Tuesday, November 11, 2008Athens, Greece To read this text with accompanying pictures, please click on the following link in my website: http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_athens And so we finally arrived at our last day in Greece. It had been such a blissful ten days that Llew and are were loath to return to routine, even though, comfortingly, that…
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A Blissfully Lazy Day on Kamari Beach, Santorini
Monday, November 10, 2008Santorini-Athens, Greece To read this text with accompanying pictures, please click on the following link in my website: http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_santorini We had almost a half day to explore Santorini on our own before we boarded our ferry back to Pireaus Port. I would have loved to have visited “Ancient Thira” (as Santorini was…
Sensational Santorini
Sunday, November 9, 2008Santorini, Greece To read this text with accompanying pictures, please click on the following link in my website: http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_santorini Santorini is reputed to be the most beautiful of the Greek Islands, so it is not surprising that almost all cruise ships plying the Mediterranean make a mandatory stop here. This has also…
The Marvels of Mykonnos and A Stop in Syros
Saturday, November 8, 2008Mykonnos, Greece To read this text with accompanying pictures, please click on the following link in my website: http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_mykonnos We had the sort of day in Greece of which lazy memories are made. Both Llew and I have become addicted to the chocolate croissants from the corner shop and after showering, we…
The Acropolis and the Agora in Ancient Athens
Wednesday, November 5, 2008:Athens, Greece http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_athens On one of America’s most historic days–the election of our first African-American President–Llew and I awoke in the very cradle of Democracy–Athens, Greece–and rejoiced. “He did it, Babe”, Llew shouted to me through the bathroom door in our hotel in Athens. We high-fived each other, then joined a jubilant…
Communion with the Delphic Oracle
Tuesday, November 4, 2008:Delphi, Greece To read this text with accompanying pictures, please click on the following link in my website:http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_delphi Annalisa Oboe, my Italian professor friend told me that while there wasn’t need to spend too much time in Athens, “Delphi was amazing”. So we asked for a wake up call at the crack…
Our Greek Odyssey Begins
Monday, November 3, 2008London-Athens To read this text with accompanying pictures, please click on this link:http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/europe_greece and http://rochellesroost.googlepages.com/greece_athens Every time I awake in the middle of the night to take a flight, I realize why such flights are so cheaply priced! Llew and I set our alarms for 2. 00 am to catch a night…