Greece Vacation - September 2007

Heather and I took a trip to Greece to visit Kay and Greg on Eclipse, to sail amongst the Cyclades, and to see Athens.

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Looking at Piraeus from Don Beto	Looking at the small marina in Piraeus	Looking back at the breakwater made of concrete caltrops	Buildings along the coast	A big hill of buildings near Piraeus
Looking back toward Athens	Freighters in the main shipping channel heading toward Piraeus	Freighters in the main shipping channel heading toward Piraeus	Freighters in the main shipping channel heading toward Piraeus	A vegetation covered small island
A small sailboat under sail	An elegant house at the outskirts of Aegina	Aegina including a navigational light on a point before the harbor	A hydrofoil ferry	The waterfront and port of Aegina
The waterfront and port of Aegina	Eclipse from the starboard bow	An old fishing boat up out of the water	An old historic site, closed, viewed from the outside	An old historic site, closed, viewed from the outside
A fishing boat tied up to the town quay, Phillipa	A fishing boat tied up to the town quay, Phillipa	A fishing boat tied up to the town quay, Phillipa	A small water taxi next to Eclipse, Poseidon	Don Beto and Eclipse from the stern
Don Beto and Eclipse from the stern	Don Beto and Eclipse from the stern	A fishing boat, Kostas	A boat with a woman selling fruit on the quay	A boat with a woman selling fruit on the quay
A fishing boat, Eirene	Details of the fishing boat, Eirene	The harbor of Aegina, Eclipse's mast dominating	Heather in front of the harbor	A fishing boat, Koul
Details of a fishing boat, Koul	My and Heather's shadows in front of the church	The front of the church	A distant island	A distant island
A church in Aegina viewed from the quay	Heather looking beautiful in the sun	Heather looking beautiful in the sun	Myself squinting in the sun	A distant island viewed through a forest of masts
The main waterfront street in Aegina	The main waterfront street in Aegina	A ferry on the waterfront	An island beyond the harbor full of boats	An island beyond the harbor full of boats
A ferry boat coming in in the evening	Kay in the cockpit	Houses on Aegina Island as we motor away	Houses on Aegina Island as we motor away	The passerall and red ensign
Some distant ships and islands	A freighter in the distance	A small, somewhat barren island	A view from the cockpit forward	A town on a passing island
A town on a passing island	A line of freighters	A town on a passing island	A statuesque rock spire at the end of an island	Barren cliffs and lush vegetation on an island
Barren cliffs and lush vegetation on an island	NATO warships	The boom and the dowsed sail	The sail starting to be hoisted	Jono watching from the cockpit
The sail being hoisted	A NATO frigate	The hoisted sail	A NATO frigate	Sails up along the mast
One of the crew looking down a hatch	Jono tending a line	A NATO destroyer	The main sail and boom	The anchor scuttles in the bow and Heather's feet
The port anchor scuttle	The main sail and mast	The main sail and mast	An Australian flag flown from a stay	A NATO ship
Heather making her way aft	Dolphins	Dolphins	Two dolphins	Dolphins
One dolphin	The backs of two dolphins	The backs of two dolphins	The backs of two dolphins	The backs of two dolphins
The backs of two dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins
One dolphin	Dolphins	Kay near the bow	The forward stay and mast	Kythnos, including a number of walls on the island
Heather with Kythnos in the background	Kythnos, including a number of walls on the island	A stone wall	Kythnos seen over the boat	Kythnos, including a number of walls on the island
A cave along the shore	A scrubby island	A taverna viewed over a rocky outcropping	A house and church on the small island	Don Beto and the taverna on Kythnos
A house and church on the small island	Stone walls	Don Beto and the taverna on Kythnos with Eclipse in the foreground	Don Beto and the taverna on Kythnos	Heather and Kay on the afterdeck
Don Beto and the taverna on Kythnos	Don Beto and a hill	The boom and mast	A terraces hillside	A church and goats on the hill
Goats on the sand spit	Goats on the sand spit	Goats on the hillside	Goats on the sand spit	Goats on the sand spit
Goats on the sand spit	The crew returning from the taverna	A sailboat	Goats on the sand spit	The crew in the small tender with Jono giving the bird
