Greece 2008
My

is half greek and in 2005 she did some research and found that she had family in a small village in Greece called Kameri, south of the city of Tripoli. Her father was born there and left at a very young age in 1917 or something, and never went back (he fathered my wife at an older than usual age, in case you are trying to do the math). Anyway, we visited in June of 2005, met a bunch of wonderful relatives living off the land there and promised to return in one year. Then Katrina hit and the rest is history.
This year we finally were able to return. Below are pictures of our trip to share. The first week I rented a car in Athens and we drove throughout the Pelopenese peninsula, visiting Tripoli, Kameri, Nafplion, Olympia and Patrai, returning to Athens via northenr Greece towns of Delphi and other smaller villages, arriving in the Port City of Piraus to pick up our cruise for the second half of our stay.
In Piraus we boarded The Crystal and cruised to Istambul, Turkey, The only city in the world that stradles two continents (Europe and Asia). There we visited the Great Bazaar, Blue Mosque, Aghia Sophia, etc., then cruised to Patmos, Mykonos, Rhodes, Crete and Santorini before returning to Athens, where we visited the Parthenon, again!
Here are some photo samplings of our Journey (wife, son and I). I hope you enjoy them.
The family received and treated us to a nice home-cooked lunch and home-made wine with the alcohol content of fine rum
This is the field where the first of the Ancient Olympic games was held.
This bridge connects the Peloponnesus peninsula to northern Greece across the Gulf of Corinth.