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Pictures of Cruise
Cruise
Pictures from a Mediterranean cruise.

In mid-July 2001, I took a 10-day Rome-to-Barcelona Renaissance cruise.  It was like a floating morgue.  I hadn't seen so many old people in swimsuits since the movie Cocoon.  Well, Renaissance went bankrupt shortly after the 9/11/01 attacks, so I copied their cruise brochure to this site.  Try comparing their descriptions of the daily activities to those I wrote below!

Cruises are the worst way for a photographer to travel.  You travel each night from about 5pm to 8am, so you completely miss the chance to shoot pictures at sunrise or sunset.  You generally have a fixed agenda, and there's often no room to explore on your own.  Finally, you're travelling in groups and basically visiting a series of tourist traps, so there are always people in the way.  Specifically, old people.

AjaccioAjaccio
Pictures of Ajaccio, France.
BarcelonaBarcelona
Pictures of Barcelona, Spain. Parts of Barcelona were wonderful, other parts were horrible.
MarseilleMarseille
Marseille, France is a quaint tourist trap. I took some decent pictures here but I won't be going back.
NaplesNaples
Pictures of Naples, Italy, and other nearby towns. Sorrento was beautiful. Pompeii was FULL of tourists--shoulder to shoulder in many places. It was so crowded that the experience was completely ruined.
NiceNice
An amazing city that seems to define the American meaning of the term Mediterranean.
Palma MallorcaPalma Mallorca
Pictures of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Apparently this place is known for making Mallorcan pearls.
RomeRome
Pictures of Rome, Italy. A crowded tourist trap full of beggars and thieves.
Streets of FlorenceStreets of Florence
Pictures of Florence, Italy: Perhaps my favorite town in Europe. Fantastic city, stunning countryside.

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I worked on a cruise ship, it would be great to temporarily sink the ship. This would get rid of the aged hanging flesh monsters, thats dribble and sloath around. Once the ship surfaced that old person 'smell' would be gone from all spaces. (12/4/2007, 3:28 PM)
Frosted flakes they're more than good they're GRRREAT! (11/14/2006, 11:42 PM)
u smell!!!!!!! (6/28/2006, 5:12 AM)
hey tony ! i like the things you do! Hey Tony! if i could i would be you! You're the one and only tiger with the one and only taste! you know how to make a breakfast taste GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! (6/28/2006, 5:02 AM)
you say you don't like old people but you already look like one! (6/28/2006, 4:58 AM)
i think you look like a squashed frog whose been run over by a lorry............... .....twice!!!!!!!!!! ! (6/28/2006, 4:57 AM)
Random Bollocks (11/24/2005, 7:50 AM)
yfjghcvh (11/24/2005, 7:50 AM)
you're freaking hilarious. (10/21/2005, 11:57 AM)
Well, you spoke your mind. But i think choose you must chose what you say, and not say what you choose!!!! (4/18/2005, 6:48 AM)
sorry, maybe you want to know who is criticizeing that much... conny (7/22/2004, 1:23 PM)
Great pictures Tony! Thanks for the gen x comments on some of this stuff. (6/12/2004, 2:16 PM)
Why dont you go on an 18-30 holiday. Seems you might prefer it. I like old people (9/17/2003, 9:00 AM)
I stay away from France. They despise tourists but don't fail to take their money. (10/23/2002, 9:39 PM)
ony, You didn"t have a very good travel agent or else you did your honeymoon on your own. You should have been better advised about the product you purchased. (8/21/2002, 3:35 PM)
Yes, I am an authority on what I like. -Tony (7/2/2002, 3:46 PM)
you should be an authority in aesthetics to critize what you have critized on this page (7/2/2002, 2:33 PM)
It's not that I dislike old people. We're a young couple, and the activities they had planned were geared towards the older crowd (think bingo, shuffleboard, and tours without stairs or hills). Not the way we planned on spending our honeymoon. -Tony (5/14/2002, 10:14 AM)
Apparently you don't like old people. Too bad because you're going to be one! (5/14/2002, 9:47 AM)
I don't agree with all of your statements but you did a great job... (5/12/2002, 8:47 PM)
good work Tony---keep it Up!!!!!!!!!!! (3/9/2002, 8:34 AM)