Greece
17 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Thursday
10:00 take Bonnie to vet
1:15 leave Colts Neck
hours wait at JFK
Cramped airplane - Reasonable aisle seats
18 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Friday
airport at Athens – met by Ken and Blanch
Bus to Herodion Hotel
Lunch at hotel
Sleep in afternoon
Rooftop view of Ackroplis and Parthenon
Welcome dinner at restaurant
19 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Saturday
Walk to Acropolis
Museum at Acropolis
Lunch at hotel - nice
Metro to Neumismatic Museum -- Schliemman’s house
Stop at book store with Ken
Bus to Cycladic Museum
Beer at hotel - refreshing
Dinner at “27 Restaurant” - Bill & Leslie, Jim - Jim fell
20 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Sunday
Bus to Delios - bus late
Delios Museum - kare, Charioteer
Lunch open air restaurant - Fran & Nancy
Temple of Apollo, Treasuries, theater
Bus back to Athens
Dinner at restaurant - Mike, Warren, Dick
21 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Monday
breakfast with Dick
Benaki Museum in morning
Lunch
National Museum in afternoon - bronze statue of Poseidon
Dinner on rooftop - Nigel & Lelia, Bill & Leslie - dramatic view of Acropolis and Parthenon - good fish dinner
22 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday
checkout hotel - suitcases in lobby
walk to Agora
view H--------
lunch at sidewalk café - Clark & Hope, Pete & Mary Jo
Pete work with nuclear power, waste disposal
walk back to hotel by Theater of Dyonisis, Dick fell (“statues of Jesus and other rubbish”)
Kathy bought statue in hotel
bus to airport
Leto Hotel - pretty hotel - welcome drink outside
tiny bathroom
long-table dinner at hotel
23 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday
ferry to Delos
tour of ruins - colossal statue (Ken’s research)
snapped pic with lions
lunch at open-air gift shop - (breakfast ham sandwich)
mention insect walk to Bill
Delos Museum - recently preserved lions
tour houses - mosaic tile floors
Leslie snapped pic with lions
ferry back to Mykanos
sit on bench - leisurely mid-afternoon sit
shop for jewelry along waterfront - Alexander coin pendant
24 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Thursday
hydrofoil cancelled
stroll around waterfront
stop at bank
lunch inside café looking out open front to windy waterfront
suitcases on truck to ferry - truck drives onto ferry
roll suitcases to hotel - devoid of services
free drinks, peanuts
walk through tourist town to squeezed dinner - musicians
25 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Friday
Bus to top of crater
Hotel room down 87 steps
GPS measurement
26 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Saturday
Bus to Akotori
27 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Sunday
Bus to Chini - tip of crater
Pistacio nuts
Walk along shops
Bought kalim
Bus to airport - Greek music in bus
Hotel in Heliopolis
28 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Monday
Bus to Knossos
Heraklion Museum - crowded with cruise ship
Dinner at hotel - Grete and Stan
29 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday
bus to village of Margarites - beautiful vistas: terraine and sea
village of Margarites - pottery factory
continue to Eleftherna - pleasant midday walk along trail to several archaeological sites
picnic lunch with Greek play readings
bus to Rethymnon - Achillion Palace Hotel - across from beer and pretzel shop
beer and pretzels on patio - watch pastry counter installed in shop - pleasant interlude
30 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday
breakfast photo by Joan
bus to Aptera archaeological site - beautiful vistas: terraine and sea
overgrown Hellenistic and Roman ruins at Aptera
Aptera archaeological site - beautiful poppies, other wildflowers
Meet Dr. Chartzoulakis and learn about olive cultivation on Crete
Lunch in Chania
Brouse in shops - Jim looks for bull
Bus return to Rethymnon
Walk to little news/bookstore - bought books
Walk to dinner with Ken - stop at bookshop - group farewell dinner on waterfront
31 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Thursday
breakfast at 5:00 AM
bus to airport
Walking and waiting in Athens airport
Bought books
Turblence over Alps - return to Athens
different airplane
arrive JFK
1 Jun 2001 ---------------------------------------- Friday
1:30 A – arrive Colts Neck
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no rain
interesting people
good food
drink the water