NaDave Xmas - Istanbul & Paris (3 of 3)

Istanbul

Day 1 - Tour the Old City (Topkapi Palace & Mosques)

Day 2 - Bosphorus Cruise & Turkish Bath & Visited Asia-side of City

Paris

Day 1 - Louvre Museum & Versailles Palace

Day 2 - Travel out to Champagne Region

Day 3 - See more sites in Paris

Istanbul - Bed (and Dave) as wide as the room

Istanbul - Blue Mosque

Istanbul - Inside Blue Mosque... not during prayer

Istanbul - Hagia Sofia... Islam & Christianity in one church

Istanbul - Inside Turkish bath house... Aga Haman

Istanbul- Bosphorus Cruise - 1st intercontinental bridge

Istanbul- Maidens Tower from Asian side of city

Paris- Nadine, Dave & Mona in the Louvre

Paris- Front of Versailles Palace

Paris- Eiffel Tower at dusk

Paris- Champagne Region...cellars

Paris- Champagne Region...sampling local bubbly

Paris- Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris- Champs E'lysees

Paris- Moulin Rouge

Paris- Street of Paris shootings

NaDave Xmas - Athens & Cairo (2 of 3)

Athens

Day 1 - Tour the Greek Ruins

Day 2 - New Years Eve

Cairo

Day 1 - Tour Ancient Egypt

Day 2 - Cairo Museum & Walk to Al Azhar Park

Athens- Sunrise over Parthenon on arrival night

Athens- The Parthenon!

Athens- The Agora...(think Plato & Socrates!)

Athens- Stadium from 1st Modern Olympic Games (1894)

Athens- New Years Fireworks over Acropolis

Cairo- When driving...everything goes!

Cairo- Streets of Cairo lined with trash

Cairo- Saqqara...entrance to old Tempe

Cairo- Saqqara...step pyramid, before Great Pyramids

Cairo- Giza...Great Pyramids!

Cairo- Giza...camels by Khafe Pyramid

Cairo- Giza...standing at base of Khufu Pyramid

Cairo- Giza...inside Khufu Pyramid (Indiana Jones!)

Cairo- Giza...The Sphinx!

Cairo- Bungaloo style hostel atop highrise

Cairo- Museum...Main hallway

Cairo- Museum...King Tut's Mask

Cairo- Man delivering bread

Cairo- Al Azhar Park

NaDave Xmas - Italy (1 of 3)

After finally sorting through the 1500+ pictures we took over our 20 day trip, we are finally ready to share some of the highlights!

As a reminder...we started in Germany (Nuremberg), took a train to Italy (Venice, Villavallelonga, Florence, Rome), then flew to Athens, Cairo, Istanbul & Paris.

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Germany

1 - Nuremberg --> Overnight Train to Venice

Italy

2 - Venice

3 - Villavallelonga....aka, Lippaville (2 hrs east of Rome)

4 - Florence

5 - Rome --> Fly to Athens

Nuremberg Station - 2 bags and a book (that's it!)

Overnight Train to Venice - Our room on night 1

Venice- Classic Venice

Venice- Foggy in St Marco's square

Venice- Italian girl with her first slice of pizza in Italy!

Venice- Rialto Bridge over Grand Canal

Villa- Welcome to Villa!...the pilgrimage is complete!

Villa- Lippa graves in the Villa cemetery

Villa- Actual nightime view of Villa...where Dave proposed

Villa- She said YES

Villa- View during our Xmas Day Hike

Villa- Lippa Street in Villa!

Florence- Beautiful overlook of Florence

Florence- Two Davids!

Florence- Ponte Vecchio Bridge with some bubbly

Rome- The Colosseum

Rome- Roman Forum...center of Old Rome

Rome- Saint Peter's Square (Country of Vatican)

Rome- Nadine in St Peters Church...yup its that huge!

Rome- Trevi Fountain

Rome- Happy Holidays from Rome!