ISTANBUL TO ATHENS, October 2013

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The Hagia Sophia, viewed from Istanbul's harbor

The ceiling of the Hagia Sophia (with repair scaffolding)

The Blue Mosque, viewed from Istanbul's harbor

The ceiling of the Blue Mosque

Our relatively small ship, the Corinthian, docks at Katapola, Greece, on Amorgos Island

The main drag on the Greek Isle of Skopelos

Each Greek Isle's architecture is unique; This is Symi Town on Symi Isle

The unique architecture of Pyrgi Town is on Chios Isle

Another sample of Pyrgi architecture on Chios Isle

We hike down into the still-steaming caldera of the volcano on Nysiros Isle

Still steaming

600 monks and 3,500 women and children took refuge in this Nea Moni monastery

on Chios Isle in 1822 during the Greek War of Independence;

The Ottomans slaughtered them all in this monastery during the "Massacre of Chios"

Wood carvings and paintings inside a church in Mesta Village on Chios Isle

Peter & Lieschen hike up to the Monastery of Khozoviotissa on Amorgos Isle

Chora were often built near the center of Greek Isles to hide and repel pirates;

Here is the main street in the Chora (fortified village) on Folegandros Isle

But the action in the Chora of Folegandros is on the main square

The Chapel of the Seven Martyrs on Sifnos Isle

Athens, Greece: the view north from the parapets below the Acropolis

The Parthenon undergoing perennial repair

Sunset over the Acropolis

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