Europe, 2011

<TITLE> Europe, 2011 </TITLE>
<THEME> TravelEurope
<THEME> TravelGreece
<p> Our last breakfast on Naxos
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and so as Suzanne
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and I ate
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we also remembered the pies set out every day
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and took pictures with our hostess who had been incredibly helpful and very nice
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and then headed for one last tour through the town
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looking down at the buried Mycenean ruins
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and up at this coat of arms
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before going to visit the statue of the one Greek Prime Minister from this island.
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On our shopping excursion, we got these pictures of owls for Jeff's collection of same
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and I took pictures of narrow passage ways
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as Suzanne spoke with shop keepers and worked at keeping the Greek economy going
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so that I could go back to my passage way photos
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before we headed to the dock
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and got in line for our boat to Santorini
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from which we saw these views along the way
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before landing and being in the crush of people getting off.
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But, once off, this gentleman with the sign
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set us on our way back to the Hotel Akrotiri
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where we admired the view as always
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and had a small drink
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before heading out to the black beach to explore.  A ride down a very bumpy road led to this beautiful scene on the beach
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and out to sea
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as we studied the rock formations and explored
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before heading off to explore the caldera from various viewpoints
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ending near the lighthouse where Suzanne
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and I posed
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and then we watched the birds overhead
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and the boats at sea
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before making our way to the lighthouse itself
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and walking along the path
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to continue to admire the views
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occasionally injecting ourselves into photos
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and tracking the sailboats
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before an English couple took these pictures of us
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as we took a few more photos
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and then headed back stopping along the way for the views (which hopefully I didn't detract from)
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and at the views
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and the rocks
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noticing that we could leave our imprint albeit for a short period of time.
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