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Athens - outside our hotel - the
Intercontinental |
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The hotel lobby. |
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Our room |
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View from our window -- the
Acropolis in the distance |
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Fellow author Melanie
Panagiotopoulus at the Aegean Sea |
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Bob and I enjoying the view |
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| Greek Island in the distance |
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Lovely outdoor cafe for a snack. |
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Do we look tired? We'd been up
about 32 hrs. |
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Our first glorious Greek sunset |
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In the plaza in front of the
Parliament |
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A view of downtown |
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Parliament guard. |
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| Changing of the Guard at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
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Watching the ceremony |
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Inside the Metro Station are
displays of old Roman aqueduct system |
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More of the original excavation. |
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A skeleton head found at the
site |
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A hurdy-gurdy man |
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Melanie and I in the Plaka - a
pedestrian zone |
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| Melanie and Bob outside a
church. |
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National Cathedral made up of
destroyed cathedrals. |
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Bob lights a candle in Brenda's
memory |
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The narrow streets in the Plaka
area |
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The Plaka shops |
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A view of ruins from a hill near
the Acropolis. |
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The acropolis |
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| A view of Mt. Lykavitos where we
took a cable car to the top. |
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A great cafe where we had our
first Greek meal. |
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From Mt. Lykavitos, we can view
Athens |
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Another view |
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We joined our tour and climbed
to the top of the Parthenon on the Acropolis |
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Mt. Lykavitos from the Acropolis |
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Bob and another view of the
Parthenon |
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| The Olympic Stadium. |
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Rebuilt in 1940 over the one
from the 1800s |
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Late afternoon we boarded the
Perle |
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Our room with a surprise. |
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Two rooms and two baths. That's
luxury. |
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An amazing sunset |
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Watching the sun lower over
Istanbul, Turkey. |
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| Palace gate of the Sultan |
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Guardhouse of the palace |
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Obelisk on the site of the
hippodrome |
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The Blue Mosque with it's 6
miraets |
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One of 30 domes in the mosque |
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People praying |
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The tulip is turkey's national
flower seen in this beautiful carpet |
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| Bob and I in the mosque |
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St. Sophia, Byzantine style |
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Gold mosaic |
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Fisherman in the Bospherous
Straits |
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At a carpet factory |
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Topkapi Palace, now a
museum |
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Dome in the Harem room |
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| Harem room |
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Part of the porcelain museum
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Imari Plate |
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Our first look at Mykonos |
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The windmill is part of the
Greek Islands landscape |
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White-washed and blue beauty of
Mykonos |
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George, our tour guide |
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| Petros the famous Mykonos
Pelicans |
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One of the narrow streets. |
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Another lovely church |
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The windmills. |
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At the windmills looking back at
Little Venice |
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Gail looking windblown |
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Windmills close up |
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| Bob and I in Little Venice |
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Stopping at a cafe . . . |
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. . .for a fruity drink |
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Another narrow way |
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Amazing city |
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The Isle of Patmos where St.
John was exiled |
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View from the Sacred Grotto -
our ship is in the port |
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| Entrance to the Sacred Grotto
where St. John lived and wrote Revelations |
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Words from the beginning of
Revelations in Greek. |
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Bob outside the Grotto |
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Another view of the landscape |
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St. Anne Church as we leave the
Grotto |
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Taking a rest from the long
walk. |
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Above us is St. John the
Divine Monastery |
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