Greece

17 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Thursday

10:00 take Bonnie to vet

1:15 leave Colts Neck

hours wait at JFK

Flight to Athens

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

Flight to Mykanos

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

3:00  -  Ferry to island

roll suitcases to hotel  -  devoid of services

free drinks, peanuts

walk through tourist town to squeezed dinner  -  musicians

25 May 2001 ---------------------------------------- Friday

10:00  -  Ferry to Santorini via island

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

Flight to Crete via Athens

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

Flight to Athens

Walking and waiting in Athens airport

Bought books

Flight to JFK

Turblence over Alps  -  return to Athens

different airplane

arrive JFK

1 Jun 2001 ---------------------------------------- Friday

1:30 A  – arrive Colts Neck

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General

 

no rain

interesting people

good food

drink the water