denver - chicago - milan - athens - chios makes for a long night and day
Nick and Athena took us to Lithi on Chios for a light Greek lunch
Mesta - one of Chios medieval villages
Nick and Athena's house looking east toward Turkey
they were the perfect hosts
sgraffito in Pirgi on chios
the community water source and the community cash source
tomato drying time
Jason shows us a mastic tree
the drying sap is the source of mastic
black means widows
the monastery was started in a cave - you can visit if you are male ... and wearing long pants
Anthony and Jason filling the old guy in on things
supportive dad
dancing along
goodbye Chios after a wonderful visit
back in Athens to meet our tour
our group hiking up to Kimi on our first day on Evia
This guy followed us for half a mile along the road
note the recycled sections of an old temple used in building the wall
little goat on the way to market
low carbon foodprint
moving the herd thru town
hikers on Evia
SE side of Evia
Lil was braver ...
... perhaps not smarter though
Bikers headed toward the harbor to leave Evia
our home for 7 night in the harbor at Tinos
the sacred island of Delos
yep ... that is what they were
well preserved mosaics
windmills above the harbor at Mykonos
narrow streets help in fighting pirates
beggars everywhere
Cynthia, Joyce, and Lil enjoying our ship
swimming to the beach at a stop on Ios
Santorini - the city is perched on the edge of the caldera
Santorini - what an amazing sight
waiting for the sunset on Santorini
that is our ship at the dock
a veiw of the cinder cone in the center of the caldera
hiking to Ia at the south end
our ship awaits
off to Paros
down to the dock at Ia
Lil makes a new friend
one of 4 little churches on top of the hill in Ios
squid or octupus - so many fast food choices
how do they handle the bikes - one at a time down the gangway
hiking along a medieval road
I guess the 1st amendment applies
how did they build that on top of the hill?
early laudromat
coffee break
the harbor at Naxos
the dining room, dayroom, bar onboard
relaxing on deck
two captains
Captain Stavros shows us his moves
John took us on a great trip to Corinth, Mycenae, Napflion, and Epidarous
Corinth
Mycenae
above Napflion
the theatre at Epidaurus
