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The small building (centre right) is the Athenian treasury.', 'The stadium at Delphi.', 'Standard pseudo-athletic pose in the stadium.', 'Kalambaka. This was part of the view from the balcony of our room.', 'View of Kalambaka from the path up to the Agia Triada monastery. Our rental car is barely visible from here.', 'View of other monasteries (from top: Megalou Meteora, Varlaam, Roussanou) from Agia Triada.', 'At one time the only way up to the monasteries was via a basket hoisted up the cliff. This is the basket of the Agia Triada, the monastery in <i>For Your Eyes Only</i>.', 'Varlaam Monastery.', 'Roussanou. Of the 10 or so monasteries near Kalambaka, Roussanou was one of the few that we didn\'t visit, but we took more photos of it than any other monastery..', 'Agia Triada with Kalambaka in the background.', 'Stalactites and stalagmites in the Perama cave. The cave was discovered in the early 1940s when the locals were looking for a place to hide from the Nazis.', 'The cave is about 1 kilometre long; flash photos generally weren\'t allowed because the light would discolour the formations, but there was one area where flash photos were allowed.', 'The Zagoria. Photo taken on the path from Monodendri to the Vikos Gorge.', 'Our first mass encounter with sheep, on the road to the Vikos Gorge.', 'The Vikos Gorge with Monodendri in the foreground. The Gorge runs for many kilometres, so that\'s only a small part of it.', 'Clouds overlooking the petrodados (stone forest). Luckily, only a very few drops of rain fell on us.', 'The Gorge from the Oxya lookout point. The photos don\'t capture the scale of the Gorge, which at some points is supposed to be 900 metres deep and only 100 metres across.', 'More Gorge.', 'This was the only part of the often narrow path that had any sort of guard rail.', 'Monodendri. The village is surrounded by these really strange stone formations, so stone is the predominant building material (those are stone shingles on the buildings).', 'Dodona (another oracle site), in front of the sacred building with the replanted oak tree. The yes-or-no answers to oracular questions were divined by the rustling of the leaves in the oak tree.', 'The odeon at Nikopolis, near Actium. Nikopolis was built by Augustus after defeat Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium. Nikopolis is not a \"tourist site\", but some ruins that we happened upon en route to Preveza.', 'The harbour at Preveza.', 'The (slightly blurry) view from our balcony at night, Preveza.', 'View from the memorial at Kalavryta. The memorial marks the location where the Nazis killed all the males of the town over the age of 13.', 'Our rental car. We loved this car! Too bad Renault doesn\'t sell them in Canada...', 'View from one of our balconies in Clitoria (NB: NOT pronounced the way you might think).', 'Inset of a shield, in the museum at Olympia.', 'The stadium at Olympia.', 'The temple of Apollo Epikouros at Vassae, once the site of the very first Corinthian column (not actually there anymore). The temple is in the midst of being disassembled so the foundation can be reinforced before the temple gets rebuilt.', 'The environs at Vassae. The temple is contained within the tarp.', 'View from the balcony in Andritsena. Andritsena felt like a ghost town, it was so empty.', 'Clouds from the fortress at Methoni.', 'The fortress at Methoni', 'Inside a mosque at the Methoni fortress.', 'Fortress at Methoni.', 'Moat of the Methoni fortress.', 'Agia Sofia church, just outside Kardamyli.', 'View from our room, Kardamyli.', 'Arcadian gate, ancient Messene. The northern road (which we took) goes through the gate. The photo doesn\'t do justice to the size of the stone that once extended over the gate.', 'The propylon and gymnasium next to the stadium, ancient Messene.', 'View from our balcony, Mystras. Mystras was once the capital of Greece. At the top is a Frankish castle; most of the rest of the ruins can be seen below the castle.', 'View from near the lower gate of the site; the building on the left is the Palace of the Despots, which was closed for restoration when we were there.', 'The Convent of Pantanassa, Mystras. The convent is still active.', 'One of many Byzantine