My room at the Intercontinental |
View of Phillopappas hill from my hotel |
View of the Parthenon from my hotel |
The Flying Dolphin boat that took me to Aegina |
Arriving at the island of Aegina |
One mode of transport on Aegina |
Lovely local villa |
An abundance of flowers all over the island |
Greek orthodox monastery |
Monastery tower |
Monastery detail |
Inside the church |
Monastery detail |
Monastery arches |
More bouganvillia |
Outside the monastery |
Ariving at the Temple of Aphaea |
I was all alone at the ruins! |
Detail of ruins |
Incredible Doric columns |
Picturesque columns |
Enjoying photographing the columns |
Really majestic |
Columns |
More columns |
View from the hill of Aphaea, across to Athens |
Enjoying the mediterranean in the port of Aegina |
The harbor on Aegina |
Yummy produce |
Boats that bring the produce to Aegina |
Church in the port of Aegina |
Inside the ornate church |
Time to visit the acropolis |
Another view of the acropolis |
One of the temples on the acropolis hill |
Gorgeous stones |
Detail of stones on acropolis hill |
Stone details |
Columns near the Parthenon |
The magnificent Parthenon |
Amazing to be here!! |
Parthenon detail |
Cool sculpture at top of Parthenon |
Sculpture on top of Parthenon |
View down from the acropolis, the gates of Zues |
View of Phillopappas Hill from Parthenon |
Walkway up Phillopappas Hill |
My dinner, terrace restaurant on top of my hotel |
Dessert at the terrace restaurant |
View of the Parthenon from my dinner perch |
Immitos Mountain for birdwatching |
My birding guide, Lefteris |
Looking for birds |
The famous birder |
The temple of Artemis/Kynthia (mine!) |