Roads Back

Almost, almost done, til next year in Belize... Here, a bit more from our last day in Greece.  More of that village we drove through getting...

The Museum at Delphi

Ok, one more kind of geeky post, which I promised not to do the last time I went on and on about stuff in a museum (the one on Santorini).  ...

Temple of Poseidon

Alas, I skipped this...After the morning visit to the Parthenon, the afternoon/dinner took us a bit out of Athens, to see the Temple of Pose...

Delphi

We finally arrived at Delphi, the site of the oracle, that voice of prophecy that echoes through so much of Greek mythology.  We met our loc...

Road to Delphi

On that last day in Greece, a few of us did the early bus and took off for Delphi, the site of the ancient oracle.  To be true to my develop...

Athens and the Parthenon

We made it to the mainland of Greece, and were not greeted by rioting masses.  However, compared to relatively wealthy Turkey, with their 10...

And that afternoon on Santorini...

Just a bit more, and then back to the boat, headed to Athens. So, I had mostly split from everyone else, and spend the afternoon eating, goi...

The Museum of Prehistoric Thira

Ok, this may be my most geeky blogpost of all, my long dreams of archaeology showing clear.  After Michelle and I went to Akrotiri, and we m...

Akrotiri

So, Michelle and I missed the boat around the volcano, and several other cool things on Santorini, in order to go to Akrotiri--the archaeolo...

Santorini!

Here's a quick image excursion through this Greek isle--mine not quite as strenuous as Christina's, I think.  But first, a map... [s...

Patmos, 2

Continuing one of the Patmos tours...more walking through this hilltop village, past this tiny chapel, appealing stairs, and a tiny window. ...

Patmos, 1

Our first stop, late on the same day we boarded, was at the isle of Patmos.  We had different tours, so other folks saw slightly different t...

Now the Boat...

[I'm determined to finish this, even though it begins to seem a lifework...] Ok, here's a picture-heavy look at us getting on the bo...

Goodbye, Kusadasi

Sadly, I didn't take a picture of the "don't drink the water" picture over the sink in our hotel in Kusadasi.  Ann and I d...

The Fashion Show

And our last day in Turkey was still not done... We stopped at a  leather-fashion outlet, to watch a quick fashion show (which with my new c...

Lunch in Selcuk

After the House of the Virgin Mary, we had a fast hour for lunch in the little town of Selcuk (which should have a little hook under the c, ...

The House of the Virgin Mary

On our way back from Ephesus, our bus cliimbed the narrow road up the hills to the reputed House of the Virgin Mary.  This is now an active,...

Ephesus 2

Continuing in Ephesus... A view from the upper city, toward the agora and library... and a market district, with mosaic-tiled sidewalks in f...

Ephesus 1

And our last full day in Turkey, we visited the site of the ancient city of Ephesus--though that is misleading.  Suleyman tells us that beca...

Road to Kusadasi

After Pergamon, we still had several hours on the bus, almost due south, heading to Kusadasi, our last stop in Turkey.  Suleyman told us lot...