churches at Mystras (possibly Agios Theodoros).', 'View of Monemvasia from the mainland (our lunch restaurant, specifically). The island is joined to the Peleponnese by a causeway, slightly visible on the right.', 'Our room in Monemvasia, a restored medieval building.', 'View out the window of our room. The town is build on the edge of the island; there\'s a 60-70 foot drop straight down to some jagged rocks and the water.', 'Our room in relation to the town walls; the window above the arch is one of the windows in our \"living room\".', 'View of the lower town and the path to the upper town.', 'View of the cliff from the upper town.', 'Agia Sophia church in the upper town.', 'The door to our room, Monemvasia.', 'View of Monemvasia from the upper corner of the east wall.', 'Monemvasia from a tiny church in a cave in the side of the cliff. As you can tell, the streets are very narrow, too narrow for cars. We had to park outside the walls and walk in.', 'Nafplio. View of the Palamidi, a Venetian fortress, from our balcony.', 'View of the Venetian quarter and toward the port from our balcony, Nafplio.', 'The Venetian quarter from the Palamidi (there are 910 steps to the Palamidi).', 'Sunshine peeking through the clouds.', 'The Palamidi, Nafplio.', 'The theatre at Epidaurus.', 'Tholos tomb of Klytemnestra, Mycenae.', 'Inside of Klytemnestra\'s tomb.', 'Lion Gate, entrance to ancient Mycenae.', 'Path down to the cistern. We didn\'t have a flashlight with us, so this is about as close as we got.', 'Treasury of Atreus, ancient Mycenae. According to a guide we overheard, the lintel stone weighs about 120 tons.', 'The Palamidi at night. Our digital camera really isn\'t good enough to capture these sorts of images.', 'Temple of Poseidon at Sunion.', 'Temple of Poseidon at Sunion. Apparently, Byron carved his name on one of the stones, but we couldn\'t find it.', 'Greeks in salt-water are delicious!', 'A misty Fera morning, Santorini.', 'View of a black sand beach from ancient Thera.', 'Red sand beach, Santorini.', 'Mist-free Fera in the morning.', 'Sunset on Santorini.', 'The view from bed, Santorini.', 'Fera, showing the steepness of the caldera, taken while on the ferry to Paros.', 'Ancient marble quarry at Marathi, on Paros. We did have the flashlight for this, but the battery had died, so again, this is as close as we got.', 'Lefkes, Paros. Lefkes is more or less in the middle of the island, and is where people used to hide from pirates.', 'Lefkes, Paros.', 'Beach at Kolymbithros, Paros.', 'Sign showing location of a Roman period house, Parikia, Paros. The remains of the house are under the hotel, and are visible through the bars you can see at ground level.', 'Ruins of a castle built in part using the remains of a temple of Athena. Parikia, Paros.', 'Cleopatra\'s house, Delos. Almost the entire island is one big ruin, and is simply amazing. To help preserve the site, nobody can live on the island.', 'House of the Hermae, Delos.', 'Pelican, Myconos. We had to stop over on Myconos for a few hours as part of the boat trip to Delos, and the pelican was one of the few highlights of the island.', 'More pelican goodness.', 'View from our private terrace, Parikia, Paros.', 'Parthenon with Odeon of Herodes Atticus in the foreground, Athens.', 'Tortoise in Keramaikos, Athens. One of many we saw.', 'Hadrian\'s library, part of the Roman agora, Athens.', 'Odeon of Herodes Atticus on the Acropolis, Athens. As you can tell, it\'s still in use.', 'Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens.', 'Erechtheon, Acropolis, Athens.', 'No photos of yourself with the artifacts! Acropolis museum, Athens.', 'Athens from the Acropolis.', 'Athens from Mt Lykavitos.', 'Stoa of Attalos (completely rebuilt), Athens. ', 'View of the agora and acropolis from the Hephaesteon.', 'The Hephaesteon', 'The Hephaesteon', 'Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.', 'Roman bath, Athens. Found while excavating for a metro line.', 'And finally, us showing off our fave soft drinks of the trip (pronounced \"heevee\"). The lemon is the Greek equivalent of Lemon Fanta - which is funny because it seems like Greece is the only place where you can buy Lemon Fanta (too bad!).' );
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