A Mediterranean Holiday

Some might call us crazy but we got the bug to travel again and we decided to take our 18 month old to Europe. We planned a 3 week Spring vacation in 2013 which included a Mediterranean cruise and a some time in Rome where we visited with some friends and did some sight seeing. It was an amazing vacation and we have the pictures to prove it. We are decided that more international trips are in our future with kiddos. 
I wrote a blog posting about traveling with a toddler that can be viewed here.
Well, enjoy the pictures!

On the plane, ready to go!

She was awesome on the flight!

Mountain at the Eastern Tip of Sicily

Painting on Board the Ship

Blocks on the Ship in the Children's Center

Dinner at the Onboard Churrascaria

Happy Family

Our Boat, the Norwegian Jade

Exploring Ancient Olympia

The Tunnel Where the Athletes Entered

Our Family on the Racetrack

Ancient Diaper Changing Station

Exploring the Ruins

Colonnade around the Gymnasium

More Ruins

A Priceless and Beautiful Princess!

At a Athens Metro Station

Walking Around Athens

The Parthenon, from the New Parthenon Museum

Mom and Rose in Front of the Parthenon

Our Family in Front of Mary's House (Jesus's mother)

Our Family in Front of Mary's House (Jesus's mother)

Exploring Ephesus

A Cool Theater... but it was Hot that Day
View From the Top

Our Family in front of some columns

A Bump on a Log.  A few dozen other tourists were snapping pics of Rose here as well. :)

Us above the main drag through Ephesus

Lots to see here!

Some partially preserved mosaics

In front of the library, one of the most famous buildings at Ephesus

Outside the Castle of Izmir

The castle is on top of a hill, and the views of the city are exceptional

Back at our Cruise ship. Those are wind turbine blades to the right...

Rose knows where the life preserver is kept

Us in front of the Blue Mosque... Rose is sleeping

One of the outbuildings near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia

The Hagia Sofia



In front of some tulips at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul

Looking as cute as always

Whose that guy?

The Egyptian obliesk at the end of what was the Hippodrome in Istanbul

In front of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Inside the Blue Mosque

Enjoying the park outside the mosque

Inside the Hagia Sofia

Wow!!!

Having a good time

Who says church cant be fun? :)

Going for a swing before heading back to the ship

Looking at Istambul across the port

Turkey!

A bit of Chess?

Walking the deck, cruising for trouble

Fingerpaints!!!

Ice scupture..

Marble Sculpture in the Naples museum. This is supposedly the largest marble sculpture made out of a single piece of marble. 

Other stuff in the Naples Museum

Other stuff in the Naples Museum

The castle of Naples

Rome!

Walking around Rome

The mouth of truth


Raincoat!

Checking out the church

I bought this in the gift shop



The hippodrome and the Palatine

One church in Rome

At a street market with Sylvia

Walking with Sylvia

Piazza Navona


The Pantheon

Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona

Fountain di Trevi

The Trevi Fountain

Gellato with Nick, Sylvia and Yilmaz

Top of the Spanish Steps

Top of the Spanish Steps

Rose walking the Spanish Steps


Pizza Party!

Buying Wine

The Collesium

The Collesium

The Collesium

The Collesium

The Collesium

The Capitoline

Rose pushing her new stoller through the Vatican museums


St. Peters Basillica

Outside St. Peters Basillica

Outside St. Peters Basillica

Ennoteca de Provicia de Roma!!!

Ennoteca de Provicia de Roma!!!

Drinking wine by the Collesium at night


Playground time!

Playground time!

Playground time!

Playground time!

Baths of Diocletian

Baths of Diocletian

Churchy: Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri


unhappy face

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri


Piazza de Republica

Pizza and Bier

Good time with my homies

More gellato

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