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Ephesus - where St. John and St. Paul lived. |
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Columns from the Temple of Diana - one of the Seven
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Our guide talks about the agora |
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More ruins |
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Goddess Nike ruin - note in her skirt the Nike symbol |
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The marble Aracadian way - a mile to the Celsus Library |
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This is the road on which Cleopatra and Mark Anthony
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Gate to the Temple of Hadrian, |
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Sample of the mosaic work |
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The Roman Theater, near the public baths |
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Arch honoring Medusa |
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Can you guess?
Public toliets |
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The Celsus Library - three stories with 25,000 scrolls |
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A tunnel to the brothel across the street. |
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Bob on the library steps. |
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The amphitheater holding 250,000 people |
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Kusadasi, Turkey - market
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Bob rides a camel |
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The Island of Rhodes - and the Knights of St. John site |
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Walk to the Lindos -- up hill for hundreds of steps and
incline |
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View of the city below |
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I'm tired. |
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The final lap to the top. |
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View of the Aegean and town below |
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Bob's ready to head up. |
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Gail has a friend. |
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Workers doing more excavation |
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Top of the Lindos |
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Small town below |
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Ceramic factory |
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Crete's harbor |
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Pedestrian area in Crete |
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Our first view of Santorini The white at the top
is the city of Thira |
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Made up of a large crescent shaped island plus three
others making a circle with a volcanic island in the middle. |
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Our ship as we take the ferry to Santorini |
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The ferry. |
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This sheer rock cliff has a narrow road to the top which
we took on buses. Scary! |
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A gorgeous view from the top -- another white-washed and
blue city. |
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A unique island. |
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More lovely views |
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Breathtaking in the sunlight |
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A church |
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Looking toward the town of Ola |
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Interesting architecture |
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We were told to meet our bus, but which one? |
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Cable car heading down to the pier |
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Notice how steep |
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650 stairs to the bottom walking or on a donkey. |
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Another amazing sunset |
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Back on the mainland, view of the fires damage as we
head for Corinth. |
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Corinth Canal connecting the Aegean to Ionic Seas |
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A vineyard |
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Casks aging wine |
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Grape Vinyard |
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My first look at an olive tree |
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Corinth |
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St. Paul spoke form this
platform used for public forums. He escaped Corinth when he learned he was
to be beheaded |
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Bob among the runs |
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Relics -- flutes and
small statues of children playing a circle game |
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Our last night and we were put
in a suite. |
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Our final Greek dinner with
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...and entertainment |
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Applauding but tired. |
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A final dance then... |
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Back to our room at midnight to arise at 2:30 am for our
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And off to the airport for a 6:00 AM flight home. |
