Our 2009 Cruise

Cruise on the Celebrity Solstice to Santorini and Mykonos Greece, Istanbul and Ephesus Turkey, and Naples and Rome, Italy

The Celebrity Solctice at Mykonos Greece.
We boarded it in Cevitavecchia, Italy, just outside of Rome

We stayed in Cevitavecchia for a night before boarding, the Med was calm...

Our suite on the ship, it even came with a butler...

We attended the formal dinner the first night at sea...

A view of Santorini from the town...

Fantastic seafood in Mykonos, Greece...

Enjoying food in Mykonos, Greece...

The windmills of Mykonos...

Santa Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey...

Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey...

Inside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey...

More of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey...

The palace of Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey...

A bedroom in Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey...

Fertility goddess in Ephesus, Turkey (Roman, 1 BC)...

The last home of Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey...

Ruins at Ephesus, Turkey...

The arches of Hedron's temple at Ephesus, Turkey...

Looking down the main road into Ephesus, Turkey...

The library of Ephesus (third largest in the ancient world)...

The amphitheater of Ephesus (seats 25,000)...

Sunsets at sea...

Entry to the Acropolis, Athens Greece...

More views from the main temple...

The Parthenon, Athens Greece. Interesting that they are having to halt the reconstruction and dismantle what they have done already because they found 400 additional pieces in the latest escavation...

Adjoining Temple to Isis...

Theater of the Acropolis...

Museum of the Acropolis, the floor is actually glass and overlooks the escavations below the Acropolis. Very well done and gives you a birdseye view of the houses and streets currently being escavated...

The cliffs of Capri, Italy...

More views from Ana Capri (high Capri)...

Downtown, Capri Italy...

Friends having a Cappuccino in Capri...

Ending our trip with a day in Rome, Italy...

Overlooking the location of the old Hippodrome...

Obelisk of the conquering of the Persians...

The fountain of Trevi, Rome Italy...

Walking through Rome...

The Spanish Steps in Rome (great gathering place for locals and tourists)...

The trip ends with a train ride back to Cevitavecchia, flying back the next day...

and that ends our cruise. We took 379 pictures, but could not fit them all here. If you would like, I can send you a disk with all the original pictures or a DVD that can play on your TV."

Love retirement and traveling... more to come!

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