We had a great time on our trip to Greece. Our travels took us to Athens where we took a tour of the most visited places in the city, a 1-day cruise to 3 islands - Hydra, Aegina and Poros in the Saronic Gulf, a 4-day tour to the Corinth Canal, Olympia, Delphi, Mycenae, Epidarus, Meteora and on our last day we went back to Athens and did some more site seeing on our own.Athens...
The Acropolis ("High City") by night.
Two of the structures up on the Acropolis
The Parthenon
The Erechtheion sanctuary - Caryatids (sculpted female figures) support the roof of the portico
At city level...
The Temple of Olympian Zeus
Guards in front of the presidential palace
The Ancient Agora (marketplace)
Tower of the winds
On Mars Hillthe Apostle Paul delivered his famous speech about the identify of "the Unknown God." According to the account in Acts 17 "...A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of council of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others."
Island tour...
4 day classical tour by bus...
Olive groves were everywhere
Corinth Canal
Meteora
Delphi
Exodus (Exit)
