Venice.
St. Marks Cathedral.
Pompeii.
Kathy in Corfu.
The Parthenon.
Kathy on the Acropolis.
Swimming in the Aegean.
Mykonos.
We stayed in a campsite across the canal from the main city and had to take a ferry to St. Marco Square. We enjoyed walking around Venice and getting lost in all the back streets and canals.
We took a train ostensibly to Rome, but when we arrived I mistakenly thought that we were in a suburb of Rome and that we needed to go another stop. However, I was wrong and Kathy and I and a Swedish passenger we were friendly with, missed Rome entirely and decided to go to continue on to Naples.
From there we visited Pompeii. This was an incredible site. The weather was hot and we wandered around checking out the ruins and were fascinated by the hollow spots in the cooled lava that showed where a person had fallen and been overcome with ash and debris. I remember leaving and being thankful finding a peddler selling watermelons. We bought one and ate the whole thing.
From there we took a train to Brindisi to catch a ship to Greece. We took advantage of the stop before the mainland to visit and explore the beautiful Greek island Corfu. After a couple of days we continued on to Athens. Kathy and I explored the ruins of the Acropolis, including the Parthenon.
The next stop was by a ferry to Mykonos. This is the most popular of the beautiful islands in the Agean sea. The village is painted white to reflect the heat and adds to the beauty of the place with the blue water, dry landscape and the white walls.
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