Civitavecchia (Rome)

We'd been to Rome in 2015 and in 2016. Click the links to see what we did on those visits.

We did see this weird building in 2016 with the violin-shaped balconies. It was in bad shape then as well.

 
We walked along a narrow space between a wall and a building. It seemed an unlikely place to find an olive grove.

Looking back at the door through the wall to the waterfront area...

 
The goose that laid the blue egg & other scuptures

 
From one angle there are two men talking, from another there are random upright sticks.

 
Flags were at half mast because Pope Francis had died.

We walked by the fishing-boats pier on the way back to the ship.

An ancient wall revealing its history

Sardinia, Italy

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean (after Sicily). We'd been there 2016, but at a different port.

There was a lot of aquaculture in the harbor.

A lovely waterfront park with a ferris wheel...

 
and a fanciful carousel.

 
The rust-metal, raised-bed was unusual, but looking at the olive trees planted there, it's been there for at least several decades.

This was the beautiful town hall-very Italian.

 
Arched dorways seemed to be standard.

Some street art is in better shape than others and sometimes one set over writes others.

 
In a park, a weathered sculpture of a woman giving birth.

We crossed a bridge to get to an area that showed as an open green area on the map.

 
There were some trails out in the fields.

 
We headed back through the town and toward the port.

A flowerbox railing on this long balcony

 
This long creek bed was located in the park next to a famous church here.

There were a number of our shipmates at the church.

This is the Basilica of San Simplicio, which was built in the 11th century.

 
A gift store featuring cork products, especially those made from the first or second harvests, which are too irregular to be used as corks to seal wine bottles.

Unplanned flowering roofs

 
These very twisted trees were featured along the dock area.