Michele and Andrew's Adventures

Hydra

More climbing! Up up up! To the top of Hydra

Everyone notice how well combed Andrew's hair is? This is the port behind us

Some randome neato ruins we climbed to

Charlie on the steepest staircase we encountered. I am about 5 stairs down pointing up. Urp!

A church as see from the stairs

Charlie looking scenic!

These poor donkey's were A MESS. I can't believe someone hasn't outlawed this cruel practice of making them walk up these stairs in the sun with NO WATER ANYWHERE IN SIGHT!

Taking a break as we climbed!

The back of Santorini coming into the caldera. The rocks are layers of basalt from continuous eruptions over the centuries before the volcano blew and created the caldera we were sailing into. This is considered to be the deepest part of the Mediterranean.

Me and Mom coming into Santorini.

The STAIRS

Up Up Up! Behind Andrew is the site where the cruise ship wrecked in April 07 while parked in the caldera. It's so deep they can't go get it!

Day at the Beach- Daylan Turkey

Hills overlooking the inlet where we were

The beach. This beach is the last refuge of a specific species of sea turtle.

Me and Charlie just before we put our toes in!

Bodrum 2

In the museum in the castle, they had a fascinating exhibit on trade during the Cycladic and Hellenic periods in the Meditteranean. The clay jars, called amphoras, were designed for hauling wine, oil, spices etc. Their contents were painted on, the merchant placed a seal on it, and then, due to their shape, they could be close packed in a ship.

At the castle, overlooking the still active mosque

An amiptheater near the Mausoleum that holds more people than the modern ampitheater in Athens, about 100,000

Sitting atop the castle with the Turkish coast in the distance.

Bodrum

This is the castle of the Knights of St. John overlooking Bodrum harbor. This is the COOLEST castle I have been in since we went to Suleiman's castle in Kerik, Jordan. You can go ANYWHERE. It was amazing. However, it was made because of the destruction of the sight below.

This is the ruins of the Mausoleum of Heliokarnassis, one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world. Those brilliant knights saw it (though I am sure that some of it was in ruins) and said, hey! Let's take all this marble and turn it into lime for our new castle. Thus destroying the Mausoleum.