Athens - Day 8

We started the day with a segway tour:

'Panathenaic Stadium', the stadium which held the first modern Olympic Games (and the finish for the annual marathon)

segments of the segway tour

(part of which went through the National Gardens)

the changing of the guards, in front of Parliament

Parliament

The best meal of our trip, at Taverna Platanos.

Fred had cucumber salad, veal and potatoes.

Heather had roasted, rice-stuffed tomatoes and sauteed spinach

On to the Acropolis; the view from Areopagus Hill

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Athens in the background

the Parthenon

the Temple of Athena Nike

the Temple of Athena Nike

Parthenon

Parthenon

Erechtheion

Temple of Zeus (from the Parthenon)

Temple of Zeus

Santorini > Athens - Day 7

On our last day in Santorini we explored the maze of paths and shops in Fira

Leaving Santorini, on an 8-hr ferry back to Athens

Santorini Day 6

Back to Oia

Fred goes for a swim.

Lunch in Ammoudi, a tiny port 300 steps below Oia

Grilled octopus (tasted like a cross between calamari and chicken)

Sunset from Fira

(the bottom of a cloud was hovering just above us, at the top of the island)

Santorini Day 5

On our first full day in Santorini we rented a car and drove all over the island

'Traditional Homes' in Oia: an incredible cluster of concrete homes perched here and there in the cliff, connected by a random series of winding paths and steps

Red Beach

Lunch: Moussaka

On the south side of the island, near Akrotiri

Cape Akrotiri

Sunset in Oia