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  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • The gladiator barracks and the gladiator playground
  • Strolling among the gladiator barracks.
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Thought to be a serving counter of some type of food vendor.
  • Another food vendor's shop
  • A baker's oven in the interior.
  • Pompeii street
  • Views of Pompeii
  • The volcanic "ash" from Mt. Vesuvius that buried the city after pyroclastic flow of searing gas killed the inhabitants of Pompeii. Finer bits have likely been washed away by rain.
  • Not difficult to envision toga-clad Pomeiians (Pompeiiites?) hustling along this street.
  • IMG 1807
  • The Roman baths.
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • one of the plaster casts taken of a victim of the Vesuvius eruption.
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • Roman Baths at Pompeii
  • An ancient fountain that is still in use.
  • The port at Naples with Mt. Vesuvius on the right
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii. I was interested in how these columns were constructed.
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii
  • Views of Pompeii. These photos are better viewed from the album because this photos loaded backwards.
  • Mt. Vesuvius from the harbor at Naples. Before the catalysmic eruption that buried Pompeii, the mountain was nearly twice it's current height.
  • Terraced homes above Positano, Italy. A lovely town on the Amalfi coast, reportedly popular with jet setters. It had many upscale shops with gorgeous goods way out of of our range but fun to look at.
  • Outer wall at Pompeii.
  • Pompeii city wall
  • Pompeii Auditorium
  • Hercules decoration at one of the auditoriums (auditoria?)
  • Street of retail shops and apartments.
  • Mare Nostrum
  • The Stiff Upper Lip Award Winner
  • Rainy Mykinos
  • Rainy Mykinos
  • Rainy Mykinos
  • Just before we got soaked by a rogue wave hitting the sea wall. Rainy Mykinos
  • Just after one of us was splashed by a rogue wave hitting the sea wall.
  • Rainy Mykinos and the Ruby Princess.
  • Trying to get our Mykinos windmill photo
  • Undeterred by the rain, we got our darned windmill photo.
  • Rainy Mykinos
  • We were warned about the beggars but this one seemed truly pitiful. Rainy Mykinos
  • Rainy Mykinos
  • Rainy Mykinos
  • Peace be with you? Not sure what to make of this. Looks like a hammer, a skull and a head (probably a saint) with wings.
  • Just before we left the port the skies cleared. Zeus was laughing at us.
  • Windy Mykinos
  • Just before we left the port the skies cleared. Zeus was laughing at us.
  • View of the Bosphorus from one of the newer buildings at the Topkapi Palace
  • Sultanahmet Mosque with 6 minarets.
  • In front of the Sultanahmet Mosque, the "Blue Mosque"
  • Interior of the Blue Mosque
  • Interior of the Blue Mosque. The second level is where women worship.
  • IMG 1995
  • One of the four enormous columns that support the main dome of the mosque.
  • Interior of the Sultanahmet Mosque
  • Interior of the Blue Mosque
  • Interior of the Blue Mosque
  • In a courtyard of the Sultanahmet Mosque
  • Mary and Carol
  • Egyptian Obilisk liberated by the Ottoman conquerors.
  • Istanbul streetcar
  • IMG 2025
  • Entry to the Hagia Sophia Museum
  • The original Hagia Sophia was originally built under Constantine I, who declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and moved the capitol of the empire to Constantinople.
  • Interior of the Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul.
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