Friday, November 22, 2013

Central Greece: Trip 3 (Days 4-10)

Meteora at Daybreak

Monastery of Agios Stephanos as seen from the Meteoron, Meteora

WWII Propaganda Poster

Sunset over Volos, Thessaly 

Spolia, Orchomenos

Rupestral Theater, Chaironeia 




Thursday, November 7, 2013

Delphi: Trip 3 (Days 1-3)

Temple of Apollo, Delphi

View from the Corycian Cave, Delphi

Dusk over the Sacred Plain, Walk from Corycian Cave to Delphi

Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi

Treasury of Massalia, Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi

Base Moulding, Tholos, Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi

Detail from the North Frieze, Treasury of the Siphnians, Delphi

Kleobis and Biton, Delphi Museum

Hand and Reins of the Delphi Charioteer, Delphi Museum

Sunset over the Sacred Plain, Delphi

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Deep Peloponnese: Trip 2

Roman Aqueduct Covered in Lime Scale, Loukou

Agia Foteini (20th c. church), Mantineia

View from our balcony at daybreak, Dimitsana

Chapel Built into a Byzantine Bridge, Karitaina

Under the Tent, Temple of Apollo, Bassae

Apollo, Temple of Zeus at Olympia 

Column Drums, Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Castle, Methoni

Castle, Mistra

Vathia, The Mani

Vathia, The Mani

Cave of Vlihada, The Mani

Cave of Vlihada, The Mani








Monday, October 21, 2013

Northern Greece: Trip 1 (Days 5-12)

Lefkadia, Tomb of Judgement

Pella, Lion Hunt Mosaic

Thessaloniki Museum, Derveni Krater 

Thessaloniki, Minaret and Rotunda of Gallerius

Ferry to Thasos

Thasos, Aliki Marble Quarries

Thasos, Pan Sanctuary

Thasos

Dion, Roman Baths

Monday, October 7, 2013

Western Greece: Trip 1 (Days 1-4)

Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge, spanning the Gulf of Corinth

Kalydon, view from the acropolis

Messolonghi, The Garden of Heroes (dedicated to those who fought for Greece's Independence), the American Monument

Messolonghi, The Garden of Heroes, Lord Byron 

Salt Flats, near Messolonghi, as seen from a moving bus

The Walls of Nafpaktos

Oiniadai, Shipsheds (used for the storage and maintenance of ancient ships) 

The Kleopatra Marina (aka the modern location of Augustus' Victory Temple dedicated after the Battle of Actium) 


Thermon

The Campsite Monument (built by Augustus upon his victory in the Battle of Actium), inscription

Arta, Parabolic Bridge

Kassope, Sheep in the Katagogion

View from Kassope

Arta, Panagia Parigoritissa

Arta, Panagia Parigoritissa

Dodona, The Hiera Oikia and Sacred Oak of Zeus

Ioannina, Tomb of Ali Pasha

Ioannina, City Walls