Greece, beautiful Greece!

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 Hill the 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)