Category Archives: Greece

Quick Index to the Trip

Quick Index to The Trip Posts

It has occurred to me several times in the past that this whole trip narrative would be easier to read if it were in forward order, and maybe it’d be nice to make it easier to see what happened on a different day before reading it.  So I’ve come up with this set of graphic links.  Click on the day you are interested in and you should go right there. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223

My Trip To Europe. Day 9. Sunday, October 12. Delphi

A visit to the Oracle (“The Pythian is not in today, we are not accepting queries”).  A leeetle bit more of Athens.

And the Coin of the Day is from Thebes.

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My Trip To Europe. Day 8. Saturday, October 11. Athens.

Finally, the heart of Greece, Athens.  But first a brief detour to pay some thanks.

You’ll also get to see some Athenian Owl coins.  Including some that might be new to you.

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My Trip To Europe. Day 6. Thursday, October 9. Epidaurus and Mycenae

I am now in Greece, using Athens as a home base.  Off to the Peloponnesus to see history, from 1600 BC to the 1800s AD.

Coin of the Day is from Aegina, on an island between Athens and the Peloponnesus.

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