Vacation - part one

Alex and I spent two fabulous weeks in Rome and the Mediterranean. We flew in and out of Rome, first class courtesy of Alex's air miles, and then spent 10 days on our ship, the Celebrity Equinox. Rather than bore you with words, here is our trip, in picture form.


Our first day was spent in Rome. First stop - the Roman forum

The Pantheon


The dome inside the Pantheon

The Trevi fountain

We were there!

The next day, we boarded our ship. It was very big! (Our room was in the top row of rooms, under the "X" smokestack and the pool deck.)

Lorraine up on deck

Our spa bathroom

Alex checking out our room

Enjoying the Persian Garden's heated chairs

The indoor pool/solarium

View from the elevator

Our dining room, Blu

Our first stop - Sicily!

The view from Castelmona

A Roman theater overlooking the water in Taormina

The town of Taormina

The next day was a sea day. Which meant it was formal night!
My favorite picture, out on our balcony.

Alex modeling some of the Equinox line of clothing and accessories

And then we were onto Athens. This is the view from the Acropolis:

Looking up at the Acropolis

The Parthenon

The first modern mall, in the Agora

From there, it was onto Mykonos. Here's the beach where we enjoyed the "refreshing" water.

The Little Italy section of town

The iconic windmills

The next day, it was onto Kusadasi, Turkey, and the ruins of Ephesus.

Here's the (really big) ampitheater.

A view of some of the excavated Terrace Houses - look at all the detail on the walls and floors!

The library

We also visited one of the seven ancient wonders of the world - the Temple of Artemis. Needless to say, it was not very impressive, although the storks enjoyed it!

And finally, the lovely village of Sirince, where we enjoyed many fruit wines!

The next day, we visited the Greek isle of Rhodes.

Enjoying the ambience of the Old Town.

The fabulous Faliraki beach, with blistering hot sand!

The last Greek isle that we visited was Santorini.
The view from the top of the caldera (looking down on our ship):

One of many great views from the sailboat we chartered around the island.

The town of Fira, perched on the cliff.

After all those ports, we finally got a day to enjoy the ship. We went to many hot glass shows (when we weren't busy at the casino).

And we also dressed up for another formal night

Our last port was Naples, were we enjoyed the Amalfi Coast and visited Pompeii.

Overlooking Sorrento

Lorraine showing off the town of Positano

A view of Mt. Vesuvius, towering over the ruins of Pompeii

As we were leaving Naples, we saw a rainbow over Mt. Vesuvius. It was beautiful!

After the cruise, we still had 2 days to explore Rome.
We got to unwind at the beautiful Waldorf Astoria - check out the pools!

This time, we visited the Colisseum,

The Spanish Steps,

and St. Peter's and the Vatican.

It was an amazing vacation, and we need to thank Alex's Mom, G.G., who was back home with Cooper!