Sunset behind the small island	A dog on the sand spit	The illuminated mast at night	Kay in a kayak in front of a cliff	Kay in a kayak in front of a hill with a shepherd's building
A shepherd's hut	Heather in a kayak	Eclipse in the bay	Eclipse and Don Beto in the bay	Heather paddling toward Eclipse
Heather paddling in front of a hill	Some houses and a church on Kythnos near the town	Eclipse	A house and walls on a hillside	The sand spit and island with Eclipse
The sand spit and island with Eclipse	A house with seagull decorations	The town of Kythnos	Terraced buildings	A door set into some stonework near the shore
The town	Reflectors on fishing buoys	A ferry "Mirina Express" viewed from the bow	A ferry "Mirina Express" viewed from the bow	A navigational beacon
The wake behind Don Beto and a coiled line	Myself ready to tend lines on Don Beto	Eclipse from the stern	Myself tending lines on Don Beto	Myself tending lines on Don Beto
A hillside with terraces and houses	Heather at the bow of Eclipse	Heather at the bow of Eclipse	The mast	My foot next to Heather's foot at the front of the boat
A small sailboat in the distance	Houses spaced out on an island	Greg and Kay playing backgammon	A small island with a big cliff	The larboard side of the boat deck with spray coming over the bow
The larboard side of the boat deck with spray coming over the bow	The larboard side of the boat deck with spray coming over the bow	A closer view of the island beneath the sail	A small island with a big cliff	Heather and the red ensign
The island from a different angle	The island from a different angle	The mainsail	Approaching Syros	A hill behind the town of Syros
A ketch with a non functional aft mast	The Syros harbor	Don Beto, Lenny, and Ricky waiting for Eclipse	Boats and distant houses	Two small work boats
The harbor	A small work boat	A small olive orchard in a private yard	A small olive orchard in a private yard	Some flowers (white?)
Some red? flowers	A closer view of some red? flowers	The wall around a yard with some Bougainvilla growing along it	Heather smelling the Bougainvilla	The harbor viewer over a bird statue
The harbor	A white and red? flower	Some ducks	The ducks confering	Some underwater weeds
Nightfall on Syros	A sailboat, the moon, and an evening star	Islands in the daytime	A populated hillside	An antenna on the mast
The mast looking aft	The mast	A populated hillside near Psaros Beach	Psaros Beach and the hill in the background	Condominiums
Some boats in the harbor with some rock corrals on the hillside	Don Beto	Eclipse and Don Beto at anchor	Me swimming to the tender and back	Me swimming to the tender and back
A small island	A rock outcropping viewed through Don Beto's bimini top	Houses atop a cliff	A headland and Don Beto's wake	A headland
A fishing boat on its way out of the harbor	A church on a hill	A chapel in Mykanos harbor	A fishing boat, Elgas, at the Mykanos wharf	A small row boat
A doorway and stairs	Greg in a twisty passage	A balcony in a twisty passage	Balconies and doors in a twisty passage	Eclipse viewed from the windmills
Heather in front of an old windmill	Heather in front of a line of old windmills	Heather with Eclipse and a cruise ship in the background	Heather with Eclipse in the background	Old windmills
Center of a windmill rig	An old windmill	The door of a windmills	A line of windmills from the back	Myself in front of a windmill
A windmill on a hillside	Fading sun above an island	Fading sun above an island	Fading sun above an island	An island with clouds
An island with clouds and the red ensign	A small island	Eclipse viewed from the restaurant on Psaros Beach	The hillside viewed from the cab at speed	A twisty passage
Model of a trireme in the Aegean Nautical Museum	Model of a galley	Model of a round boat showing fabric wash strakes	Model with lateen sails (a felucca)	Information placard on the felucca
Kay and Heather in front of a light house	Kay and Heather in front of a light house	Kay and Heather in front of a light house	Myself and Heather in front of a light house	A balcony
"Little Venice"	"Little Venice"	A wooden set of double doors	Eclipse in Psaros harbor	A view of the hillside from the cab
Some roof tiles in the Plaka, across from our hotel	The ratty building across from our hotel	Church of the Metamorphasis	Looking down on the ancient agora	A gnarlly tree
A building in the ancient agora	Monument of Philopapou	A round base of something on the sidewalk leading to the Acropolis	The Odeon of Herodes Atticus	The Odeon of Herodes Atticus
