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Day 1

A grand piano shape pool at the Cabo Verde Hotel in the town of Rafina, Greece

 

The speed boat, "Flyingcat," travels between Rafina and Paros

 

Jim could hardly wait to get to Paros

 

The beautiful Port of Mykonos Island

 

Lunch break in the Village of Parikia

 

Having lunch with our friends, Phil and Eva

 

Look what we found down the street from the café

 

Enjoying a nice conversation at Villa Zephyros, Paros, Greece, with Ouzo on the rocks

 

Phil and Jim having a chat on the rocks

 

A goat jumped onto a fence to walk to his friends

 

Our first dinner at Thalami Restaurant, in the Village of Ampelas, Paros

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Day 2

Tour of the Island

Dinner, yum!

 

Eva, Phil, Kaii and Jim on the sand of Aliki Beach

 

A rider on a donkey, maybe his only transportation method

 

Jim and Kaii enjoy the North wind

 

Jim and the cypress are the same age

 

An ancient boat dock

 

The oldest Greek Orthodox Church on the Paros Island, located in the Village of Prodromos

 

The double-headed eagle is most commonly associated with the Byzantine Empire

 

Pumpkins on display at the Village of Prodromos

 

A cricket? A very noisy little thing!

 

Jim and Kaii on an open-ended balcony in the Village of Lefkes

 

Musicians on display at the Village of Lefkes

 

The wine making tools at the Moraitis Winery

 

Kaii played two songs at the Moraitis Winery

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Day 3

Port of Naoussa

All is quiet at the sunrise

 

Ready for lunch at Naoussa

 

Wow!

 

 

Going to the fort

 

Team work by Phil and Eva

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Day 4

ATV & Party

ATV fun!

 

Kaii cannot swim in the ocean!

 

What are they talking about?

 

Going to the Valley of Butterflies Hill

 

Yummy veggies for BBQ party

 

Watching the sunset on the roof top, Jim and Kaii with three Australians, Jack, Kate, and Steve

 

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Day 5

Lefkes Village & Antiparos

Phil and Eva took a different route

 

The Byzantine Route created in the 7th Century

 

Going to Antiparos

 

Gyros before dinner

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Day 6

Villa Zephyros

Dinner at home

 

Sent off Eva's birthday lantern

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Day 7

Parikia

The last morning

 

The Frankish Castle, built with huge marble wheels and blocks

 

Entering the Panayia Ekatondapiliani Cathedral

 

The Venetian Church, Panayia Ekatondapiliani Cathedral

 

This could be a great lunch

 

The Port of Mykonos Island

 

The Acropolis glowing in the dark, Athens

 

The stairwell in the King George Hotel in Athens, Greece

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Day 8

Athens, Greece

Leaving Acropolis

 

The site of an ancient library

 

Excellent lunch at the bottom of Acropolis

 

A well-preserved ancient grave yard on the way to the National Archaeological Museum

 

 

The University of Athens

 

 

The Plaka

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Day 9

Istanbul

The beautiful Four Seasons, Istanbul

 

Yes, we bought two rugs here!

 

The Blue Fountain and the Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmed Mosque

 

 

The gate to the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

 

 

The Bosphorus Bridge (Bridge Number ONE) that brings Asia and Europe together in Istanbul, Turkey

 

The Asia side of Istanbul

 

Yummy lunch

 

A view of the east and west sides of the City of Istanbul, connected by the Bosphorus Bridge

 

 

Visiting the Blue Mosque

 

Delicious fresh fruit presented by the Four Seasons

 

Visiting Hagia Sophia Museum

 

The exact spot for the coronations in the history

 

A passage takes one from the first to the second floor in the Sophia

 

Work in progress

 

Beautiful detail at the top of each column

 

The baptize corner

 

 

 

 

The Egyptian Obelisk was brought here from the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt to adorn the stadium

 

Busy streets

 

The Grand Bazaar

 

 

 

Silk worms, looming and weaving machines

 

Exquisite tile artwork on the wall of the Four Seasons

 

Another rug for Jim?

 

 

Haglia Sophia in the dark

 

The Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmed Mosque, in the dark

 

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Day 10

Istanbul & Going Home

Sultan Ahmed Mosque in the sunrise

 

Hagia Sophia from the Four Seasons

 

Garden next to the ancient prison wall

 

 

A very busy city

 

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