The Cruise - Crowds and Familiar Places

The first part of the cruise took us back to a number of familiar places - in fact, as I have said, I felt I could give the tour at several lcations such as Knossos and Mycenae. Here are some shots of places that we and the girls have visited. Rico has been to several but, unless there is a deep baby brain cell working, he won't recall them. In many places, the biggest change was the size of the crowds, i.e. tourists. There were lots of student groups from age 8 to 18 out seeing the sites of their history. Some were actually paying attention and some were having a good time running about the ruins. There were a lot of adults, too. It is early season, at the beach in Santorini the taverna had just opened the week before for the summer, but there were a few cruise ships in most of the locations we stopped at but many visitors appeared more local than foreign

Entrance to Topaki Palace, Istanbul

Bazaar in Istanbul Ferry Boat Crowds

Santorini

Corinth Canal

Knossos

Epidaurus - where Rico had first solid food -bananas from a baby jar.

Athens - view similiar from the rooftop on Skufa St. 1963-4

Crowds at the Parthenon 2010