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Cruise Day 4, Athens was our 
third city reached by a large port-Piraeus. The birthplace of democracy, 
Athens is dominated by UNESCO 
World Heritage Site designated 
Acropolis Hill, centered by the 
colonnaded Parthenon.
Below, the Archaeological Museum 
holds 10,000+ exhibits 
while tourists and locals 
wonder the Placa shopping zone.

 

the famed Parthenon on Acropolis Hill

the Jockey
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more priceless artifacts in Athens' Archaeological Museum
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view of Athens from Acropolis Chuck, Lynda & Ross at 1896 Stadium Roman reminder in middle of Athens
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Cruise Day 5, Santorini presents
a stunning approach and visit.
A catastrophic volcanic eruption 3600 years ago
forced a different lifestyle upon its inhabitants.
Today’s Santorini presents its towns of Fira and Oia,
and a scattering of wineries that
present their dominant grape, Assyrtiko.
          

Stunning in its comparison to Pompeii,
the ruins of Akrotiri tell the story of
a mysterious catastrophe that invites
greater Greek spending on archaeology
as well as a stretch of our imaginations
to imagine what happened
to this ancient civilization.
approaching the "snowy" towns the iconic blue of the churches switchback heaven to reach the top
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a tiny portion of excavated Akritiri, so much more to do church in Main Square

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the surefooted transport down the cliff; cliff-hugging town