Athens: Wandering Around
There’s a new stamp in my passport: Greece. This three-week jaunt, my first visit to Greece, begins with six nights in Athens. Today, the first...
Athens: Acropolis and more
Today, my first full day in Athens, started at the Acropolis. I then visited the Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch, and...
Athens: Ruins and the Central Market
Today was a day mostly for ruins. These included Kerameikos, Ancient Agora, Hadrian’s Library, and Lykeion. Those English-language names primarily came from the signage at...
Athens: 2 Museums (Benaki and Cycladic), a View, and A Stadium
Unlike yesterday and the day before, today was not a ruins day for me. Instead, I visited two museums (the Benaki and Cycladic museums), took...
Athens: Archaeological & City Museums, Monastiraki Square, and Psyrri
Another day in Athens. I like this city. Today, I went to the National Archaeological Museum, Monastiraki Square, the Museum of the City of Athens,...
Athens: A Museum Here; A Museum There
Today in Athens, I visited a museum. Actually, I visited a bunch of museums. This raises an important question. What is the appropriate collective noun...
Hydra: Lunch and Wandering around
This morning, a ferry took me from Piraeus, the port city for Athens, to the town of Hydra on the island of Hydra. It also...
Hydra: Night, Morning, Mansion, Home & Studio, and Walk
Today I visited a mansion and a home/studio and took a pleasurable walk. But first, a discussion of last night and this morning. Night and...
Hydra and Piraeus
I left Hydra today a little before 3:00 p.m. on a ferry back to Piraeus, where, tomorrow, I pick up a rental car I have...
Monastery of Osios Loukas & Galaxidi
Today, I picked up a rental car and visited the Monastery of Osios Loukas (near the town of Steiri) and then went on to the...
Delphi and Galaxidi
Today, I drove from my hotel in Galaxidi to Delphi to view the archaeological wonders there. I had enough time when I came back to...
Patras and Olympia
Today, I drove from Galaxidi to Olympia, my first overnight stay on the Peloponnese peninsula. Actually, my first two nights stay on the peninsula. According...
