyo Mom]

Arriving in Malta:

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Loved the doors:

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Tarxien temple:

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Mdina:

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St. John's Co Cathedral:

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Yep, walked up all these steps:

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[Tokyo Mom]

Taking the cable car up:

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Very old monastery:

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A peek inside a door:

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View from the top:

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Castle:

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Lunch:

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[RJB]

Pics are great, but would be better if posted as a slide show, so we would not have to open one at a time.

[Tokyo Mom]

Yes, I realize that but it was going to take me too long to figure that out and make it work and I thought this was better than nothing. Sorry.

[Tokyo Mom]

Arriving in Sorrento:

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On our way to Positano:

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Positano:

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At La Tagliata where we had lunch:

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[Tokyo Mom]

Our hotel:

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Trevi Fountain:

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Built as a bath house now a church:

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Inside:

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Lunch:

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Rooftop terrace for breakfast:

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Taken from rooftop:

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Pantheon:

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Roman Forum:

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Colosseum:

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Street performer - only the cat is not real:

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Piazza Navona:

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[cruzmaven]

Very nice, thank you for posting.:)

[Tokyo Mom]

Peter, if someone would give us a grant to travel, I'd be more than happy to oblige by reporting back to anyone who would be interested. So glad you enjoyed the pictures. :)

[cruisecountess]

Just curious as to what camera you used. Your photos are terrific. I'm sure that's largely due to your talent, but I'd like whatever edge I can get. Thanks again for posting.

Harriet

[Tokyo Mom]

Thanks so much Harriet. We used a Nikon Cool Pix L120. It's very easy to use and I don't consider myself a great picture taker. JMO, it wasn't painful at all for me to copy my photos from Facebook here. I don't put all my pictures on a photo site so for me that would take much more time. If it's painful for you to open the links, please don't take the time to do so.

[gillianrose]

Thanks again to Tokyo Mom for the nice labeled photos.

[billy.qc]

Thanks so much Harriet. We used a Nikon Cool Pix L120. It's very easy to use and I don't consider myself a great picture taker. JMO, it wasn't painful at all for me to copy my photos from Facebook here. I don't put all my pictures on a photo site so for me that would take much more time. If it's painful for you to open the links, please don't take the time to do so.

It is worth every CLICK to open each photo...they are fabulous!

Thanks

[Anna201213]

Hi Tokyo Mom

We were there at the same time. We really enjoyed the cruise but it was so hot...We have almost the same pictures but it was a pleasure to see yours thank you for sharing

A question: we did not go to Positano because some people told us about the heavy traffic in July so I wish to know how long it took from Sorrento to Positano?

[Tokyo Mom]

Anna201213 - I had read the same thing - about all the traffic between Sorrento and Positano, which is why I hired a private driver. To be perfectly honest, there was hardly any traffic at all! The only traffic was on our return to Sorrento (in what looked like the main shopping intersection). I'm guessing it took about 45 minutes maybe a little less. And yes, it was so HOT! When people have asked about the cruise I've told them I loved it but would suggest that if you want to go, pick a month other than July. :)