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June 28,2011....After 13 hours of air time we have finally made it to Athens. Except for the fact that it is a long trip, it was without incident. All of our luggage even arrived with us.
If you are watching international news you know that there is in fact great civil unrest in Athens. For the past month, 5 to 6 thousand people have camped out in the city square to protest. Today and tomorrow they ...
Lots and lots of little boats
We sailed to Patmos from Lipsi - a larger and religiously endowed island with monastaries and ancient caves. For a couple of days we tied up at the town wharf, not many yachts but cruise boats with the hoards looking at the Chora on the hill. Next we sailed back across to a gorgeous little Arki Islands (70 people) just north of Lipsi. Moored at the end ...
Patmos, Greece & Kusadasi, Turkey
May 3, 2011, Patmos, Greece
Our tour here is mostly a bus tour, but taking us to the Grotto of the Apocalypse where John the Evangelist is claimed to have written the book of Revelations in 95 AD. It includes a collection of 33 pages of the Gospel of St Mark inscribed in the 5th century on purple vellum.
It was a beautiful drive through the countryside seeing donkeys, goats, old small churches, new hotels built to resemble the ...
Patmos
Ferry Stop at Leros: To get to Patmos or anywhere on a Greek ferry you often make stops at other islands to let off and pick up other passengers and cargo. A Greek ferry stop is a delicious piece of madness, with everyone vying for his own precedence in a situation where, contrary to this, some things must happen before another thing can happen. It happens fast, with a mad frenzy of seeming chaos, followed by a gradual organization ...
Jewel in the Crown
And so early that afternoon our ship sailed into Patmos. Sharon and I had decided we wouldn't do any of the excursions available at this port and we'd just explore the little town which was close to where we docked. I think it was called Skala.
For both Sharon and I this afternoon stands out in the whole holiday and not because we did anything particularly special. We just wandered up and down the little winding ...
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