Chandelier in the Grand Mosque

Inlay on the walls

2Muslim women in front of the gold swirls which point to Mecca

Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi

Jocelyn collecting the remnants

On our last night on the boat Jocelyn collected all the left over liquor and put it in her suitcase to take back to NZ.

Top of Santorini with our ship below

Dead donkey

This is the size of the donkeys that take people up to the top

Santorini

You can see the zigzag path the donkeys take to get people to the top. We took the cable car to the left of the donkey path

Fwd: Dressed up with nowhere to go

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gay Turner <gay.turner@xtra.co.nz>
Date: 18 de septiembre de 2011 12:09:52 GMT+03:00
To: Barry & Gale Cannell <barcan1@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Dressed up with nowhere to go

There have been 5 formal nights so far with 1 more to go

Fwd: Dressed up with nowhere to go

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gay Turner <gay.turner@xtra.co.nz>
Date: 18 de septiembre de 2011 12:09:52 GMT+03:00
To: 
Subject: Dressed up with nowhere to go

There have been 5 formal nights so far with 1 more to go

Vanity has gone

At last Joc has succumbed.

Narrow streets in Mykanos

Mykanos

Beautiful. Met a NZ man who has lived here for 24years. He is invalid in importing and exporting NZ lamb. Lives in Mykanos for 8 months of year then Wellingtomfor 4 months. Mykanos dies for the 4 winter months

One happy traveller

Pelican about to take off and choose another positio

Pelican in Mykanos

This pelican is very tame and poses for the tourists

Split from the hill

It is a lovely place with beautiful beaches

Bourganvilia in Split

The houses in Split were beautiful with all this bourgonvilia

Sunrise at sea

Another cruise ship in Istanbul

Istanbul harbor

There are ships going everywhere all the time

Grand Bazaar

Another shot showing the vibrance of the place

Grand Bazaar Istanbul

I love this place. 4000 shops. Shoppers paradise

Drinks in Venice

This is a picture of our $46NZ drinks in Venice. The chips were free!!!

Venice from the ship

The view from the ship as we sailed in toVenice was superb

Crowds in Venice

There are tourists everywhere

canals

Ada this is one of the streets which is a canal. The boat is a gondola

Streets in Venice

There are usually more people around but this was early in the morning

Fish restaurant

All the fish restaurants in Venice have these displays outside the restaurant

Drinks on the balcony

Joc is enjoying the trip as are we

Swimming pool

The pool on the boat gets well used

Typical street in Nfplion

Corinth Canal

This man made canal links the Aegean sea with the Ionian sea

Messina

How would you like to live up this mountain

Beggars

There are plenty of them around some looking more prosperous than others. This lady got to Malc and she got all his small change

Leather goods

There are so many places selling reasonably priced leather goods

Trevi Fountain Rome

This is the 2 coins in a fountain - famous

Colosseum Rome

Towel Art

We get a new figure on our bed every night

Pinnochio Florence

Messina

This ladies on this clock mivr and strike the bell with the appropriate number of strikes each hour. Other figures move on the 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 hour