Venice, Italy (last day)

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This was our last day in Venice, on our way home. We went to all the museums we could. We took some pictures of the Dodges Palace of the outside, but we were not aloud to take any of the inside. To bad. It was really cool to see the history of Venice, and to see the same buildings in the 500 year old paintings still standing today. We took a tour through the old prison. It was really creepy to walk around inside the dungeon and to see the graffiti from the prisoners hundreds of years ago. Yea, justice was completely controlled by the catholic church back then.
We had a very romantic candle light dinner out on the street next to the water. There was local pianist, violinist, and singers throughout all the streets at night. I have to say though the food was not what you would think taste like. Lets just say you payed for the atmosphere.

Royal Carribean

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Fun on the curise. It was so nice to always have a inexpensive place to stay and eat and eat and eat. The pool had a ice cream machine next to it which was really hard to resist. We had a great time.

Ephesus, Turkey

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Ephesus was amazing historical site. It was ancient roman city. This is were Apostle Paul taught. Cool huh; and it's in Turkey. Who knew. I have to say Turkey it self was not the greatest. The people are rude and pushy. Everywhere, they were in your face trying to get you to buy something. The City Ephesus was built all out of marble, because it was the most inexpensive. They had a heating system, plumbing, and theatre. It was very cool.

Santorini Greece

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Santorini, Greece was our favorite place. It was serene. It was beautiful. I would love to go back. It would be a great place for a honeymoon...or anniversary. Hopefully we can go back someday. I loved the blue doors and roofs and the white washed walls. Above all the feeling of the place was timeless. The locals were still using donkeys to go up the cliff. It was crazy to see houses built into the side of the cliff. Actually they were caves stacked on top of each other. Really nice caves. The people were very friendly.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

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This is Dubrovnik Croatia. The entire old town was surrounded by 50 ft city walls. It had a draw bridge into the city and surrounded by a moat. The city streets were paved with marble. Walking into the city was like stepping back into medieval times. The beach was beautiful, but the Adriatic sea was freezing! Walking off the cruise ship into Croatia was an interesting experience. The dock was guarded by men with machine guns. Croatia was part of the Soviet union with Russia up until the 90's; they claimed their Independence. It was a little scary going through security. Hoping they let you get back on the ship.

Venice, Italy

We thought we would finally post our trip to the Mediterranean. It was so beautiful and very romantic. Defiantly a trip to remember. This is our first day in Venice after our flight over the top of the world. It took 14 hours to get there from AK. Note to self do not fly Lufthansa airlines; and never go to the Frankfurt Germany airport, unless you know where you are going and don't have to carry bags. Our plane was late so we had to run to the connecting flight in Germany, only to find out when we got there that we were not checked on to the connecting flight. Let me tell you german people in the airport, not so nice. Anyway it was a really long journey, so by the time we got to Venice we look pretty haggard.

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