Saturday 22/5 was Mykonos and Delos. Firstly we were ferried out to the island of Delos. Here are the most extensive and unrestored ruins in the whole of Europe. It rained while on the island and because they are preserving everything as it was found we were tramping around on the dirt and grass in the wet. But it was still amazing to see these ruins, particularly the Lions Terrace. From their we went back to the ship, got changed, had lunch and caught the shuttle bus into Mykonos. What a great little town...we got lost in the tiny streets and alleys, but remembered the motto..If you get lost, just head downhill" as downhill leads to the harbour. It brought an water colour of some buildings right on the water and during our explorations we even found the buildings and got a photo as well. We all loved Mykonos and would go back there again.
Sunday as Athens day. Pam was not well so Kev, Shayne and I headed out. Firstly we travelled and hour out of the city to see the Temple of Posieden perched way out atop a huge cliff...pretty awesome. Then into the city for a city tour of the main sights and finally to the Acropolis and Parthenon. What can I say...the Parthenon is awesomely beautiful. Shopping in the Plaka district and then home.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Greece here we come
Thursday 20/5 was Santorini day...what can I say but WOW!! We were bused up the cliff face and then out to the little town of Oia...it is picture postcard perfect (will post some pics soon). All the white washed houses, narrow streets etc..its everything you believe it to be. We then went to the other end of the island, to a black stone beach and dipped our toes in the Aegean Sea. Lunch was a greek buffet..delicious and then on to Fira...again another beautiful postcard perfect town. Here we shopped and caught the Furnicular (cable car) down to the bottom. Next day was Kusadasi in Turkey and our visit to the ruins at Ephesus. Now we thought that Pompeii was amazing but Ephesus is even better. The ruins are much more complete and it is a much smaller city so everything was closer and easier to see. It was amazing. We then headed back and had lunch in a 5 star restaurant...delicious Turkish meal and some Turkish dancers performed a traditional Turkish dance..which was fabulous. Back in Kusadasi we bartered our little heads off with the local traders and scored some great bargains!!! It was fun
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Okay so after Lucca we docked in Naples and the tour we did was a hike to the top of Mt Vesuvuis and tour of Pompeii. The road up the side of the mountain is a very narrow road the switches back and forth all the way up and the bus takes up the whole road around the corners...very hairy...we almost took out a BMW on one corner. Eventually we reached the tiny car park and then had to hike up to the summit where another guide was waiting for us. And hike it was...just a volcanic gravel path almost straight up the side of the mountain for about a kilometre !!! Phew. But it was so worth it the view was awesome ! We then went to Pompeii. The souvenir shops and touters are something to see to believe. Pompeii was amazing. We spent only 2 hours there and saw on a small portion. We saw the Bakery complete with wood fire oven, the bar, the brothel with 5 stone beds...ouch !! We saw the plaster casts of 2 people who died and the pained expressions on their faces is something we won't forget.
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