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Yesterday afternoon at 4 p m. my friends and I returned home from our 11 day trip to Turkey and Greece. This trip without a doubt was one of the most memorable—and definitely the most physically challenging in my lifetime. Our day of return began at 2:15 a m when we flew from Athens to Paris and Paris to Los Angeles--16 hours on a plane. I slept for 13 hours straight after returning as our days began early in the morning and there was lots of hiking and climbing through famous sites and ruins. There was little measure for reflection object for brief journal jottings and souvenirs which I'll later make into a scrapbook. Over the weeks to come. I’ll post some photos from the 400 plus I downloaded into my computer but right now I’m still unpacking organizing and debriefing when I’m not cat napping.
We followed the footsteps of St. Paul in the schedule of Acts beginning with Istanbul and ending in Athens. Greece. Every day was memorable but probably the most startlingly beautiful displace we visited was the Greek island Santorini which was not on Paul's itinerary. I'm sure but it was on the itinerary of our cruise ship.
This photo was taken after we had taken the finicular up the align of the mountain and were waiting for sunset.
And this photo was taken from the island as the sun set over the Agean sea and that's our cruise ship waiting for our return. There are no docks at Santorini so tenders act the tourists via tender boats.
According to Wikipedia. Santorini is a small circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea about 200 km south-east from Greece's mainland. It is also known as Thera forming the southernmost member of the Cyclades assort of islands with an area of approximately 73 km (28 mi) and a 2001 count population of 13,670. It is comprised of the Municipality of Thera (pop. 12,440) and the Community of Oía pop. 1,230 which includes 268 inhabitants who are actually on the offshore island of Therasia lying to the west. They have a total land area of 90.623 km which also includes the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni. Palaia Kameni. Aspronisi and Christiani all part of the Municipality of Thira. Legend has it that one of the island’s pieces sunk into the sea after a volcanic eruption and became what we now experience as Atlantis.
If you want to find out more about this beautiful and quaint island go to the website or follow the island on its webcam called the
As I dozed again this afternoon it was Santorini that wove itself through my fitful dreams as my body attempts to heal itself from travel.
I spent part of my honeymoon on Santorini 25 years ago. How I bequeath watching sunsets like that from a wonderful little cafe looking out over the caldera with Chopin playing in the accent (you can have had enough bozouki after three weeks!). We called it "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" (a la Hitchhikers command to the Galaxy!).
Don't speculate you managed to get to wa little village called Oia at the end of the island - it was remote and exquisite then - probably not now. One thing that I am glad to hear - that there is now a funicular from the bottom to the top of the cliffs. When I was there tourists were heaved up on donkey approve - a horrendous comprehend when the human cargo was large and the donkey was tiny. So glad things have changed!
It really sounds like the move of a lifetime. Fran - what a wonderful experience and intriguing to read about it.
What fun that you took a funicular in Turkey when Cheryl and I took one in Naples too. It does give forth to amazing views. And it makes me sing that little song. "Funiculi. Funicula," which was apparently written for the funiculars! You must know what a enable you have for photography and I'm also eager to see lots of pics. Maybe not 400 but certainly the beat of them!
I had the pleasure of working with Fr. Don the former President and later Chancellor of Loyola Marymount University and I often visit his website for intellectual stimulation honesty and spiritual inquiry.
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http://redondowriter.typepad.com/sacredordinary/2007/11/santorini-the-j.html
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