europe2010 (part1)

MANILA

* Too excited and early, coffee break

MANILA

* 1st plane, going to Netherlands

NETHERLANDS

* Schiphol Airport, connecting flight

* To boarding gate

NETHERLANDS

* 2nd plane, to Barcelona

NETHERLANDS

* Streets of Barcelona

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Barcelona cathedral – 16th century

BARCELONA, SPAIN

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Inside the Barcelona Cathedral

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Roaming around in the hop-on hop-off bus

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* More sights to see and explore

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Home of Gaudi’s masterpieces

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Sagrada Familia

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Very cool and nice Pasillo

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* One of the Gelaterias, most of them have Turron in their sign so we ate in almost all

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Industrial Engineering Building… Barcelona University

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Premises of Camp Nou, football stadium for FC Barcelona

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Marketplace

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Marketplace

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Colors! Colors! Sweets!

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Cruise ship, 50% Filipino Crew, excellent service, expensive internet : )

BARCELONA, SPAIN

* Bye Barcelona!

MONACO, FRANCE

* Wake up, we’re at Monaco!

MONACO, FRANCE

* Port of Monaco

MONACO, FRANCE

* Part of the Royal castle and Montecarlo district

MONACO, FRANCE

* Café de Paris, Hotel de Paris and Grand Casino de Monte Carlo

MONACO, FRANCE

* Ferrari in Hotel de Paris

MONACO, FRANCE

* Some mirrored image of the grand casino

MONACO, FRANCE

* A few of Prince Albert’s car collection

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Sunrise at Florence

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Nice Lighthouse at Livorno

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Streets of Florence

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Streets of Florence

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Piazza di San Giovanni

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Florence Cathedral – Sta Maria del Fiore and its Campanille

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Details of the Cathedral facade

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Battistero

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Il Duomo

* Brunelleschi designed the dome

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza de la Signoria

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Santa Croce (Piazza and Church)

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Famous tombs in Santa Croce – Galileo, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Art inside Santa Croce, including 1 of Michelangelo’s 4 Pietas

FLORENCE, ITALY

* River Arno, Ponte Vecchio, Ponte di Santa Trinita

FLORENCE, ITALY

* View at the Bridge

FLORENCE, ITALY

* Church of Santa Maria Novella, meeting place

ROME, ITALY

* Next day at Port of Civitavecchia, going to Rome

ROME, ITALY

* Streets and walls of Rome/Vatican

ROME, ITALY

* Tour guide Roberta, showing a preview of Sistine Chapel, sorry no cameras allowed

ROME, ITALY

* St. Peter’s Dome from one of the Museum courtyards

ROME, ITALY

* View from the courtyard

ROME, ITALY

* Ceiling details and tapestries in the museum

ROME, ITALY

* Ammaaaazziiing!

ROME, ITALY

* Ways in and out of the Sistine Chapel – no cameras allowed inside

ROME, ITALY

* Entering St. Peter’s

ROME, ITALY

* Angels in the Basilica

ROME, ITALY

* Gate to Heaven

ROME, ITALY

* Pieta – 2nd of 4, this one is in a glass case

ROME, ITALY

* Altar

ROME, ITALY

* It’s lighted…. must be something important

ROME, ITALY

* Just outside

ROME, ITALY

* The Royal Staircase, the Papal balcony and Bernini’s obelisk

ROME, ITALY

•The largest and longest church in the world – the seat of the Catholic church

ROME, ITALY

•Ancient Roman buildings, Circus maximus, temple of Jupiter, the Forum

ROME, ITALY

•The Colosseu and the Arch of Constantine

ROME, ITALY

* Long and tiring day, Sunset at Rome