Mykonos sunrise speaks for itself.
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Wind Star
The Wind Star, a four masted schooner, was our ride around the Aegean Sea. Here she is docked while we were roaming the streets in Nafplio, Greece. Nice ride!
Koulouri!
Koulouri. What’s for breakfast on many street corners in Athens. Like a soft pretzel but NOT. Like a regular pretzel but NOT. Like a round breadstick but NOT. Like a KOULOURI, exactly! Delicious!
The Athens Dimotiki Agora (public market) had interesting delicacies on our Athens food walking tour today. Exceptional! A great part of travel is experiencing the food and we certainly did that in a big and delicious way! Thankfully, we did not have an “opportunity” to try out the bull parts.
The Parthenon
View eating breakfast in the hotel rooftop restaurant was not awful! Atop the acropolis in Athens sits the spectacular Parthenon. We went up to the Grande Bretagne Rooftop Garden Restaurant for an early breakfast…because that’s what jet lag does…and we were greeted with this spectacular view.
National Museum United States Air Force
The National Museum of the United Stated Air Force is spectacular! If you’re an aviation buff or a military aviation buff you’re going to want to spend a lot of time here. We spent four hours here last Thursday and still didn’t see it all. I suppose you’ll accuse me of the camera slowing us down...you would be correct. Brace yourselves for a few posts of military aviation porn.
How to. How not to.
I couldn't help it. I watched this guy fiddle with his smartphone throughout most of the whale watching. The other two? They had a wonderful time at the front of the boat taking it all in.
How would you whale watch?
The Pacific Whale Foundation
We went whale watching with the Pacific Whale Foundation. This is a wonderful organization. All profits support Pacific Whale Foundation’s research, education and conservation programs to save whales, dolphins and our oceans. Every trip is led by certified Marine Naturalists who provide a truly unique, educational and fun adventure at sea. It was a spectacular adventure! We were there right in the peak of whale season. Whales in every direction. It was an amazing experience that we'd do again and again.
I have learned over the years not to let my cameras spoil the experience. I am not the kind of photographer who spends the whole day looking through their camera. It's fine if you do that, it's just not my style. As a result I miss getting images of some things. By that I mean I miss catching it on camera. I'm OK with that when I have experienced it with my own eyes. I prefer that to constantly waiting for the perfect shot while missing the total experience. We did see the iconic whale breeches. Several of them. I'm glad I didn't miss seeing them because I was waiting for them to breech exactly when my camera was aimed. Someday I'll go back and approach it differently now that I've experienced it. Maybe I'll get lucky and catch a breech with my toys.
PS: Why the moon with the whales? We left the dock before sunrise. We arrived early. I grabbed a shot of the moon while were waiting.
Winter Warmup
in Travel, Seasons, National Parks
Since I rarely post when we're traveling it's gonna take several days to get caught up so stay tuned.
We spent several days in Honolulu and then on to Maui for 5 days. We have friends in both places so it's difficult to take a 9 hour airplane ride and not try to see friends in both places. While on Ohau we spent one day exploring the island and one whole day at Pearl Harbor. Stay tuned for more Pearl Harbor images of the inside the Missouri battleship and the Bowfin submarine.
I Know! I’m a “Little” Demented.
I’m a “Little” Demented.
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