Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 10:35:57 GMT -5
I know that holiday pictures are usually boring, but here we go ...
The first three days we stayed in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia that in the old days was part of Yugoslavia.
We saw a web camera in the main square in the city and text our sons at home to quickly have a look on www.skylinewebcams.com. They spotted us immediately and we waved at them.
They took this screenshot ...
Mariana in front of the Ballet Theatre.
With Renoir’s famous painting “The Bather” (1868) at the Mimara Museum.
From Zagreb we flew to Dubrovnik, a small city on the Adriatic sea coast. The next picture shows the old city founded in the 7th century.
One can hardly believe that as recent as 1992, over 2000 bombs fell on this city during their civil war – today everything is restored and it is an UNESCO declared world heritage site.
Picture taken from our hotel room with the swimming beach on the far right
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In the next picture you can see our hotel just above Mariana’s head.
The beaches here do not have sand but small pebble-like stones – I am not sure if one could use a sand scoop here?
The above picture was actually taken on the island of Korcula where we went on a daytrip by bus and boat.
According to our guide, the beaches facing the main land have stony beaches and those facing the ocean have sandy beaches. He grew up here and has never seen a metal detector!
A bride & groom on a boat in the old harbour at Dubrovnik – what a romantic place to start a marriage!
The following picture shows the inside of a beautiful cathedral in the old city.
From Croatia we flew to Istanbul in Turkey – the only city in the world that lies on two continents. It is split by the Bosporus, one of the world's busiest waterways.
In front of the Blue Mosque.
Istanbul was the capital city of three empires being Roman (from 324 AD), Byzantine (until 1453) and Ottoman (until 1923). The above picture was taken of the old Roman Cistern (the ancient water reservoir under the city)
The following is an old fort built during the medieval crusades lying next to the Bosporus.
The famous Grand Bazaar where you can buy anything – I have never seen as many gold shops in one place selling gold coins and jewellery as right here.
The Harem Quarters at the TopKapi Palace where the Sultan used to keep his many wives.
Having a last drink at a street restaurant before flying back to South Africa.
Regards
Pierre
The first three days we stayed in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia that in the old days was part of Yugoslavia.
We saw a web camera in the main square in the city and text our sons at home to quickly have a look on www.skylinewebcams.com. They spotted us immediately and we waved at them.
They took this screenshot ...
Mariana in front of the Ballet Theatre.
With Renoir’s famous painting “The Bather” (1868) at the Mimara Museum.
From Zagreb we flew to Dubrovnik, a small city on the Adriatic sea coast. The next picture shows the old city founded in the 7th century.
One can hardly believe that as recent as 1992, over 2000 bombs fell on this city during their civil war – today everything is restored and it is an UNESCO declared world heritage site.
Picture taken from our hotel room with the swimming beach on the far right
i37.photobucket.com/albums/e71/Pierrex/dub02_zps867e2f00.jpg[/img]
In the next picture you can see our hotel just above Mariana’s head.
The beaches here do not have sand but small pebble-like stones – I am not sure if one could use a sand scoop here?
The above picture was actually taken on the island of Korcula where we went on a daytrip by bus and boat.
According to our guide, the beaches facing the main land have stony beaches and those facing the ocean have sandy beaches. He grew up here and has never seen a metal detector!
A bride & groom on a boat in the old harbour at Dubrovnik – what a romantic place to start a marriage!
The following picture shows the inside of a beautiful cathedral in the old city.
From Croatia we flew to Istanbul in Turkey – the only city in the world that lies on two continents. It is split by the Bosporus, one of the world's busiest waterways.
In front of the Blue Mosque.
Istanbul was the capital city of three empires being Roman (from 324 AD), Byzantine (until 1453) and Ottoman (until 1923). The above picture was taken of the old Roman Cistern (the ancient water reservoir under the city)
The following is an old fort built during the medieval crusades lying next to the Bosporus.
The famous Grand Bazaar where you can buy anything – I have never seen as many gold shops in one place selling gold coins and jewellery as right here.
The Harem Quarters at the TopKapi Palace where the Sultan used to keep his many wives.
Having a last drink at a street restaurant before flying back to South Africa.
Regards
Pierre
