life of a cruise ship nurse-naples, italy

naples, italy today. i explored all by myself.  i had a great time. it is a big city, similar to nyc.  so, you know i loved it

naples is the birthplace of pizza.  i had the most delicious pizza there today.

life of a cruise ship nurse-cantania, italy

welcome to cantania, italy!  we took the train to taormina for the day.  what a great decision!  it was spectacular there

view of cantania from the port

the volcano is steaming

views from taormina. so gorgeous here

i love it here

stunning views

i was so happy to be in taormina. it is so beautiful here. so much to see

our friends mcdavid and his mom, christy and me. what a great day

life of a cruise ship nurse-santorini, greece

oh santorini, greece how i love you!  santorini has been my dream vacation for the whole of my life.  it did not disappoint. warning, there are tons of pictures. tons.

heading to santorini on the tender

people said it looked like snow at the top of the mountain. nope, that is santorini

this is fira.

more fira

we took a bus to oia which is famous for it's white buildings with blue rooftops.

hot and humid here today

it is so beautiful here

everywhere in santorini is a photo op

oia, santorini, greece.  it is everything i had imagined

amazing views around every turn

i made it to santorini!

the blue water with the white walls is amazing

the poor donkey's. they take tourists up and down the steep hills of santorini.  i felt so sorry for them.  it was so hot and they just kept working.  poor little things.

i climbed down these stairs.  scariest thing ever.  the stairs were steep and slick and covered in donkey dung.  i did NOT want to fall on these stairs.

indian independence day celebration with christy, kevin and christy lundgren.