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Morocco, Italy, Croatia – Summer 2013

John Waller
“June – July: Casablanca, Verona, Venice, Krk, Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Budva, Bari, Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Pisa, Bologna, Parma, Milan, Vols am Schlern”

From Morocco, Italy, Croatia – Summer 2013. Posted by John Waller on 6/29/2013 (91 items)


30% of the King Hassan Mosque – the 3rd largest mosque in the world and the tallest m…
We love traditional Moroccan food 🙂

Entering the old Medina – it took us nearly an hour to get out!
The seaside of Casablanca is dotted with private beach clubs overlooking the public o…
Tropical paradise – kind of…

Juliette’s balcony
They say if you rub Juliette’s boob, you get lucky. I copped a couple feels 🙂
At Arena di Verona

This is a cool picture – look there are two yachts, on e "little" in front …

Our first experience with a concrete beach
In our little courtyard

No photos can do justice to how breathtakingly beautiful the Dalamatian coast is

After a day of walking the walls of Dubrovnik, Dad took a snooze at the beach we went…


Command central – we have a DC voltage converter with three outlets for the GPS, my E…
Sailing away from our new favorite – the Croatian coast near Dubrovnik
We stayed in this village across in inlet from Dubrovnik – 3 nights at a 1 Bedroom ap…

Our GPS told us to take the ferry on the way to Budva, Montenegro but I said no – 2 h…
Guys took passengers for an accompanied base jump from the mountains to the beach for…
The beaches in Montenegro (and Croatia) all just appear between the crystal blue Adri…
Our teenager tries to avoid every picture…

All through our drive through Italy, we’ve been on the AutoStrade, so every time we d…
The Castello Sonnino was overlooking the Tuscan farmhouse we stayed at for a few days
It seemed like a good picture at the time 🙂

The Duoma at Florence
This copy of Michelango’s David "hangs" outside the Palazzo Vecchio
The Rape of the Sabines outside the Palazzo Vecchio
The medieval cathedral in Orvietto was is a jewel and unique among all those we visit…

The Fountain of Trevi was one of only a few things Julie Waller really wanted to see
The scale and longevity of the Roman structures – here the Arc of Constantine and the…

St. Peter’s Sqaure
Castello St. Angello, the site of Tosca’s fateful leap
Wine tasting at the Castelo Sonnino was an excellent lesson in wine making and wine e…
Robin Waller and Judith Waller had a great time on the tour.

The view from our farmhouse balcony in Tuscany
Jurate Svedaite-Waller and I with the great Pucinni in front of his villa at Torre de…
Jurate was on the cover of a photo journalist magazine when she was a kid in a filed …
It’s crazy how much the tower leans – the flag pole on top and the cathedral next to …

This is the Anatomy Theory at the University Bologna where we "officially" …
The University of Bologna is the oldest University in Europe (the oldest is in Fez, M…
The two girls (who ever they were) were shooting some kind of TV program the afternoo…
One of the coolest things I noticed on this trip is that wherever there is scaffoldin…

Bologna has a summer long outside movie festival in the main square with flicks from …
For our little ballerina
In front of La Scala, one of Jurate’s dreams come true (to visit it) on this trip
Interestingly, in front of the greatest opera house in the world is this monument to …

The original poster of the La Scala Premiere – you’re not supposed to take pictures b…
The most exclusive shopping mall in Milan is basically a palace whose streets are cov…
I thought this was cute…
Look up anywhere in Milano and you see something like this

We went in to see Leonardo’s Last Supper. To get in, you pass through two vapor locks…
Julie Waller on a fashion mission in the heart of the Milan shopping district
The largest Gothic Cathedral in Italy and one of its most beautiful – the Duomo in M…
The detail work on the outside of all these Italian cathedrals is amazing

Jurate Svedaite-Waller lit a candle at the Duomo in Milano for our dear friend Lois S…
As beautiful and inspiring as this ancient cathedral is, it is a restoration work in …
Jurate Svedaite-Waller was taken aback to find two mummified Cardinals in the Milano …
Face to face with a 5300 year old man – this is a reconstruction of Otzi, the famous …

My beautiful and talented wife Jurate Svedaite-Waller with the great Russian Baritone…
Dear old friend, Schlern, we’re back 🙂
This is a farmer’s market where they bring the farm to the market, too!
The locals look forward all month to the market/festival. The band was playing and th…

I must complain about these working conditions!
Can you ask for more – beautiful scenery, plenty to eat and drink and lots of great f…
The local Oompa-pa band. Love the reflections in the window including me.

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