Delphi is a startling and beautiful city on the mountain [View Full Entry]

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This will conclude our 3-week Greece exeperience. Breathtaking at every turn it seems, this final leg of our journey left deep impressions. Perhaps the pictures can tell the tale. [View Full Entry]

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Our final 4 days would be spent with Chatours with about 18 people on a bit larger bus. Gianis would be our directore and guide. Adonis would be our driver. There seemed to be several hours a day driving from point to point with frequent bathroom and lunch breaks. But each stop along the way seemed to bring new levels of awe and wonder. [View Full Entry]

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Our general feeling for Crete was that we needed more time to fully appreciate it. The impression is that it can be quite self-sufficient with it's resources and that the beaches and resting places for tourists need to be discovered by us. Alas, that may never happen but I think Crete might be a great vacation destination in and of itself. I've learned that some of my Hiraklion, Crete pictures were likely Chania. No matter, I'll let it stand and add a few new scenes here. [View Full Entry]

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Our 2-hour dash on the Cat 4 Hydrofoil was a bit harrowing. In contract to the smooth journey between Mykonos and Santorini, this leg of our trip was rough. Rose, despite her good doses of Gravol, was quite green by arrival at Kiraklion, Crete. Apparently the sea was very rough in that dark trip and we must have run through some squalls. Anyway, we were very grateful for our hotels that night. Most of these photographs were traken in Hiraklion, the capital of Crete. We later drove to Chania (pronounced 'Hania') and I'm confused as to where I took some of [View Full Entry]

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I lost the thread of my blogging because some of the pictures failed to download. I won't attempt to regain my ground but will include some pictures that pertain to our last day in Santorini and the first day in Hiraklion, Crete. Some of our nicest pictures are here. [View Full Entry]

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Our much anticipated hydrofoil boat trip from Mykonos to Santorini proved to be very smooth, fast, and enjoyable. Those powerful vessels are a marvel to me, carrying several hundred passengers with luggage in relative comfort, especially if you have reserved seats. Unfortunately, there is no exploring on the deck of the fast boat so one misses most of the beauty of the island stops along the way. On arrival, Santorini was one of the most beautiful spectacles of nature we would observe. The port is on the inside of the Caldera (shoulder or rim of an old volcano). From sea-level you [View Full Entry]

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Just more Mykonos pictures [View Full Entry]

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We came to Mykonos by slow crowded ferry from the Piraeus Port by Athens on Sept 20th, Saturday. A cool weather front accompanied us and made the other-island stops along teh way less scenic enroute and couped us up inside most of the 5-hour journey. It will seem strange but I blame that crowded vessel and noisy Greek language all around for my slightly troublesome cold that devloped in Mykonos. The Greek language is hard to pick up and because they use a different 24-letter alphabet to write one must see the phoenetic spelling in English for all words. For example: [View Full Entry]

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That title line is probably old and sick but I use it anyway. Unfortunately, we are home without having been able to post any blog information because we simply could not arrange the download of pictures that I would have liked. So, I'm going to build that journey in 2 or 3 day stages, by locale, as we visitied Athens first, then hopped islands, then returned to the mainland for a 2nd 4-day tour. In broad terms, Greece is everything you dreamed of and more. Sometimes the more is not as enjoyable as the dreams but for thousands of years it [View Full Entry]

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