Favourite Photos of the Past 10 Years - Episode 9 - 'Sail Away'

Above:- Kim's favourite photo of the episode

'From the Deck of MSC Opera'

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea after leaving Dubrovnik. 

October 2011

That's one of the Opera's sister ships in the photo.

 

Above:- 'We were one of those cabins right at the top with the balconies'

Athens, Greece

October 2011

I wonder if she is still sailing or has been retired due to the pandemic, I'll have to google it.

... 

Yep, she still going, currently in the Med. 

 

 We were on deck 12 called La Bohème

Above:- 'Loading the Luggage'

Venice, Italy

October 2011

If you remember on the news last year there was a news story about a  cruse ship that 

crashed into the dock in Venice.

Yep,,,  it was the MSC Opera.

Above - 'Going on a tour'

Athens? or Dubrovnik? 

October 2011

 

Above:- 'Out on the deck'

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

 

Above:- 'Graham on the deck'

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

Above:- 'The Bridges on the Bosporus Strait'

Istanbul, Turkey

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

Above:- 'In Port'

MSC Opera

October 2011

Above:- 'View from our balcony'

On the MSC Opera

October 2011

 

Above:- 'At Sea'

Coromandel Peninsula

New Zealand

September 2014 

Above:- 'Foggy Ferry'

Amsterdam

December 2017

 

Above:-'Isle of Wight Ferry'

Portsmouth

January 2018

Above:-'Boarding the Ferry'

Isle of Wight

January 2018 

 

Above:-'On board the Isle of Wight Ferry'

January 2018 

 

Above:- 'Another Ferry'

Venice, Italy

October 2011

 

Above:- 'Gondola'

Venice Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'Parked Gondola's'

Venice Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'More parked Gondolas'

Venice Italy

October 2011

Above:- 'Another City, a different canal system'

Amsterdam

December 2017 

 

Above:- 'War Canoe'

Auckland New Zealand

September 2014

 

Above-'Boat trip with the Car Club'

Port Macquarie

November 2016

 

 

Above:- 'Paddle steamer'

 Echuca, Victoria

May 2012

Above:- 'Port Fairy'

 Victoria

May 2012

 

 

Above-'Barge' 

Ireland

September 2011

Above:- 'Fishing Boats at Low Tide'

Morecambe Bay

U.K.

August 2011

Above:-'More Fishing boats'

South Africa

November 2015

Above:-'On the Great Barrier Reef'

Far North Queensland

September 2015

 

 

Above:- 'On the New Endeavour'

Sydney Harbour

October 2017

Above:- 'On board the New Endeavour'

Sydney Harbour

October 2017

 

Above:- 'She likes taking photos of rigging'

On the New Endeavour

Sydney Harbour

October 2017 

 

Above:-'Schooner, Whale's Tale'

Fiji 

April 2016

Above:-'Beautiful Blue sea'

Fiji 

April 2016

 

 Above:- 'More Rigging'

'Whale's Tale'

Fiji 

April 2016

Above:- 'Its like a Turner painting'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

Above:- 'Figurehead'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'Guess what? Rigging'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'At Sunset'

HMS Warrior

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'The Mary Rose'

Henry the VIII's great ship

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'The Actual Anchor Rope'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'Nelson's famous Flagship'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'Inside, Nelson's famous Flagship'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

 

Above:- 'The gun deck'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

Above:-'The Flag of the Flagship'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018

Above:- 'The Aft and the End'

HMS Victory

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

United Kingdom

January 2018