On to Greece

Unloading our high-speed ferry from Ancona, Italy, to Patras, Greece

Note: I've been trying for four days now to make this update both complete and presentable. Blogger won't let me do either, and I have no idea why. Once try to type below the "...and all was well again" paragraph, things go ka-flooey. The text, in fact, ends up at the bottom of the very last photo on this update.

So, I've decided to admit defeat and just publish the thing, unfinished. The header photo, by the way, is of the ancient amphitheater at Delphi, Greece. Impressive, isn't it?


 Once again I have managed to jumble up the order of these photo, so please bear with me.

We left Ancona, Italy, around 5:00 pm on Sept. 19 and reaching Patras, Greece, about twenty-four hours later.

It was a lovely cruise in a very modern and clean ship. Our little cabin was just right for two tired tourists. I had the best sleep of the entire trip that night, so I guess the ship must have rocked me to sleep. We drove immediately from Patras to Olympia and spent the next night there. The next morning we went to the ruins of the first Greek games. Excavations have revealed much about the once elaborate site. We receiving a 15-minute heavy downpour while there, forcing all of the tourists in our group to huddle under a lean-to, but then the rains stopped, the sun came out, and all was well again.

Olympia, site of first Greek Games

View from our hotel room balcony in Delphi

Ken and I were among the few tourists who climbed to the very top of Mt. Parnassus

The above photos were taken at Delphi. I loved Delphi! I had no idea so much of the orginal site had been excavated.

Coastal view during drive from Patras to Olympia

We climbed and climbed at Delphi, visiting the huge amphitheater, then continuing on to the very top of the site. The view from there was spectacular.

On the slopes of Mt. Parnassus, site of the Oracle at Delphi

The last day of our 

Donkeys on the Greek island of Hydra

Donkeys carrying goods from the port village of Hydra, one of the Greek islands,  up into the mountains

Greek flag on the Acropolis, Athens

The last night of our trip-dinner at our Athens hotel

The four of us taking a break on the Acropolis

The Parthenon

Sure enough, we had a pirate on our ship during our cruise to three Greek islands

Approaching the Greek island of Hydra, in the Mediterranean

Sunset as we return to Athens before heading home the next morning.