Mom and I loved the returning to Greece posting. I looked quickly before breakfast and completely missed the clear identification of 42 years ago as the baby in the basket was lost in the shadows. I was trying to place the photo on board the 1963 sailing from Split to Piraeus but the girls looked too big and I had sideburns (1967 in England!) With a little help from Kate and Rico, Mom and I realize the photo would have been taken on the ferry from Patros to Brindisi, Italy in August of 1968 - 42 years ago. It is a great picture and brings back many memories.
We read of the May Day riots in Athens on the NYTimes web page and thought, 'what are we in to?' Last trip we got out of Bangkok just before the riots began there that led to the airport closure. Then we saw the report on the car bomb in NYC and decided Athens would be our choice! May be an interesting trip if the antiquities are closed due to strikes. We'll switch happily to sitting in coffee houses or on the beach.
We are about packed, will leave the house about 1 tomorrow.
Love to all, Mom and Dad
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