Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Nice and Eze ... not Nice and Easy as some smart mouths called it!




Off to Nice and Eze... 

Nice was fascinating

 Loved the town square

Russian Orthodox Church built by Nicholas II

Harbor

Leopold II's Home

Our ship in the harbor below

Awesome trip with my best friend!
and she took me to Eze too!!!


Eze is a medieval village high on a rocky outcrop above the harbor dating back to before the time of Christ. 

Eze Church

 
Overview map of Eze

 
 
 
Castle Ruins

 
You can see our Ship in the harbor below.

 
 
 
 Castle Ruins in Eze

 
 
 



Monaco and Monte Carlo

OK, the French Riviera is cool... we can't afford to live there, but it is cool!

We went ashore early in the morning. 

First miracle of the day, Judy is awake!

Harbor Fortress
 
 
Monaco

Church where Grace Kelly & Prince Rainier
were married and buried.

 
 
 
Inside the Church 

 Princess Grace's Tomb
Hey!  Tourists have to take pictures of something.

Courtyard in front of the Royal Palace (behind the camera)

 
 
View from the Palace

Monte Carlo Casino 

We climbed a million stairs.  Judy
was pretty happy to find this along the way!

Thanks to Israel and all the walking we did there
we did not need the Defibrillator!

The harbor near where our ship was anchored. 

RCCL Voyager of the Seas



Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

I didn't do it!  It leans, but I am not responsible!!!
If you had told us years ago that one day we would stand in this place, I would have told you "not likely!"  But once again God shows Himself faithful in that He does indeed give to us the "desires of our hearts"  
Pisa and its leaning tower are awesome!

On the way to Pisa



Somebody is HAPPY!


and ... "Gob Smacked!"


 
 
Baptistry

 
 
 
and... the Baptistry leans too!


 
 
Oh YEAH, Judy took me with her!


Inside the Pisa Church

The Pendulum Chandelier

and our day ends with yet another Towel Critter...