St. Nikolaos Anapafsas Monastery

Ruined monastery

Holy Trinity Monastery

Roussanou Monastery

Varlaam Monastery

Varlaam Monastery

Varlaam Monastery

Varlaam Monastery

Varlaam Monastery, with the Great Meteoron Monastery in the background

Great Meteoron Monastery

St. Stephen’s Monastery

St. Stephen’s Monastery

St. Stephen’s Monastery

St. Stephen’s Monastery

Roussanou Monastery

The Acropolis

Plaka

Plaka

Inside a small Greek Orthodox church

Church of Agia Marina

Acropolis

The Parthenon

The Parthenon

The Parthenon

The Erechtheion

The Erechtheion

The Erechtheion

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Tortoise!

Acropolis Museum

Acropolis Museum

The finish line of the Athens Authentic Marathon. The marathon course is based on the myth from which the race gained its name: Pheidippides, a messenger in Ancient Greece, ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greeks’ victory over the Persians.

The marathon finishes at the Panathenaic Stadium. The stadium held the first modern Olympic games in 1896 and is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.

I took a day cruise to the volcano and other islands of Santorini

The crater

View from Thirassia

Colosseum

Roman Forum

Bunnies!

St. Peter’s Square

St. Peter’s Basilica

Swiss Guard

Trevi Fountain

Manarola

Corniglia

The trail from Corniglia to Vernazza

Corniglia

Vernazza

Riomaggiore