After spending a few weeks enjoying the relaxed beach pace of the Greek isles, Al and I were looking forward to spending a few days in the Greek capital of Athens. Bus Tour: Other than the Acropolis and the new Acropolis Museum we weren’t really decided on what else we wanted to see in the […]
City Scape: Athens is a city both burdened and emboldened by history. Athens is credited as the birthplace of modern civilization, the genesis of the Republic, and love for drama and the theater. How can a person pass through these city gates and not dream of the events that have taken place within these ancient […]
On the island of Santorini, in between the cities of Perissa and Kamari sits a mountain named Mesa Vouna. On top of that mountain sits the ancient Hellenic, Roman, and Byzantine city of Thira. Thira was occupied from about 800 BC to 800 AD and was near the top of my list of thing to […]
On the third day of our visit to Santorini we decided to go on a boat tour of Santorini’s Caldera. The “Caldera” is simply the center portion of the island that sunk several kilometers into the sea during the massive volcanic eruption three and a half millennia ago. This eruption left behind a giant crater at the […]
Athens We took a high speed ferry (to avoid the airport strikes) to Athens, Greece. There is some political/economic unrest going on in the city but it’s nothing dangerous enough to stop most tourists from visiting. The only rock throwing we saw was during a street fight between two guys. It’s apparently pretty common ideology […]
