Category Archives: Food

Temples of Bagan, Myanmar

Posted on October 6, 2015 by patmathews

October 4 and 5 After our tour of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (which by the way has a gold stupa that is visable from all over town and is said to be topped with more than 6500 diamonds, rubies … Continue reading →

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

Posted on October 1, 2015 by patmathews

September 30 Sri Lanka is another place we never visited and never imagined visiting!  We took a full day tour in Colombo, the capital city.  It is formerly called Ceylon – from the time of British rule – and you … Continue reading →

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Pictures from Mumbai

Posted on September 28, 2015 by patmathews

September 24 Here are some of the pictures from Mumbai that should have accompanied my last post. Mumbai has over 22 million people, some say 23.7, and census is not very good here.  The estimate is that about half are … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, India

Posted on September 24, 2015 by patmathews

September 24 *** Well, I was unable to upload any photos – and I have soooo many!  Stay tuned, will either add them later or do a separate post just with photos.  What an interesting and amazing day. What can … Continue reading →

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Posted on September 20, 2015 by patmathews

September 19 What an awesome day we had!  First when we got off the ship, we found out that we are the first cruise ship to arrive here this season – it is just the beginning of the season for … Continue reading →

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Civitavecchia, Italy (excursion to Rome)

Posted on August 31, 2015 by patmathews

August 30 First, here are the pictures of my retail therapy purchases from the last couple of days that wouldn’t load yesterday! And here’s that huge bruschetta that we enjoyed for lunch. Another early start – we went from the … Continue reading →

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Livorno, Italy (excursion to Cinque Terre)

Posted on August 29, 2015 by patmathews

August 29 We sailed into the port of Livorno early this morning, and here was the sunrise from the balcony – a beautiful start to the day. Livorno is the second largest city in Tuscany with a population of 160,000. … Continue reading →

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Barcelona, Spain

Posted on August 28, 2015 by patmathews

August 27 We spent a wonderful day in Barcelona.  We arrived early and set out to see La Familia Sagrata which we last visited in 2003. We wanted to see how much more has been completed.  Unfortunately, we didn’t think to … Continue reading →

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Cadiz, Spain

Posted on August 25, 2015 by patmathews

August 25 We sailed into the port of Cadiz, Spain about 9:30 this morning – it is a beautiful day here.  Cadiz is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in Europe, founded in about 1100 BC.  It is … Continue reading →

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La Corona, Spain

Posted on August 22, 2015 by patmathews

August 22 We are now in the north of Spain, in the city of La Corona.  It is typically cloudy here and very green with temperate climate all year.  We expected rain, but it turned out sunny the whole time … Continue reading →

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