Adriatic cruise, September 2013
Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Dubrovnik seen from the hillside across the bay.
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The main street in the old part of the city, already filling up with tourists at 10.30.
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Typical alleyway.
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St Blaise church (patron saint of Dubrovnik).
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The harbour.
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Another view of the harbour.
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The clock tower.
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On the city wall.
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The bright red roofs are all recent reconstructions after the city was shelled by the Serbians in 1991. Very few of the old roofs were left undamaged.
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Further along the wall.
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A few parts of the old city have still not been repaired after the 1991 bombings.
Kotor, Montenegro
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Entering Kotor bay.
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St George's island in Kotor bay, with a little Benedictine abbey.
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Approaching the town of Kotor.
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The town walls go straight up the hillside to a castle on a shoulder of the hill.
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Kotor church boasts of its 1200th anniversary (809–2009).
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MV Voyager moored at Kotor.
Olympia, Greece
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Excavations at Olympia.
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The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, with one column restored.
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Arched entrance to the stadium.
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Olympic stadium, with banked stands for 45000 spectators. This was the third stadium to be built at Olympia, and dates from the first century BC.
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Temple of Hera (built around 600 BC).
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In the museum at Olympia, a marble statue of Hermes from the Temple of Hera, made by Praxitiles in around 335 BC.
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Also in the museum, an artist's impression of the colossal statue of Zeus that once filled his Temple.