I do apologize for the delay in posting more of our now 2 month old vacation - I have been having technical difficulties with the laptop I do the postings on (and it has all the photos). Also, life has been a little busy but fun!
So, I think I left off in Livorno - that means the next stop was Portovenre (Cinqua Terre). I will try and get through that port and the landing in Monaco (which will include Monaco, Nice & Eze and Monte Carlo).
Here we go...
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| Our boat for the trip around... |
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| ...the 5 lands by sea! |
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| A bright sunny day with my honey! |
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| And a bright sunny me! |
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| Off on our sea journey, past the castle |
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| and around to the first town! |
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| Our first stop was the fifth town... |
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| ...Monterosso al Mare! |
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| Beautiful little town... |
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| ...with great doors! |
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| My honey and me... |
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| ...waitin' for our boat! |
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| Off to our 2nd stop the 3rd town... |
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| ...the cute Vernazza! |
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| The boat was rockin', waves crackin'... |
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| ...but people were swimming! |
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| They were nutz! |
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| Our ride for the day! |
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| My honey & me in Vernazza... |
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| Just an adorable town! |
It was a great day but now time to go back the lovely Seabourn Seajourn for our last night aboard.
Time for a wonderful dinner, a little soft music and cocktails with new friends!
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| Tom & the talented Jamie! |
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| Mr. Darcy & Robbie from NZ! |
We got in early, disembarked and couldn't check into the hotel so we scheduled this trip in the 'Air Conditioned Motorcoach' to see the Eze an mountain top bohemian colony (formally a castle) and the lovely French town of Nice. Let's take a look...
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| The Port of Monaco... |
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| ...& our Air Conditioned Motorcoach! |
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| Eze, The Village of Art & Food! |
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| Atop a mountain! |
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| Time to start up the mountain, by foot |
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| To an amazing Medieval City... |
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| Up the stairs... |
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| ...& the magic begins! |
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| Amazing antiques... |
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| ...a beautiful church... |
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| ...& colorful plants/flowers! |
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| Bye Eze...off to Nice! |
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| First stop, high above Nice w/Tom... |
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| ...& me, looking down to the port! |
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| Then off to the center of Nice... |
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| ...and a magnificent fountain! |
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| A wonder around... |
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| ...nice ride! |
And what we came to Nice for...tada...
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| The colors... |
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| The flavors... |
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| The variety... |
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| ...& the smells! |
After leaving Nice, all of the people of the tour with us were going to the airport - but not us! We ended up with a private tour bus ride back to Monaco/Monte Carlo and to our hotel!
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| Next stop...Monaco! |
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| From our room - a view of the boat... |
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| The beaches of Monte Carlo... |
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| Love the little boats in this photo! |
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| And at 4pm - our boat sailed away... |
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| ...Bon Voyage Seajourn! |
Next we decided to wander around the world famous Monte Carlo!
Great Art, Extremely Expensive Cars and Boy George?
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| Our hotel - The Fairmont! |
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| "The Casino" Monte Carlo |
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| Everything shiny... |
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| ...& very colorful! |
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| Our little Principality... |
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| ...& we got tickets! Cool! |
The next day we went up to the Prince's Castle, saw his car collection and had an amazing dinner (thank you Simon and Jackie Gale for the recommendation).
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| Albert II, Prince of Monaco's Castle... |
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| ...No Photos! Yeah...right! |
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| Amazing art & design! |
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| Me studying canon law! lol |
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| Love the irony... |
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| The view down from the castle... |
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| Now off to... |
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...the Prince's Car Collection.
Over 100 classic cars & carriages.
All amazing - I will just show you
a few! |
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| An old Alpine... |
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| A 1971 Lotus... |
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| Great little BMW... |
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| ...and a 1911 Super! |
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| Back at the hotel - my new ride! |
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| An amazing dinner with my honey! |
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| Off to the Sporting Center for... |
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| ...a night with Boy George!!! |
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| Tom in the Sporting Center... |
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| ...our view of the stage! Not bad... |
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Great night,
Great show!
Thank you, Tom! |
Of course, there were no photos or video allowed but everybody was doing it - so here is a little of the concert! Some classic Boy George (and the Culture Club - without the Culture Club).
A little - 'Church of the Poison Mind'
We folks - I am going to end this posting here...
My back is killing me from typing (just getting old I guess).
In the next posting - the last of our Surf-n-Turf Holiday - San Remo and Lake Como!
All is well with Tom & I - we are looking forward to the holidays and coming back to the states for a little bit and seeing as many friends/family that we can.
For now - we wish love and happiness to everyone!
Ciao for now!
Ron & Tom
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