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April 7, 2010 — Hotel Carolina and Kerameikos, Athens
April 7, 2010: Kerameikos, and a new hotel A graffitied wall, and the Parthenon on the Acropolis. Jim says: “It’s Thursday, and we checked out of the Athens Studios and checked into the Hotel Carolina, a little trepidatiously since it sounds so much … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Greece, travel
Tagged Athena, ceramic, Demeter, Hotel Carolina, Kerameikos, Parthenon, Pericles, Persephone, River Eriadnos, Romans, Sacred Way
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April 1, 2010 — Getting to Greece
The Parthenon from the Keraimekos Cemetery in Athens. Getting there is half the fun April 1, 2010, midday We have gotten as far as the Milan airport – it’s a gray day – … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Greece, travel
Tagged Athens, Greece, Hadrian's Arch, Lycabettus Hill, mastic wine, Milan, Syntagma Square, taverna
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March 30, 2010 — Seeing the ancient Greeks in New York
New York, New York, what a wonderful town The flowers are up, and the rain is down . . . Manhattan street in the rain. That was the scene in Manhattan yesterday, with sheets of rain driven by a … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Greece, travel
Tagged antheallinika, blog, cabs, Chelsea Market, Demeter, Manhattan, Metropolitan Museum, New York, rain, Triptolemus
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March 29, 2010 — Getting ready for Greece
The island and city of Poros, taken from the ferry — what we were looking forward to seeing. . . . Just getting to Greece is an adventure. Here are the first few installments of our travelogue for the Athens trip, … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Greece, travel
Tagged Anchorage snow, Athens, Greece, Greek language, Lufthansa, March
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April 4, 2010 — Athenian Easter
April 4, 2010: Athenian Easter and other notes from Jim and Teri A street in the Plaka, the old section of Athens. At the top of the Acropolis is the Parthenon. The trees are just getting their spring leaves, and the sun is … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Greece, travel
Tagged Acropolis, Athens, Bubo, Clash of the Titans, Easter, Epitafios, Kerameikos, Olympic Plaza, Parthenon, Plaka
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April 17, 2010 — Around the Old City of Jerusalem
April 17, 2010: Around the Old City Damascus Gate, evening — still busy with merchants and buyers. Yesterday, we walked through the Old City and today, we walked around it. Not that we actually set out to do that. These things … Continue reading
April 19, 2010 — Caesarea — Roman ruins and Israeli trains, plus Anthea’s blogs
April 19, 2010: Roman ruins and Israeli trains Oil tanker anchored in the Mediterranean off the coast at Caesarea, with Roman column in foreground, and haze from a Sahara sandstorm. Jim’s account of the day Quite a day. Up at 5:00 … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Israel, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Anthea, Binyamini, Caesaerea, Jerusalem, Mediterranean, Roman, ruins, Sahara, Tel Aviv, train
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April 15, 2010 — Across from Herod’s gate in Jerusalem
April 15, 2010: Across from Herod’s Gate Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, on Sultan Suleiman Street not far from the Rivoli Hotel. At 3:45 a.m. today in Athens we met up with a band of pigeons foraging along Ermou … Continue reading
April 23, 2010 — Fishing boats and ferries — Poros
April 23, 2010: Poros — Fishing boats and ferries Poros harbor. Six-thirty in the morning was half-light in Athens, with the Acropolis set against Homer’s “rosy-fingered dawn.” A few birds were awake enough to sing, but none of the people on the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, travel
Tagged Apollon Hellas, Athens, Carbon Golden Flour, ferries, Fishing boats, Mediterranean, Piraeus, Poros
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Road Trip Teri 