More good food. I can't believe we didn't gain a million pounds. Actually, we both did well and didn't change our weight at all. I have trouble believing this myself since we were slurping up cocktails at all hours of the day (got to get our money's worth of the all inclusive!!) But I suppose it no random eating, like I do at home. Boredom sets in and I see what's new in the fridge. While there is 24 hr food to be had, we just we're hungry at non meal times. If we were, let's have a cocktail instead!!
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| just some random food shots - soup |
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| GF pasta - so good |
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| GF tiramisu - oh yes please! |
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Valencia is one of those palces I know nothing about. Don't they have oranges or something? Well, it's a lovely port really. Chocked full of Art Nuevou buildings I can't show them all. Did snap a lot of doorways so if you're interested, let me know...Again, we chose to just wander by ourselves. this lead us to the wonderful mercado ( I have the spelling wrong here and can't seem to find the correct one, sorry) It's a huge victorian styled iron market for food - meats, fruits veg and spices all fill this indoor space.
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| Outside, trying to capture to glasswork |
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| inside, bright and smells yummy |
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| Italians love their tiles |
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More wandering around led to more interesting sites. At a loss of their names, we can only guess at some of their dates and history.
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| old vs. new |
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| side street |
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| Tiles to St Someone |
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| Torre |
And I had to add this...ever wonder about gas stations in small town and villages? Well, this is how they do it. Just along the curb.
The next day took us to France and the port of Marseille. Somewhere in my head I was thinking "Cannes or Nice". Wrong! Marseilles is nothing like that. It very much a working port, I believe the largest in France. THey bused us into the marina area which is nice, a bit rundown, but that gave it some charm. There was the Notre Dame de Garde on the hill but we didn't make it that far.
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| Notre Dame on the hill |
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| Civic Building |
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| Marina |
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| side street |
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Then back to our port of departure, Savona Italy. We docked at 8am but our bus to Milano airport wasn't until 2pm, so this left some time for us to kill. Easy, get off an walk around. Only trouble is, it's Sunday and everything is closed till mid day or not at all. Fine, we can just roam with people and traffic. So we scoot along the provided city map. There are lovely piazzas and streets full of fashionable shops. Maybe it's a good thing they are closed!! We eventually end up back near the port at the old fort built on top of a Roman one - so like everything in Italy!'
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| Fort entrance |
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| beach huts awaiting warmer weather |
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| view from our room |
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| Be sure to look down those side streets... |
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| Faux painted buildings everywhere! |
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So then onto a shuttle van and a 2.5 hr bus ride north to Milano. It was a fabulous cruise and the staff was great. Yes, I would definitely do another Costa cruise, as long as I can bring my extra captain with me.
Ahh, so that's your method to you madness in taking a Costa cruise! Have a spare cap'n. I would've felt much more at ease under those circumstances! Great photos. Glad you had your camera, aren't you? You two must've slowed down to a jog if you actually looked down the side streets. Tee hee.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this great trip!
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