Month: October 2018

I have seen the white cliffs of Dover and the cliffs at Moher.  These cliffs at Santorini are just as spectacular.  The caldera…

The second most visited site in Crete, after Knossos, is a former leper colony.  That requires some explanation.  The Venetians built a fortress…

One of the great civilizations, the Minoan civilization, was located on Crete. The above art from 1500 B.C. appears to be a gymnast….

As we prepare to leave Nafplion, one final look. Then, on to Epidaurus and a 2300 year old theater still in use today….

For those of you who remember the Iliad, King Agamemnon besieges Troy to recover his brother’s kidnapped wife, Helen.  The above is the…

The Acropolis by day and night The Parthenon Theater adjacent to Acropolis Metropolitan Cathedral

  Why would anyone want to go to Greece?  Let’s see: The cradle of Western Civilization. Plato and Aristotle – Fathers of Western…