So I’m trying out this WordPress “gallery” business to show you some of my holiday snaps. Click on any image to see a larger size or click on the first one to start flicking through them in a snazzy carousel-type thingy. (Oooh, fancy!) Not sure how they’re going to look on Google Reader or e-mail so you may need to pop over to the blog to see them properly. They’re of Marrakech, Essaouria (Morocco), Rome and Valencia (Spain).
Can you spot my “Yes, I’m in the Vatican!” picture? And my man-standing-in-beam-of-sunlight-in-St. Peter’s-Basilica X-Files style snap? Incidentally I really liked the Vatican, especially since I found a medal flown around the moon by Frank Borman on Apollo 8 (my favorite mission!) and the Vatican flag carried to the moon and back by the crew of Apollo 11, along with some moon rock fragments. It was definitely a NASA-themed adventure in Rome, as on drinking “Rome’s best cappuccino” in Café Sant Eustachio (it was soooooo good), I happened upon a signed photo of NASA Administrator and Space Shuttle astronaut Charlie Bolden behind the counter, thanking them for the great coffee. Weird, right?
We had some great adventures—tip: don’t travel between continents on Friday 13th—so much so that you never know, you might be reading about some of them some day soon…
(Oooh, mysterious!)
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- My favorite spot in our hotel: the pool! In MARRAKECH
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- One of the most impressive mosques in the Muslim world, Koutoubia in MARRAKECH
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- Inside the souks, MARRAKECH
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- Chicha, anyone? At our hotel in MARRAKECH
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- ESSAOURIA, MORROCCO
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- Spices in ESSAOURIA, MOROCCO
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- Shoes in ESSAOURIA, MOROCCO
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- Our view from lunch in ESSAOURIA, MOROCCO
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- Shoes in ESSAOURIA, MOROCCO
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- MARRAKECH
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- Camels and stoplights, MARRAKECH
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- Inside the souks, MARRAKECH
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- Inside the souks, MARRAKECH
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- Inside the souks, MARRAKECH
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- Inside the souks, MARRAKECH
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- Our hotel—in Arabic, MARRAKECH
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- My first Italian coffee!
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- Inside the gardens around the Villa Borghese, ROME
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- A view of ROME from La Terrazza at the Hotel Eden
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- Chinese New Year celebrations, ROME
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- The Pantheon, ROME
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- Charlie Bolden in Café Sant Eustachio, ROME
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- The Colosseum, ROME
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- Inside the Colosseum, ROME
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- At the Forum Romano, ROME
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- In Traverstere, ROME
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- Cocktails at Hotel Eden’s La Terrazza bar, ROME
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- Mmm, gelato. Near the Trevi Fountain, ROME
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- There’s an atheist at the Vatican!
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- Inside St. Peter’s Basilica, VATICAN CITY
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- Inside St. Peter’s Basilica, VATICAN CITY
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- The Hall of Maps, inside the Vatican Museum, VATICAN CITY
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- A Vatican flag and fragments of moon rock presented to the Pope by the crew of Apollo 11, VATICAN CITY
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- A medal flown around the moon on Apollo 8, VATICAN CITY
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- St. Peter’s Square, VATICAN CITY
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- Valencia paella in Pepe Pica, the best place to have it in VALENCIA
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- Inside the Mercado Central, one of Europe’s largest indoor markets, VALENCIA
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- Inside the Mercado Central, one of Europe’s largest indoor markets, VALENCIA
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- “The Bridge of Flowers”, VALENCIA
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- VALENCIA
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- The City of Arts and Sciences, VALENCIA
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- Museo de las Ciencas Principe Felipe at the City of Arts & Sciences, VALENCIA
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- Hemisferic (IMAX theatre) at the City of Arts & Sciences, VALENCIA
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- Hemisferic (IMAX theatre) at the City of Arts & Sciences, VALENCIA
Lovely! Please be aware that I will be “borrowing” all of your souk pictures, as I have none.
I’ve never been superstitious about Friday the 13th. But the more I think about it, I’m wondering if we had something to do with the Costa Concordia.
Well I only have them because of you because I was able to take them on the sly while you were shopping! Probably would’ve been charged for taking them otherwise!
Love holiday pics and these are beautifully colourful and a tease – I so want to go to all of the above! Hope you had a great time. We recently came back from NYC and I put a photo essay on my blogs too. I did the same for Cape Town and the vineyards. In fact, I just opened a pinkest account and pinned these posts to a board esp for holiday pics. Love sharing the experience when I get home. Thanks for this.
Great pics! I think the most unique was the picture of spices in Morocco.
Looks like you had a great time.
I LOVE looking a people’s holiday snaps – especially when they’re as spectacular as yours. Thanks so much for sharing – and kudos for figuring out that snazzy carousel-type thingy. Impressive! VERY impressive! Is that a widget, or a plug-in?
I use WordPress.com (i.e. the free one) so all it is is when you upload pics, there’s a little button at the end that says “Insert gallery.” I love it—definitely going to use it again!