Reading and Roaming
After our highlights tour, we had four more full days in Athens. You might wonder what we did. After checking into the Ava Hotel, a boutique hotel nicely located in the Plaka neighborhood, we just wandered the neighborhood enjoying lunch at Yiosemi, a nearby café where the cheese pie and the orange pie (really cake) were yummy. …
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ATHENS—ANCIENT SITES We docked at Piraeus, a port and suburb of Athens, and were to be there all day and overnight until disembarkation the next morning. We had arranged for a private all day tour, Highlights of Athens, and Ellen and Bob joined us. Our driver was skillful, there was traffic, but nothing like in Jerusalem, and …
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PHOTOGRAPHING PATMOS This tiny Greek island, which I’d never heard of, is a gem. We were anchored here for about 10 hours and again, the tenders were run by the local authorities. The Chief Penguin and I had signed up for another of the ship’s excursion offerings, “Images of Patmos,” and this time we were delighted with …
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PAPHOS TO RHODES We docked at Rhodes at noon. I am not a big fan of small boats or ruffled water and so always prefer it when we dock rather than anchor. If we anchor, then we have to be tendered in to shore. You usually go in the ship’s lifeboats which are well equipped, but small. In Paphos, …
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