Monday, September 1, 2008

Greece Travels

View of Poros, an island and we are on the mainland

A view of our hotel from the water taxi

Lena, Kaare, Andrea and Pave' before we depart back to Athens (end of the stay, photos not in chronological order)

This is actually Cavtat, Croatia (?)

At the Castle of Agamemnon, on the Pelaponese peninsula

A burial pit or something

The roof of a tomb

Awestruck with the construction.

The rear of the main gate into Agamemnon's castle
 
The Lions gate into the city

The rear of the Lions Gate

Some of the ruins

Pave'  taking a break on the walk up

A view from the top

A different city ruin (need my notes but already sent them home)

The same

A cover passage within the city walls

A view from afar

Close up of the Lions Gate, the heads were taken at some point for the value of the stones

Hiking up to a Volcano, how did we get here?  Well we were driving around an area close to Galatas, which is where we were staying on the mainland, and saw a sign post .  So let's see what there is to see

A view on the way up

The end of the trip, but not the V photos, and having a nice like warm one, even though we tried to maintain some ice cold ones

 We were out to dinner one night and really liked the house wine.  we asked if we could get our water bottle filled (1.5 L) to take home.  The answer that bottle will only last you one round so we got the economy size, 5L for 7 Euro.  It cost 2 Euro for 1L at the table.  Go Figure.  The food was fantastic just to let you know.
 
The other ruins entering the city

Back at the volcano looking in at the core.

Inside the core, one of thise places you have be there to feel it.
 
If I step back a few paces I can touch the bottom or was it the top of the cone

On side was straight up and the other was curved, Oh What A Feeling

Just follow the arrows and keep on going it must be here somewhere.


At the Baptismal Party

They sure know how to baptize a child in Greece

Back on the trail to the volcano

Look Here It IS.  Come up a little further it isn't far now

That was a zoom shot of the indicators, see then way up there.


At the Baptism

The God Father

Clean Dress and Sunday hat with GF

Daddy & the baby (1 year old)

There goes the Priest and the Baptism font

Poros from a different angle

Just a beautiful setting looking away from Galatas and Poros

Coming home from dinner, probably about 12:30 AM, water taxi to the mainland

GF again

Two Priests at this baptism

Another night Ferry or maybe it was the same one

Enjoying a cold one, they stay cold about 2 minutes, even when you have an ice bag,  ambient heat or some such thing

Diving off Poros Island
AJ & Kaare after the dives

A lunch place by the sea, there weren't many not by the sea

Katinka & Andrea, Lean & Kaare's Daughters on their recently purchased property ib Greece

Kaare, Lena, AJ & PAve' at the property also
 
The swimming area down from the property, Kaare got a few Sea Eurchin (?) spines in his foot.  One must be careful when entering and exiting the water

Poros again

saw this one already

We visited a monastery and had to be completely covered up, so to speak

Inside the Monastery, absolutely beautiful icons, of which a few can be seen.  Service was being conducted so tis was taken from outside
Kaare & Pave' discussing the dress code

Surveying the property, Don't fence me in, Just let me roam

One of the many olive trees on the property

Our hotel from afar, the Salmon Pink one.

A night shot from our balcony

Pave' and Andrea, who gave PAve' Danish lessons rather than Greek
 
On the ferry to Poros


Our First dinner with friends in Galatas

same dinner

Where we ate breakfast every morning
Is there room for one more I wonder

Ok last one out has the warm drink, wait a minute they're always warm

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