Our Greek Vacation - January 1999

City of Athens as seen from our climb up to the acropolis
There are dogs and cats on the loose all over Greece. This was our guide dog for the day - he definitely owned this neighborhood near the acropolis
The Acropolis, viewed from below
The entrance to the Acropolis
The Parthenon
Here we are at the Parthenon
One of the Theaters at the acropolis, undergoing major reconstruction
Sue's favorite view at the acropolis
The temple of Zeus in downtown Athens
Another view of the temple of Zeus.
The Athens meat market, north of Plaka. Quite a lovely site.
Sue in the Athens Fish market. Anyone for a fish fry?
Plaka!
Plaka again!
The Tower of Winds in Athens
The Corinth Canal. Separates the Peloponese pennisula from the mainland.
Ancient Corinth. Not really an easy place to find, but well worth the effort.
Up the mountain to Acro- corinth!
The Mosque in Acrocorinth. This castle was occupied by many different groups through the years.
If you walk far enough, then descend the "modern" stairs you can see the castle well.
On the way to the theater of Epidavrous, you can see the little theater of Epidavrous.
Here's the ancient theater of Epidavrous!


Stop at Nafplio on the way back to Athens from Epidavrous. You can see castle Palamidi at the top of the mountain.
A view of the bay from Castle Palamidi.
Watch your step!
A new day and it's off to Delphi. Here's the temple of Apollo.
Keep walking up the sacred way to the Oracle at Delphi and you'll go past this fabulous polygonal wall.
A view looking down at the Theater at Delphi.
Climb to the top of the mountain at Delphi and eventually you'll come to this Sports Arena. The temple of Posieden at Sounio. The southern tip of the Greek mainland.
A view of the ocean form Sounio.
On the way home from Sounio, we stopped for a picnic at Thoriko.