Thank you Everybody for making the SPRING/SUMMER ROAD TRIP (by Airship) 2020 a huge success!!!! It was great fun and it cannot be done without everybody. Sure I can research these places and write them up and so can Schmet and Whilhelmina but without others that are interested in looking at them its all for naught. I know its great fun for me and I learn a lot about the places that I have never been to as well as the places that I have been to. I sincerely hope that all of you will join me for the Mini-Fall ROAD TRIP starting on Thursday, 29 October 2020 and returning to your home on Tuesday, 02 November 2020. Again, thank you Everyone!!!!
Kukuk Mosque : https://www.chania-crete-greece.com/chania-harbour-giali-tzami.html https://inthejungleofcities.com/2018/01/10/kucuk-hasan-pasha-mosque-chania/ Agia Triada Tzagaroli Monastery : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agia_Triada_Monastery 15:20 minutes very much worth watching it . on the right are the monks cells
Agios Minas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agios_Minas_Cathedral https://www.explorecrete.com/Heraklion/EN08-Heraklion-saint-minas.html Aerial photo of Saint Minas (Νο 1), the Heraklion Cahedral , the older and "small" Saint Mina (Νο 2) and Agia Aikaterini(Νο 3)
Archaeological Museum : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Chania Historical Museum of Crete : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Museum_of_Crete late Minoan burial vessel
Mykanos Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykonos Panagia Parapottiani chapel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Panagia_Paraportiani Ano Mera Village :
If you listen just right, you can see the full moon glisten, off the clear blue water in the pictures above. A snipped for your pictures Schmetterling.
" Hours " , I get side tract all the time , watching interesting videos , or finding out interesting things about my goal of research. I went to Crete on my honey moon and I was amazed about how much I did not see or do there , or I find out about the history of a people and gain new respect for others . Cyrrena , Whilhelmina and I are doing this , because it is so much more than just putting together a fun virtual trip . The internet is a very good tool to find things . I was fortunate to find out how to link photos and websites , it makes it so much more easy to show people other countries and to come up with a story to go with it so it feels like your there . Videos help even more to get to that point . It is very hard to describe how a place looks like , I agree with the old saying " a picture tells a thousand words ", or something like that .
Mykonos & Delos Delos The most secrete place in Greece , birthplace of Apollo and Artemis 16 : 40 minutes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos https://blue-velvet-exploring-the-world.blogspot.com/2015/08/ancient-delos-part-1_18.html https://www.greece-is.com/rise-fall-delos-visible-island/ - good short history lots of pictures Central Cisterns Gymnasium and Stadium Quater public toilet House of Hermes House of Masks Minoan Fountain Path to the summit of mount Cinto Birthplace of Apollo marked by a palm tree Model of the Sanctuary with the great bronze palm shown with the Colossus of the Naxians tucked in beside the temple by the palm tree
Corfu : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu 6minutes City of Corfu : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu_(city)
Corfu Old Venetian Fortress : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Fortress,_Corfu Clock Tower St. Georg church ( old Fortress) New Fortress - Corfu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Fortress
Corfu St. Spyridon Church Pontikonisi : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontikonisi 17 :30 minutes shows Vlacherna Monastery and Pontikonisi ( Mouse Island ) Vlacherna Monastery Maitland Monument : Statue of Sir Thomas Maitland, First British High Commissioner, Corfu, Greece - stock photo
Corfu : Palace of St. Michael and St. George : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_St._Michael_and_St._George 27 minutes Palace of St. M. and St. G. and the Achilleion Palace Museum of Asian Art : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Asian_Art_of_Corfu
Corfu Achilleion Palace : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilleion_(Corfu) 16 minutes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary The Achilleion property was originally owned by Corfiote philosopher and diplomat Petros Vrailas Armenis and it was known as "Villa Vraila". In 1888 the Empress of Austria after visiting the place decided that it was the ideal location for her to build her palace in Corfu. The palace was designed by Italian architect Raffaele Caritto and built on a 200,000 m2 area. Elizabeth's husband, emperor Josef of Austria, had owned some nearby land as well. Ernst Herter, a famous German sculptor, was commissioned to create works inspired from Greek mythology. His famous sculpture Dying Achilles (Ancient Greek, created in Berlin in 1884 as inscribed in the statue, forms the centrepiece of the Achilleion Gardens. The palace, with the classic Greek statues that surround it, is a monument to platonic romanticism as well as escapism and was, naturally, named after Achilles: Achilleion. The Triumph of Achilles by Franz von Matsch. Achilles is seen dragging Hector's lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy. (From a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall) source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillei... The place abounds with paintings and statues of Achilles, both in the main hall and in the lavish gardens depicting the heroic and tragic scenes of the Trojan war. The architectural style is Pompeian and has many parallels to that of the Russian imperial residence in Crimea.[1] Emress Elisabeth's (Sissi's ) palace Sissi Achilleion Chapel
Corfu Byzantine Museum : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Museum_of_Antivouniotissa Casa Parlante 19th century house with animatronic manikins