Morning in Rome at the Pyramid and the cemetery Acatolico ("Non-Catholic" or the so-called "Protestant" cemetery, where Shelley & Keats are buried...)
Shelley's tomb, quoting Shakespeare's Mediterranean "enchanted Island" adventure, the Tempest...
The imposing statue of Mazzini, whose style of beard was most famously worn by Verdi...
An aptly named restaurant at Naxos Bay, Sicily, just beyond the famed Strait of Messina, where Odysseus, Aeneas and the ancient heroes sailed between the original "rock and a hard place," the sirens turned sea monsters Scylla & Charybdis...
A plaque commemorating the great Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio in the world heritage site of the Trulli village of Alberobello...
St Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the only Trulli-style church in the world (and a reminder of one of our favorite Mahler songs, "Antony of Padua's Sermon to the Fishes")
Approaching Kotor, Montenegro, site of our first recital ashore...
The ever-present Lion, reminder of Venice's reach across much of the Mediterranean...
The Medieval church in Kotor, founded in the year 809, host of our recital...
Incomparable beauty in an amazing sacred space...
Happy after serenading a gracious audience of fellow travelers and guests in the packed sanctuary...
On Amy's birthday in Dubrovnik - the port Byron called the "pearl of the Adriatic" we enjoy the beautiful harbor and ships that could fit a Flying Dutchman set!
A perfect sunset preceding a birthday dinner...
Our favorite destination on our tour, the beautiful Croatian island of Korcula
Natural wonders abound...
Final day of the tour: recital at the Teatro Tartini in the hometown of the great Baroque virtuoso violinist & composer, Giuseppe Tartini
Inside the gorgeous theatre...
And outside around Tartini square...
Singing makes one thirsty...
(There be pirate flags here?!?)
Buon viaggio...
No comments:
Post a Comment