Buckle Up Buttercup, this is our last day in Greece. This morning we headed to Philippi – the first town …
Author: PapaMarshall
Day 15 – 1/26/2020 – Meteora
First, a photo I neglected to include yesterday. It seems wherever we go on this trip we see, at the …
Day 14 – 1/25/2020 – On to Kalambaka
After breakfast we checked out of our hotel, loaded the bus, and traveled the short distance to the Delphi site. …
Day 13 – 1/23/2020 – Heading for Delphi
Today will be bracketed by sun photos. Here’s the sunrise over breakfast this morning: Shortly after this was taken we …
Day 12 – 1/23/2020 – Olympia
We photo’d the sunrise, finished breakfast and set out – on foot because Olympia is so small – to the …
Day 11 – 1/22/2020 – Road to Olympia
Today was designated as a “road day.” That is, the major event for today was a transfer across the peninsula …
Day 10 – 1/21/2020 – Mycenae
If you’ve read (and/or remember) the Iliad you recall that the people attacking Troy were “Greeks” from Mycenae. Today we …
Day 9 – 1/20/2020 – Corinth
We were up, breakfasted, packed and out of our room by 8:45 this morning. We loaded the bus and were …
Day 8 – 1/19/2020 – Around Athens
Up, breakfast, NOT on the bus. Rather we walked a few blocks up to the presidential residence to see the …
Day 7 – 1/18/2020 – Acropolis
Up, breakfast, bus to the base of the Acropolis hill. The first stop was the Areopagus – the knoll where …