RHS'69
This is a rolling blog. It will be updated daily as they check out Italy and Spain. New stuff will be posted as it comes in.
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Let's get the obvious out of the way...
Vincent, Wendy and another couple are going on a cruise in the middle of this pandemic?
We'll let him explain.
A short time at sea and here is Barcelona, Spain.
The NCL Epic chugs back to Italy in just a day or two.
Since Time is precious, I will spend mine taking pictures...of statues.
Michelang Buonarrott, known simply as Michelangelo.
A sculptor, painter and architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance — and possibly of all time.
Created by Michelangelo, this is a copy of the famous sculpture.
If naked people bother you - don't look.
In Greek mythology the gaze of Medusa turned all who looked at her to stone. Perseus guided himself by her reflection in a shield given him by Athena and beheaded Medusa as she slept. He kept her head to use it as a weapon
Galileo (left) was a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method.
Peir Antonio Micheli (right),tThe Italian botanist is considered to be the founder of scientific mycology, the branch of biology concerned with fungi.
Watch out for what you wish for.
Three's a crowd.
Do not drink and fight.
The Last Centaur. That's why there's none around anymore.
After awhile, Vincent didn't find any statues with names on them.
So, these are the names he has given them.
With that, it's time to leave. The ship dinner bell is ringing and Vincent has never known to miss it.
Plans are for a tour of the city (Ship rule: "Do not go into the public") before it leaves back for Italy.