Road to a Grecian Urn

... following Melinda's quest of completing her first marathon by running in the footsteps of Pheidippides who ran from Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C., 2010 marking the 2500th anniversary. [Clicking on the urn below links to the official web site]

Subsequently, we'll cruise the Aegean (for Mykonos, Ephesus, Patmos, Rhodes, Crete, and Santorini) and then back to Athens for a drive of the southern Peloponnese, particularly the 'wild' Mani - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Peninsula

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Monday - Mykonos

The island is party central of the Greek isles in season.

Its famous for its picturesque windmills

Narrow winding and dead-end streets designed to fool marauding pirates in centuries past.

The 'Little Venice' section

For more scenery, see the film 'Shirley Valentine'.

-- Post From My iPhone

1 comment:

corinneNovember 5, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Ahhhh, Little Venice, statuesque windmills and those winding little streets....beautiful island, beautiful memories.
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