2007 PPA/TPPA
Mediterranean Cruise
July 7 - 14, 2007
Photography by Ed or Jo Alexander
 



 
 Theater where the Cannes Film
Festival is held each year
 
 Interior of 19th-century neo-Romanesque Cathedral
in Nice, France
 
 Narrow streets of the village
of St. Paul-de-Vence, France


 Major form of transportation

 View of Florence harbor
 
 Field of Miracles in Pisa, Italy

 
 It really does lean
 
 Public drinking fountain
 
 Everyone buys food daily
at these open-air markets


 Trevi Fountain in Rome - Make a wish, throw a coin over your shoulder into the fountain, and you will return to Rome!

 Ruins in center of Rome
 
 Hard to believe - quite a site
 
 Colosseum in Rome
 
 Close up of long-ago Rome
 

 
Inside the Colosseum is quite large. The area in the foreground is where
the animals were kept, and this was then covered by a wooden floor
which was covered by dirt before the gladiators would battle
 

 Mount Vesuvius from bus window

 Flowers are every where in Pompeii
 
 Ruins in Pompeii


 It is best to leave sleeping dogs
lye, even in Pompeii

 The ruins uncovered large stepping
stone that were used to cross the streets in ancient Pompeii
 
 Courtyard which has been
excavated since eruption in 79 AD


 Remains of water jugs used in
ancient times - note sleeping
man in back caught by eruption

 This guy was caught sitting on the
job when Mount Vesuvius erupted
 
 A view of Mount Vesuvius
through ancient arch


 Apparently clothes dryers and
electricity are in short supply

 A magnificent view of the georgous shoreline of Cefalu, Sicily
 
 One of the beautiful beaches
in Cefalu

 
 Cathedral built by Roger II in 1131
in Cefalu
 
 Front door to cathedral
 
 Main altar in cathedral