| This is my "web scrapbook" of a 14-day trip to Europe in May 19 to 29, 2010 with Bill Boden. We started with 3 days
in Rome prior to the 11-day Holland America cruise on the posh Eurodam. There are multiple pages. See links to the other pages at the bottom of this page. |
| Bill and Bill's 2010 Cruise: Rome to England |
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PORTS OF CALL: Rome (port: Citavecchia) Cinque Terre (port: Santa Margherita, Italy) Marseille, France Barcelona, Spain Cadiz/Seville, Spain Lisbon, Portugal Guernsey, UK (port: St. Peters Port) Rouen (port: Le Havre, France) Dover, UK (then London flight home) |
| We began our excursion with 3 days in Rome. |
| Rome & Vatican City |
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| Santa Margherita and Cinque Terre |
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The port of Santa Margherita Ligure was beautiful. We used our free time to take the train one hour south to Levanto which is the transfer station for the local railway that serves the Cinque Terre (translation: "5 lands"). Due to our time constraint needing to return to the ship by 5:30, we could only hike between two of the 5 towns, so we opted for the short, easy stroll on the walkway between scenic Manarola and Riomaggiore. But we also went a little north because I wanted to revisit my favorite view of Manarola which from the walkway just north of town. There is something really special about that view. |
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The photo at right shows Riomaggiore where we ended our walk from Manarola. Notice on the left side, in the background, the pathway we took along the cliffs, the same path in the photos above. |
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Enjoying the balcony of our Neptune Suite after a long day ashore. That's Portofino in the background.
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MARSEILLE, FRANCE
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 Vallon Des Auffes Bridge |
CASSIS, FRANCE
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