Larry and Rhea

The blog site for Split Croatia contains 26 photos. Split Croatia is a city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea and one of the oldest cities in the area. It is about 1700 years old but some historians date it back to 3rd century BC. The Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian was built around the early 4th century AD. There were twelve sphinxes at the palace and were brought there after Diocletian had put down Egyptian rebellion in the late 4th century AD. Only one sphinix has survived while the rest were destroyed or thrown into the sea. The sphinx is made of black granite. We were told that it dated back to around the mid 15th century BC - the period of pharaoh Tuthmosis III. This sphinix has been here since the ... read more

Naples, Sorrento (The Amalfi Coast), and Pompeii Although I said Naples, these are photos of mostly along the Amalfi Coast, our visit to Pompeii and distant photos of Vesuvius. This was our first tour on a bus with a guide. Overall the tour was pretty good but the tour guide on the bus seemed to think he had to talk nearly the entire time to ensure we got our monies worth. Too much talk in my opinion as my brain was fried by lunch. I needed to see some of the sites without constant chatter from the guide - didn't really need to know that the Esso gas station was coming up around the next corner. ?!?! Driving out of the port through the southern and eastern part of Naples gave us the idea that this ... read more

These photos are all in Pisa or Lucca Italy. The first 14 photos are of in Pisa and the next 8 are in Lucca. The ship docked at the port city of Livorno. To get to Pisa you have to take a series of bus and rail to get there. Rather than join the cruise ship tours, we ventured out on our own to Pisa and Lucca. We headed away from the ship, first by the shuttle bus into central Livorno. Then hopped a bus (told by the visitor information center to look for the #1 or #2 bus) to the Livorno train station about 2 miles away. Once there we purchased train tickets to Pisa and on to Lucca. The train to Pisa took about 25 minutes. We then proceeded to do a very nice ... read more

A trip over to Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia completed our trip in Barcelona. His unfinished masterpiece is expected to be completed in 2026. All the photos attached are of Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia. After 3.5 days in Barcelona we realized we could have stayed much longer to take in all the outstanding architecture and activity available in this vibrant city. Perhaps next time we can spend more time here and see much more. The underground railroad/subway system is very easy to use and get use to. Once you get comfortable with it, all of Barcelona is within a few minutes ride. Barcelona is a busy place especially several of the city center areas. But you can get away from the crowds without a lot of problems with just a bit of walking. Great place to visit ... read more

Well since we are flying back to the US tomorrow morning (Thursday) we didn't have much time today to put much of a narrative to the attached photos. So just enjoy some of the photos we uploaded and we hope that will be enough. Thanks!... read more