After arriving in Athens, once again we checked into the Amalia Hotel, our 2nd time to stay in that

After arriving in Athens, once again we checked into the Amalia Hotel, our 2nd time to stay in that hotel. The hotel was within walking distance to the Acropolis, other ruins as well as the interesting Plaka area with many shops so we enjoyed the afternoon wandering around the streets of the city. We were amazed in Athens how many motorcycles and scooters are in the city. Many streets are lined with parked cycles as in this shot and well as the roads being filled with cycles on the road.
After breakfast ship cruising tshirt designs on Fridy, September ship cruising tshirt designs 21, we checked out of the Amalia Hotel and the tour bus took us to the port where our group boarded the Louis Olympia cruise ship for a 3 night cruise. The ship was larger than we had expected so we did some exploring. The water is breathtakingly blue, just gorgeous!
After retuning to the ship at sunset, we enjoyed dinner and the entertainment, a music dancing show in the main lounge. After the show they had some audience participation...Russ was even on stage dancing! Too bad I didn't have the camera along! It was a wonderful day and a fun night but we were bushed!
First of all, we visited "Mary's House". Since John was asked by Jesus to care for Mary as his mother, ship cruising tshirt designs it's believed that at some point he brought her with him to Ephesus. ship cruising tshirt designs This is believed to be Mary's house.
WC stands for Water Closet, otherwise known in our part of the world as the restroom; I had to take capture the sign for this one. Notice her legs and the look on her face, too funny! I didn't check out the sign for the men's room, it was on the other side of the building.
Ephesus was a huge area of ruins and extremely interesting. Our guide told us only 20% has been escavated so Ephesus was a VERY large ancient city. At one time, it was a port on the sea but the Meander River silted in the valley so the water is no longer at the edge of the city.
Sunday, September 23 began at the port of Santorini, Greece, one of the most beautiful islands we have ever seen. We were off for a tour of the island beginning with traveling to the highest ship cruising tshirt designs peak on the island on a steep switchback road. It made me think once again of my mom and how she would have been VERY nervous as the skilled bus driver easily glided around curves and hugged the edge as we met traffic. After reaching the top, it was like looking down from a plane! A beautiful view.
After a stop at the Annunciation of Mary church we headed to the city of Fira. We had free time in Oia, the black beach area and in Fira to visit restaurants and shops in the areas before we headed down the mountain via the cable car. You could walk down the several hundred stairs ship cruising tshirt designs or ride a donkey down, but we chose the cable car!
Monday, September 24th we awoke back in the port in Athens where we disembarked the ship and boarded our tour bus for our last day. Our first stop was the Olympic stadium built in 1895 for the first modern Olympics in 1896. It's all marble and seats 60,000!
Back in Athens, we've come to the end of our "Footsteps of Paul" tour. We enjoyed getting to know the 9 other participants in the group, brothers and sisters in Christ, all of whom we will remember fondly. After our farewell dinner, we packed our things to be ready for our journey to Barcelona on Tuesday.