Greece 2009
Corinth Canal
This canal separates mainland Greece from the Peleponnese (remember the Peleponnesian wars? They happened in 404 BC)
Corinth Canal
Doesn't the color of the water look fake? It is really that color.
Corinth Canal
We were amazed at how steep the sides were. People were bungee jumping from the walkway right below us. Better them than
Isthmia
Believe it or not, this is a sunken bridge, which is submerged right now. The bridge lowers into the water, rather than
Epidavros
Site of the Epidavros theater. Circa 300 BC
Epidavros
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Epidavros
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Epidavros
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Epidavros
Bill is standing at the bottom, while Brett and I are at the top. The acoustics are so good that he could talk in a regu
Epidavros museum
I got in trouble for using my flash, but at least the picture came out and they didn't confiscate my camera.
Epidavros
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Napflion - Akronafplia Fortress
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Napflion - Akronafplia Fortress
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Napflion - Akronafplia Fortress
View of Napflion below
Napflion - Akronafplia Fortress
View of Napflion below
Napflion - Palamdi Fortress
View from Akronafplia Fortress
Napflion - Akronafplia Fortress
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Napflion - Akronafplia Fortress
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Cactus fruit
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Bill with Cactus fruit
Bill had the brilliant idea that he would eat the cactus fruit. Needless to say, I was glad that I had tweezers to pluck
Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
Palamidi Fortress was built in 1711 and is the best preserved Venetian fort in the Mediterranean.
Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
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Napflion - Palamidi Fortress
Brett and Bill at Palamidi Fortress
Bones at Nemea
The stadium was built around 320 BC.
Nemea
Three of the temple columns have stood since their construction in the 4th century BC and two more were reconstructed in
Nemea
The Nemean Games were held from 573 BC, or earlier, at the sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea.
Nemea
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Chania, Crete - The Hellenic Coast Guard
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Chania, Crete
Bill and Brett
Chania, Crete
Harbor, Chania, Crete
Chania, Crete
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Chania, Crete
Fortress
Chania, Crete
Harbor
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Bill
Chania, Crete
Minaret
Chania, Crete
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Chania, Crete
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Chania, Crete
Turkish quarter (Splantzia)
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Turkish quarter (Splantzia)
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Church
Chania, Crete
Church; doors to altar
Chania, Crete
Church
Chania, Crete
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Chania, Crete
Minaret
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Minaret
Chania, Crete
Typical street scene
Chania, Crete
Etz Hayyim synagogue
Chania, Crete
Etz Hayyim synagogue
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Cave
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
No caption necessary here.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Gramvousa Island in the distance
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
A boat like the one we took.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Brett and I climbed to the fortress at the top of the island.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Gramvousa - Fortress
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Gramvousa - Fortress
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
View from the fortress. If you look closely, you may be able to see a yellow beach towel and an orange bag. That is wher
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
View from the fortress. If you look closely, you may be able to see a yellow beach towel and an orange bag. That is wher
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Yes, the water really is that color.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Greek flag at fortress
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Our boat and the beautiful scenery from the top of the fortress.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Looking through a fortress window to the water below. I had to wait for five minutes to take this picture until some rud
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
More of the same.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
Brett showed some great photographic talent on this trip.
Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
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Boat trip to Gramvousa Island and Balos Lagoon
High desert flowers.
Festos (or Phaestos)
Initially inhabited from about 4000 BC.
Festos (or Phaestos)
Festos is first referenced by Homer as "well populated" , and the Homeric epics indicate its participation in the Trojan
Festos (or Phaestos)
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Festos (or Phaestos)
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Festos (or Phaestos)
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Festos (or Phaestos)
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Cactus flower
More of those cactuses.
Festos (or Phaestos)
View to agricultural land below.
Matala - Caves
In the 1st and 2nd centuries the caves were used as tombs. One of the caves is called "Brutospeliana" because according
Matala - Caves
View to Matala beach.
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Heraklion - Harbor
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Heraklion - Harbor
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Heraklion - Fortress
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Heraklion - Fortress
Brett and Bill
Heraklion - Harbor
Old fishing boat in the harbor.
Knossos
Knossos Palace is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political center o
Knossos
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Knossos
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Knossos
Knossos was built gradually between 1700 and 1400 BC, with periodic rebuildings after destruction.
Knossos
Knossos also includes the Minoan Column, other Greek columns, these were constructed from the trunk of a cypress tree, c
Knossos
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Knossos
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Knossos
The columns at the Palace of Minos were painted red and mounted on stone bases with round, pillow-like capitals.
Knosso
Frescoes decorated the walls. The most notable of these is bull-leaping, in which an athlete grasps the bull's horns and
Knossos
Brett and Bill
Knossos
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
Parthenon
Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
Parthenon
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
Greek flag at the very top of the Acropolis.
Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Athens - Acropolis
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Paris
Our hotel, Hotel Muguet.
Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Athens - Acropolis
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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Paris - Rodin Museum
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