Our Mediterranean Cruise: Part 2
For the second half of our cruise, we stopped in Turkey, Egypt and Malta. I expected Egypt to be my favorite place, but Malta actually topped the charts for me on this round of ports.
TURKEY:
The first place we visited in Turkey was the ancient town of Ephesus. The town is really amazing. Only about a third of it is currently unearthed, and the rest is still in progress. People like Cleopatra used to walk these streets!
This Mosaic is thousands of years old, but it is still beautiful!
This huge theater still holds concerts for some very famous people. Elton John, for instance, has played here before.
And I had to get a shot of this shop. Can you believe it?! GENUINE fake watches! JUST what I have always wanted!! :)
Our second stop was the House of the Virgin Mary. It is said to be the house where the Virgin Mary spent her last days on earth. The house is very small and understated. We collected some holy water, and tied a tissue on the wall. It is said in Turkey that if you tie a tissue on this wall and make a wish, when your tissue is taken away by the wind then your wish will come true. We will see!
EGYPT:
Egypt was amazing, don't get me wrong. But there were a LOT more locals "selling" (i.e. bombarding you with) their items. The town was also a lot dirtier than most other places we visited. Granted, they are in the desert but it was still a bit of a shock. The pyramids & sphinx were absolutely amazing. It is hard to describe just how big they are!
We also visited a beautiful mosque in Cairo. It was absolutely stunning. Most of the walls had hand carvings on them. THAT is why I LOVE Europe and Africa!
Last, we had a buffet lunch while we took a boat down the Nile River. Here I am hanging out on our Nile River boat!
MALTA:
Though Malta was never a place I really wanted to visit, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was one of my favorite stops on our cruise! The air is so fresh and everything is so clean. There are relatively few tourists, so it has a very welcoming feel to it. I felt much more at home in Malta than most of the other places we visited (with the exception of Rome, since I did live there for a summer). While in Malta, we visited a few prehistoric temples made of huge rocks. It is amazing to think how they moved those rocks without any equipment.
We also visited a nearby cave, which was very neat.
Here are a few random shots: A tree I liked, a typical Maltese boat, and a Maltese snail!
TURKEY:
The first place we visited in Turkey was the ancient town of Ephesus. The town is really amazing. Only about a third of it is currently unearthed, and the rest is still in progress. People like Cleopatra used to walk these streets!
This Mosaic is thousands of years old, but it is still beautiful!
This huge theater still holds concerts for some very famous people. Elton John, for instance, has played here before.
And I had to get a shot of this shop. Can you believe it?! GENUINE fake watches! JUST what I have always wanted!! :)
Our second stop was the House of the Virgin Mary. It is said to be the house where the Virgin Mary spent her last days on earth. The house is very small and understated. We collected some holy water, and tied a tissue on the wall. It is said in Turkey that if you tie a tissue on this wall and make a wish, when your tissue is taken away by the wind then your wish will come true. We will see!
EGYPT:
Egypt was amazing, don't get me wrong. But there were a LOT more locals "selling" (i.e. bombarding you with) their items. The town was also a lot dirtier than most other places we visited. Granted, they are in the desert but it was still a bit of a shock. The pyramids & sphinx were absolutely amazing. It is hard to describe just how big they are!
We also visited a beautiful mosque in Cairo. It was absolutely stunning. Most of the walls had hand carvings on them. THAT is why I LOVE Europe and Africa!
Last, we had a buffet lunch while we took a boat down the Nile River. Here I am hanging out on our Nile River boat!
MALTA:
Though Malta was never a place I really wanted to visit, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was one of my favorite stops on our cruise! The air is so fresh and everything is so clean. There are relatively few tourists, so it has a very welcoming feel to it. I felt much more at home in Malta than most of the other places we visited (with the exception of Rome, since I did live there for a summer). While in Malta, we visited a few prehistoric temples made of huge rocks. It is amazing to think how they moved those rocks without any equipment.
We also visited a nearby cave, which was very neat.
Here are a few random shots: A tree I liked, a typical Maltese boat, and a Maltese snail!
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1 comments:
Gorgeous just gorgeous!! One day when our kids are older, I must go on one of those!! I loved all the pics!! Thanks for sharing!! :)
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