Shopping for fish

We were watching this bird outside when it decided it should go into the fish shop
to do a little browsing.

Tinos

These are the pictures fromt the island of Tinos. The church is the reason it is popular for Greeks.
Women come here as a pilgramage in behalf of a loved one. They crawl on their knees
from the ferry and up several blocks up the hill.












The long candles in this shop are used in the pilgramage.













Statue of a woman on a pilgramage.

Plato

Plato and other wise types of the time stood here and said wise things.

More Athens

This was a clock and compass. The figures on the top had rods sticking out that cast shadows and tell you the time according to the time of year.










Dogs just layed in the street. Not bothering anyone or bothered by anyone, just where ever was comfortable, they layed down.




All those colored bottles and liquour infusions. Lots of really interesting flavors like banana and rose. We did bring home a bottle or two.













Zeus throwing something or gesturing about something. This was in the archeological museum which had lots of impressive artifacts, but didn't have any of the type of information that interests me. In other words, nothing with Plato or Archimedes.

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcram on which to place it and I will move the world."

Athens

We had one day on either side of the sailing in Athens which turned out to be enough time. We may have seen a few other things if we had time, but what we saw seemed like enough. Athens can be divided into two parts, the really touristy part, and the large big city with lots of cars and people. We should have taken a tour to really understand what these ancient sites were really about. I "overheard" a tour guide talking about some of it, but we really had a fragmented idea of what things were. It made it less interesting.

Greece Sailing Adventure #1

I had fully intended to download pictures this evening, but as luck would have it we met up with our tour guide for a sunset drink that lasted for hours. It was a great evening, but I don't have the energy to download pictures. When I do download them, they will be excellent, so stay tuned.

Today we went from the island of Myconas to Delos. Delos is full of ruins and non one lives there. It was amazing to see the columns of the houses and the mosiacs on their floors. We had a fun tour guide, and he meet us when we came back to Myconas. He knows everyone here, and has this little table he likes to sit at for the sunset. It was amazing to place to sit, and then we went to a little bar and sat around and talked. The little bit of Greek we know has really made a difference. I see people change their tone and approach to us by just saying a few words. I can't say much, but do so whenever I can, even when I know I don't need to.

Yesterday we went to Tinos which is the place Greek tourists go. Mostly Greeks go there to visit the icon and/or religious reasons. We saw the church the icon was in, which was beautiful. It is on top of a hill. Women mostly do a pilgramage there for penance for someone who is sick and crawl from the ferry up a very long hill - blocks, to the church and icon. We saw a few women doing this. We also took a taxi to a little tiny, very tiny village, to the beginning of a footpath where we could hike to the top of the island and look out at the tiny villages and churches that dot the landscape. It was really amazing. I keep saying that, but it is true.

I will update more later. Now time for sleep.