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Day 15 (Continued)

Well, what can one say about Lindos except that what we had been told was dead-on accurate. Yes, Lindos is a picturesque little town above a crystal clear blue bay, white-washed buildings tumbling down a mountainside dominated by a huge fortress. And yes, more tourists squeezed into narrow...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on June 16, 1996 from Lindos, Greece
from the travel blog: Turkey and Greece (1996)

Day 15 (Continued)

Our return from Lindos was somewhat delayed by having gotten on the wrong bus to go home (and you should see the way people cram into the buses in the afternoon, like a Tokyo subway at quitting time), but eventually we found our way back to the city of Rhodes for yet another evening of strolling...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on June 16, 1996 from Rodos, Greece
from the travel blog: Turkey and Greece (1996)

Day 14 (Continued)

We arrived in Rhodes at about 6:30. If you've never been there before, it is impressive. The old city is surrounded by massive fortifications and sailing into the Harbor through the two pillars where the Colossus once stood is really a sight to see. When we arrived, we realized that not only...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on June 15, 1996 from Rodos, Greece
from the travel blog: Turkey and Greece (1996)

Day 6

Another fine day, too bad it will be my last. After checking out of my excellent pension, I splurged and rented an adorable little fiat for a drive around the western side of the island -- a monastery tour one might call it. First I drove to the north -- Akrontiri Penninsula, and visited...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 6, 1993 from Koumaries, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

Day 6 (Continued)

I stayed at Stavros for about an hour -- the wind eventually driving me away. So I headed west, back through Chania and toward Rodhopos Penninsula. Near the end of the road I vied with mountain goats for my share of the road, eventually coming to a war monument of some kind with a beautiful...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 6, 1993 from Rodhopos, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

Day 6 (Continued)

Back in Chania, I forced myself to eat again because I had to dine in the most atmospheric place -- a cafe (Taverna Ela) in a shall of a burned out Venetian building -- no roof, just crumbling walls and burnt cross-beams. Magnificent, and cheap too. Unfortunately, I am now sitting in the...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 6, 1993 from Chania, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

Day 5

This is what vacations are all about, just usually not mine. After a rather quick breakfast, I spent the morning sitting on my balcony, reading deposition transcripts and thinking that this was the perfect way to prepare for trial. Shortly after noon I took a walkabout to the archeological...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 5, 1993 from Chania, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

Day 4 (Continued)

I had begun to dispair that I had wasted my vacation in a country of little interest to me. But as my bus left Irakleion and headed toward Chania, the picture brightened. Snow-capped mountains loomed above, sheep and goat herds stood against the hills and white beaches and blue water lay...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 4, 1993 from Chania, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

Day 4

Again I slept in, this time to 9 a.m. Anxious to get out of my not very comfortable hotel, I quickly showered and repacked and headed for Knosos.

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 4, 1993 from Irakleion, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

Day 4 (Continued)

The ruins at Knosos would have been disappointing had I any expectations. Even so, I found them seriously lacking. First, they were packed to the gills with tourists, many in large groups sufficient to block the views and passage of anyone not a part of them. Second, although interesting,...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on May 4, 1993 from Knosos, Greece
from the travel blog: Greece (1993)

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