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Europe Trip – day 13 – Katakalon Greece
We didn’t have to get up as early this morning as our excursion met at 8:15, so we got up at 7:15, which was right about the time I felt like I had slept enough (Toren too). After a quick breakfast, we got our tour bus stickers got on our bus. We drove straight to…
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Europe Trip – day 12 – Mykonos Greece
Our third stop in Greece was in Mykonos, a Greek island famous for its white buildings with accented roofs and doors, beaches, and night life. We arrived early (7:00 am) and had to meet for our excursion at 7:15. We struggled to get up as Toren woke up repeatedly through the night and only made…
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Europe Trip – day 11 – Athens Greece
Our second stop in Greece was in Athens. The port for Athens is actually Piraeus as Athens is not right on the ocean. Given the distance between Corfu and Athens (440 miles, roughly), our cruise ship didn’t arrive in Piraeus until noon. This was a nice change as we got to sleep in. We actually…
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Europe Trip – day 10 – Corfu Greece
Our first stop in Greece was in Corfu, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. The ship docked at 8:00 am, so our tour was early again. Our tour in Corfu included two stops: Achilleion Palace and Palaiokastritsa. Achilleion Palace was built by the Empress of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria. After her death it was…
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Europe Trip – day 9 – Split Croatia
The first stop on our cruise was actually not in Greece but in Split, Croatia. Why, you ask? Because it’s about half way between Greece and Italy. I created a Google Map of our entire trip (flights and cruise), but you can see the route for our cruise ship here (in green): View Europe Trip…
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Europe Trip – day 8 – boarding the cruise ship
We spent the morning getting everything packed back up and cleaning up the condo. We were done by about 10:45 and then went to San Samuele, the same place we were dropped off, to get our reserved water taxi (Rosemary arranged that as well). The water taxi took us up to the port where a…
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Europe Trip – day 7 – Venice
This was our second full day in Venice, and while we didn’t technically have as much planned as the previous day, because of the gorgeous weather, it seems like we got to see a lot more of the city. We started the day with a 9:30 am visit to the Doge’s Palace. The Doge was…
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What is the rhinoceros from the movie “Ice Age”?
While visiting with my friend Mark and his wife and kids in Arizona, one of his kids, Noah, was asking me various questions about animals. One of the questions he asked was whether or not I could show him a picture of the rhinoceros from the Ice Age movie. He was talking about this rhinoceros:…
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Europe Trip – day 6 – Venice
Unfortunately, the day we had the most planned in Venice was also the day that it rained. We started out with an 11:00 am walking tour of the city (in the rain) that started at the Royal Gardens (Giardinetti Reali) near Piazza San Marco. Our guide walked us around the Piazza, explaining its history. There…
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Europe Trip – day 5 – travel from Paris to Venice
Most of this day was spent traveling from Paris to Venice, Italy. We spent the morning packing and cleaning the condo and had everything ready by the gate at 10:00, when a van from the same service that dropped us off was supposed to pick us up. We had a little scare as the van…