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Archwork of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with the Monument of Philopapou in the background	A square column at the entrance to the Acropolis	The Temple of Athena Victory	The Propylaia
The Propylaia	Upper detail of the Propylaia	Heather in front of the Propylaia	Columns	Columns
The Propylaia	The Caryatids	The Parthenon	The Parthenon	The Parthenon
The Parthenon	Detail of the Parthenon	Crepuscular rays over Athens	The Parthenon	The Parthenon
The Temple of Zeus viewed from the Acropolis	The Temple of Zeus and Hadrian's arch	The Parthenon	Stacks of column scrolls	The Temple of Zeus and Hadrian's arch
Butresses on the Acropolis	Myself with crepuscular rays in the background	The Parthenon in the sun	The Erechtheion	The Caryatids
Some square windows	The Caryatids	The Caryatids	The Caryatids	Some men wrestling with a weather ballon
Columns on the Erechtheion	Heather	The Erechtheion	Ceiling detail of the Erechtheion	Myself and Heather in front of the Erechtheion
Some men wrestling with a weather ballon	Gantry	Looking up at a column an scaffolding	Heather	The Propylaia
Some very worn lions	A very worn lion	Wreath patterns on a wall	Round dentels on a wall	An arch in the Odeon
Miscellaneous stellea	Inside of a cistern	A Corinthian capital	Some newly made columns	An arch and doorway
The monument of Thrasyllos	Columns above the monument of Thrasyllos	The monument of Thrasyllos	Heather headed down to the Theater of Dionysos	Stone chairs
Carved figures at the base of the Theater of Dionysos	Stone chair	A dog performing in the theater	The monument of Thrasyllos	A stone wall and tree
The monument of Thrasyllos	The sanctuary of Dionysos	The sanctuary of Dionysos	The sanctuary of Dionysos	Heather at an altar for Dionysos
Placard describing the altar for Dionysos	Hardian's Arch	Hardian's Arch	The Acropolis viewed from Hadrian's Arch	A lone pillar from the Temple of Zeus
The Temple of Zeus	An old Roman bath at the Temple of Zeus	An old Roman bath at the Temple of Zeus	An old Roman bath at the Temple of Zeus with Hadrian's Arch in the background	A carved stone tablet
The top of a pillar	The Acropolis	The Temple of Zeus	The Temple of Zeus	The Temple of Zeus
Heather in front of the Temple of Zeus	Heather in front of the Temple of Zeus	Columns	Columns	Columns and the Acropolis
Columns	Columns	Myself in front of the Temple of Zeus	Myself in front of the Temple of Zeus	The Temple of Zeus
Myself with the Acropolis in the background	The Temple of Zeus	Columns	The Temple of Zeus from behind a palm	Two urns
Excavated building	Archway in excavated building	Stella in excavated building	Front of the National Museum of Archaeology	Pillars and ceiling detail of the National Museum of Archaeology
Pillars and ceiling detail of the National Museum of Archaeology	Top of column detail	Stella (grave markers) at the cemetary Kerameikos	Stella	Statue in a box
A distant theater on a hill beyond the cemetary	A fan-shaped grave marker and a column	Statue of a bull	Statue of a bull	Stone wall and small pointed roof
A gnomen?	Ants	Ants	The acropolis in the background	The acropolis in the near background
Between two of the old city walls	A hole in the wall near the city gate	Heather in the sun	An archway used to conduct a waterway through the city walls	A hole in the wall looking at the corridor between walls
Myself viweed through a hole in the wall	An archway used to conduct a waterway through the city walls	A truncated pillar	Heather peeking from behind a truncated pillar	A pillar in a corner
Pillars surrounding an old building	A turtle	A turtle	Stub of a pillar	Another turtle
Another turtle	Another turtle	Looking along a stone wall	A bull in the cemetary's museum	A clay horse on top of a pot
A lion statue	A lion statue	Buildings silhouetted against the sky	The Roman Agora and the temple of the Winds	The Roman Agora and the temple of the Winds
An archway in the ancient agora	Columns on the stoa in the ancient agora	A columned building in the ancient agora	A columned building in the ancient agora	A columned building in the ancient agora
A columned building in the ancient agora	The columned building lit up in early evening	The columned building lit up in early evening	The acropolis at night	The acropolis at night
A columned building in the agora at night	The stoa at night