Today we took a little excursion out to see the Greek island of Delos out in the middle of the Aegean Sea.
This island is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in all of Greece as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. And like Athens, it is literally littered with ruins…
The ancient god of the sea Poseidon resided there.
As did the more modern god of video games, Qbert.
Entrance to the theater was free…
…since I knew the guy selling tickets.
We waited around for the prisoners to be throw to the lions…
…but when they were a no show, we threw our hand up off in defeat…
And hopped back on the boat before the island closed.
Yes, for those wondering, the island really does have hours of operation.
Authored by: Digital Knowmadd on September 25, 2008.
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Just continuing with my tradition of naming blog posts after Ice Cube references.
Wondering why there haven’t been many blog posts lately? It’s because we’ve just been taking it easy the past few days. Not really doing much sight seeing. Just relaxing on the beachs of Mykonos.
The water is perfect here!
Authored by: Digital Knowmadd on September 24, 2008.
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Mykonos is a pretty nice small beach town on the island of the same name.
All of the buildings on the island are pure white with colorful doors and windows.
Walking down the narrow and windy streets you’ll encounter a few friendly pelicans just hanging out.
You’ll also find crêperies that make both savory and sweet wraps.
The island is littered with now-defunct windmills, but they still make for a picturesque backdrop.
And if you are so inclined, you can pull up a chair for a nice dinner by the water.
Authored by: Digital Knowmadd on September 23, 2008.
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Whoa!
Good thing we left early! There’s no way they could have caught us on our trusty camels though!
Authored by: Digital Knowmadd on September 22, 2008.
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I’m blogging from a boat.
On the way from Athens to the Greek island of Mykonos.
I can’t say that I have a whole lot of recent experience on large sea vessels in the US. Do they have WiFi? If not, they should. It sure helps to make a 5-hour boat ride go by quicker. So far on the trip I’ve blogged by land, by sea, and by train. One day soon perhaps from a plane. We did have some WiFi access on a bus in Ireland for a brief moment, but it dropped off as soon as we left the terminal.
I’ll try to catch up on the Greece blogs in the coming days to bring ya’ll up to speed with what we’ve been up to. In short: Athens == Awesome.
Authored by: Digital Knowmadd on September 21, 2008.
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