Steven Skelley

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Steven and Tom Visit VENICE ITALY

Venice is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. Venice has no roads! Canals are lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica. During our visit, the city flooded! Workers erected temporary walkways for tourists. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. Photography by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong. Original music by Steven Buhler. Sunny Harbor Publishing.

Steven and Tom Visit ATHENS GREECE

Athens is known as the birthplace of democracy, arts, science and philosophy. Athens is the home of Plato, Socrates, Pericles, Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus. Athens is one of the world’s oldest cities with a recorded history of 3.400 years. The Acropolis was built during 5th century BC. The Acropolis is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage site. It houses several temples including the Parthenon. Photography by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong. Sunny Harbor Publishing.

Steven and Tom Visit The Big Coconut Gay Guesthouse

The Big Coconut Guesthouse in Fort Lauderdale is now high on our list of favorite places to stay. From the courtyard seating to the complimentary Happy Hour to the crystal clear swimming pool to the complimentary Continental Breakfast, everything is designed to encourage guests to get to know each other and become family.

Steven and Tom Visit THE PAUL BALIKER GALLERY

Paul Baliker Gallery – Amazing art you have to see to believe. Paul Baliker has been sculpting for over 35 years and has created more than 1,000 pieces. Baliker’s art is wood or bronze that expresses a symbiotic relationship with nature.

Steven and Tom Visit Pisa Italy

The origin of the name Pisa comes from Etruscan and means mouth. Pisa is known for its art and architectural treasures. Pisa has a remarkable group of buildings in the Piazza del Duomo called the Square of Miracles. The piazza contains the Duomo, the baptistery, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the camposanto cemetery. Pisa was the birthplace of the scientist Galileo Galilei. Photography by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong. Sunny Harbor Publishing.

Steven and Tom Visit Corfu Greece

Corfu Greece is one of the most beautiful of the Ionian islands. Corfu Town was influenced by the Venetians, French and the English. The narrow cobblestone alleys are called kandounia. The beaches in sandy coves, surrounded by green forests and mountains are some of the most beautiful in Greece. Photography by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong. Sunny Harbor Publishing.

Steven and Tom Visit Rouen France

Rouen is a port city on the river Seine. We visited the cobblestoned pedestrian center with medieval half-timbered houses. Joan of Arc was burned to death here for leading the French against the English. Victor Hugo famously described Rouen as the city of a hundred spires. The Gros Horloge clock is located on an arch between two buildings. Notre Dame of Rouen Cathedral was begun in the 1100s. Its spire reaches 495 feet. During the 1890s, the Claude Monet painted a series of 30 paintings of the cathedral. Photography by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong. Sunny Harbor Publishing.