Italy & France 2018
Colosseum with the Door of Death at the opposite end
A Roman toe we came across near Trajan's palace
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View of the Colosseum from our dinner table.. Thank you, Kye, for reserving our roof terrace table and our magical dinner
Bufalo cheese with radicchio and honey and nuts
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The 30 foot with ceiling window at Nero's Golden Palace
Ludus Magnus - remains of the classified gladiator training school and barracks across from the Colosseum
2000 year old cast iron skillet from Pompeii
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Baths of Caracalla
Mosaic from Pompeii... The builder's level pointing to the skull indicates death is inevitable. The butterfly represents the fragility of life
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Pompeii
Fountain in Pompeii
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Temple in Pompeii house
Herculaneum. What they had to excavate through
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Amalfi Coast
Lunch on the Amalfi Coast
Kye's octopus salad
Mussels in tomato sauce and pizza on the Almafi Coast
Sauerkraut and sausage Dinner in Strasbourg
Inside boat elevator
Saint-Louis-Arzviller inclined plane on Canal de la Marne au Rhin |
We came from down there.
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A Boat Trip first
We wrapped fishing line around our propeller/rudder. We couldn't steer. This time we called Locoboat. |
Our harbor neighbor caught this.
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We ate at the Tannenbaum tonight.
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The cats of the lock
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Appetizer in Lagarde
Melon/Jamon starter course
Today we had to cut a rope and Lennie remembered from Boy Scouts how to splice it.
Varangeville
Stork or Crane nest?
Saint Nicolas |
Going down the canal
Our boats in Varangeville
French Boat Lunch
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We went on a tour of a brewing school in Port du Saint Nicolas. Brewing has been going on there since 1856.
Basilica at Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
Amazing basilica in St. Nicolas de Port
Walking back to the boat on the tow path after dinner
Captain Lennie
Passing through the lock of the cats on the way back
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The 16 meter lock again
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Inside the 2306 meter tunnel, 1.4 miles
Down they go
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Cat in pottery shop.. The French love their cats
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Brett & Gail near Garrebourg
Cheese counter in Strasbourg
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Tomatoes at Strasbourg Market
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Sara and Gail in D'Orsay museum lunch room, Paris
Inside the D'Orsay
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Sainte Chapelle
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Dinner in a Paris apartment on the last night