Sailing - Day 6 - on the way back to Athens, Marina at dusk

Sailing - Day 5 - Hydra again

Sailing - Day 4 - Monemvassia

Monemvassia (Greek: Μονεμβασία, Μονεμβάσια, Μονεμβασιά), and known by the Franks as Malvasia, is a well-known medieval fortress with an adjacent town, located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese in the Greek prefecture of Laconia. The peninsula is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. The ruins include the defensive structures and many Byzantine churches. The town's name derives from two Greek words, mone and emvassia, meaning "single entrance". Many of the streets are narrow and fit only for pedestrians. The bay of Palaia Monemvassia is to be found to the north. Monemvassia's nickname is the Gibraltar of the East or The Rock. The rock is 300 m tall and 1.8 km long.

Sailing - Day 4 - Monemvassia

Sailing - Day 3 - Spetsos island

Sailing - Day 2 - Hydra to Spetsos

Sailing - Day 2 - The Hydra island

Garbage trucks are the only motor vehicles on the island; horses, donkeys, bicycles, and water taxis provide public transportation. The inhabited area, however, is so compact that most people walk everywhere.

Sailing - Day 1 - Departure from Athens

Smoke over Athens - Marathon forest fires

Crete, Greece - waves at the Georioupolis beach

Crete, Greece - Chania

Crete, Greece - one of Greece's top 10 beaches - Falassarna

Crete, Greece - Ancient Aptera, near Chania

Crete, Greece - trip to the south side of Crete, Paleochora

Crete, Greece - at the villa

Crete, Greece - at the Stavros beach (near Chania), day 1

Aya Sofia, Istanbul

Istanbul, Blue Mosque

The ancient city of Selinus, present Gasipasa

on the rocks at Gasipasa

Alanya and Alanya Castle

My Boys on the beach in Turkey

Sunset on the Turkish Mediterranean, Gasipasa

View from our rental apartment in Gasipasa

Gasipasa - Koru Mt. Cove

cove - view from the Koru Mt.

Gasipasa, Day 1 - going down to the beach upon arrival at our rental apartment in Gasipasa, Turkey

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Light Painting Study

Chopped up apple garden...

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